New Albany Bulldogs

It was a play the Bulldogs have turned to in the past, and it almost made the difference against Corinth on Friday.

Down 21-13 with six seconds remaining, Spencer Day threw to Chandler Nail, who then lateraled to Boston Newsome, and the senior ran in for the touchdown with no time remaining. Needing the two-point conversion to send the game to overtime, Newsome failed to reach the end zone one more time, giving Corinth the 21-19 win at Kitchens’ Field.

New Albany and East Union are coming off of losses last week and hope to rebound with the Bulldogs hosting Corinth and the Urchins traveling to Ripley on Friday.
East Union dropped a 41-6 decision against Mantachie and face the 2-2 Tigers who also lost last week, 34-27 to Pontotoc.

Two plays made the difference for the Bulldogs in a nine-point swing that gave Amory the 30-21 win on Friday.

“That’s the difference in the ball game; they had two big plays, we had none and we lose by nine points,” New Albany Head Coach Ron Price said. “Good teams learn to win big games like this, and this was a big 4A game and test for both teams. Amory came through tonight and made the plays when they needed to, and we were just a step slow.”

New Albany dropped its second volleyball match to Pontotoc in a week, but the morale is high and the Lady Bulldogs are learning as they go throughout this first season.

“The rally play has gotten a lot better just since the last game,” NAHS head coach Lashay Ashford said. “We’re still giving up too many points at one time, so we’ve got to get better with that, but we’re talking more, so that’s great.”