Myrick booster club meeting
The Myrick basketball program will hold a booster club meeting this evening at 6 p.m. at the Myrick gym. Contact Tammy at 601-344-8205 for more information.
Sandersville basketball registration today
The Sandersville Booster Club will hold basketball registration this evening at 6 p.m. for boys and girls ages 8-13. The registration fee is $40. Registration will take place at the Sandersville Gym by the old school. Bring a copy of a physical and a birth certificate. Football players and cheerleaders physicals are good for one year. Contact Clint Cotten at 601-433-8618.
Shady Grove basketball registration today
The Shady Grove Booster Club will hold basketball registration today from 5:30-7 p.m. for boys and girls ages 8-13. Registration will be held at the Shady Grove Gym with a registration fee of $65. Please bring a copy of birth certificate at time of registration. Contact Todd Allred at 601-874-0773.
Powers basketball registration Monday
The Powers Booster Club will hold basketball registration for players 8 years and older at the Powers Community Center Monday, Nov. 9, at 6:30 p.m. There will be a nurse available to perform the required physicals at a cost of $10 per child. Signup fees due at the time of registration are $65 for first child and $50 for each additional child. The fee for those who played Powers football this year is $50 per child.
29th Annual Pleasant Grove VFD Turkey Shoot
Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department will host its 29th annual turkey shoot fund-raiser beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, behind Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Twelve gauge, 20 gauge, 16 gauge, and 410 gauge shotguns are all permitted at the turkey shoot. Soft drinks, hamburgers, sausage dogs will be sold at the event. In addition, there will be inflatable fun jumps for the children. Chicken barbecue lunch plates will be available all day. Individuals can pre-purchase plates for $6. For more information or to purchase barbecue chicken plate tickets, call 601-319-7057, 601-319-2347, 601-498-8196, or 601-319-5873.
Youth Basketball League forming, looking for coaches
The Laurel Parks and Recreation Dept. needs basketball coaches for boys and girls age 9-15. All coaches or those who those want to coach, contact Doremus Johnikin at 601-428-6452 or 601-319-6175.
Ellisville basketball registration
The Ellisville basketball program will hold basketball registration Monday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at Merchant Park. Registration fee is $65.
To include local sports activities on the Sports Calendar, e-mail the information to sports@laurelleadercall.com, fax it to 601-426-3550 or drop it off at our office lat 130 Beacon St.
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Lady Braves in title game
The South Jones Lady Braves will meet their old nemesis Wayne County here Friday night at 6 p.m. in the finals of the Region 5-5A basketball tournament. South Jones downed county rival West Jones while Wayne County came away with an impressive win over Stone County here Tuesday night.
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STATE CHAMPIONS
The Laurel Knight Hawks captured the Mississippi Christian Home Educators (MCHE) state basketball championship Monday in Jackson. In the final game of the double elimination tournament, the Knight Hawks defeated the two year reigning state champions, Jackson Victors, with a final score of 67-64.
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Northeast Jones grads doing well in sports world
Justin Cooley was approved Monday night by the Smith County school board as the new head football coach at Raleigh High School.
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No. 2 Bobcats ready for 2012 baseball season
What can they do for an encore?
That’s the question facing the 2012 Jones County Junior College Bobcats as they prepare for the Feb. 11 home opener against Mississippi Delta Community College. -
Hot-shooting Bobcats whip East Central, 92-62
The Jones County Junior College Bobcats shot over 52 percent from the floor and defeated East Central Community College 92-62 here Monday night in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building.
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Second season begins tonight
The season ending district tournaments are beginning tonight throughout Mississippi.
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No. 10 Lady Bobcats have high expectations in 2012
The Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats accomplished quite a bit on the softball diamond in 2011.
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NEJ’s McMillan signs with Holmes Bulldogs
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LHS’ Armstrong signs with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College:
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