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Today's Sports

  • Late rally lifts Lady Eagles...

    The last three outs may be the hardest to get. For the Lady Bulldogs Tuesday night, they saw their three-run lead against West Union disappear with one out remaining for the win, as the Lady Eagles edged NAHS in the 5-4 thriller.

    “In that last inning, they got the big hits when they needed them,” NAHS head coach Michael Kelly said. “We played with a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of intensity with a good defensive ball game. We jumped out early on them, and we’ve got to work on finding our bats late in the game.”

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  • 'Dawgs ready for rival...

    New Albany will look to carry momentum from last week’s impressive performance, as they will be on the road facing their biggest rival in Ripley.

    2008 featured the running game for both teams, and with more weapons on the Bulldogs’ side this season, the Tigers will have a tough task of picking which one to try stopping. Ripley has won the last two meetings, including last season’s 27-14 affair at Kitchens’ Field, and the Tigers return many starters in 2009.

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  • WU strikes back

    A different Lady Eagles’ team took the field in the Nettleton Tournament, as they avenged a preseason loss by handing the Lady Tigers’ their first loss of the season last Saturday.

    Nettleton defeated West Union 11-3 in the Lady Eagles’ preseason tournament earlier this month, and after much improvement at the plate along with a strong defensive effort, West Union held on for the 5-3 victory.

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  • Lady Falcons blast Okolona 18-0

    Ingomar closed out a good week with an 18-0 run rule Okolona Thursday night.

    Okolona battled with three of their starters out sick, but the offensive effort of the Lady Falcons was too much, as they jumped to a 17-0 lead after the first inning.

    Kate Webb and Samantha Mayo opened with hits, as Mayo’s double scored Webb. Shelly Grisham followed with the first of two Ingomar homeruns in the game.

    Santana Taylor and Anna McCutchen had back-to-back RBI doubles, making it 7-0 before Webb’s three run shot extended the lead to double digits.

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  • A new quarterback in the making

    If Tyler Basil had any nerves before New Albany’s season opener last Friday, he did not show them. In his first game as the undisputed starter for the Bulldogs, the junior exploded for 340 total yards and accounted for all five of the ‘Dawgs touchdowns in their heartbreaking 41-34 loss to Booneville.

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  • Late rally hurts Lady Rebs

    Shalonda Reynolds had two homeruns, including a grand slam, but it would not be enough, as Blue Mountain defeated the Lady Rebels, 12-9 Tuesday.

    Reynolds first in-park homer came in the first inning, plating Kayla Kolivas and giving Hickory Flat the 2-1 advantage.

    Blue Mountain tied the game in the third and take the lead in the fourth off of three Lady Rebel errors.

    Reynolds singled to start the fourth for the Lady Rebs and scored on the next hitter, as a two-run bomb by Marcy Cox evened the game at 4.

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  • Myrtle falls short versus Kossuth

    Myrtle is looking to catch a break after several close losses to start the 2009 season. With Kossuth in town Monday, the young Lady Hawks stayed in the game, but again fell short, 8-7 in extra innings.

    The Aggies started the game with two runs off of a double by Knepp and a single by Mayo. Myrtle scored their first run in the second after loading the bases off of a single by Brandi Smith and walks of Kandace Butler, Meshay Cox and Kaylee Farr.

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  • Bulldogs ready for kickoff

    The 2009 football season is set to kickoff this Friday, but the Bulldogs will take the field with heavy hearts for their opener against Booneville in the New Albany Classic.

    NAHS elected to have an extra game this season, picking up the 3A Blue Devils in hopes that this match-up will help them better prepare for the remainder of the season.

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  • Early season pains

    Union County teams had a hard time picking up wins in the North Pontotoc tournament over the weekend. East Union, Ingomar and New Albany squared off in the day-long event, each struggling against their opponents.

    Ingomar

    The Lady Falcons opened the day against the Lady Cougars of South Pontotoc, falling 9-2. Samantha Mayo went 3-for-3 in the game to lead Ingomar, and would carry that over into the Lady Falcon’s second game versus Walnut.

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  • West Union easily downs Pine...

    West Union followed a slow offensive effort versus Ingomar on Tuesday with a blowout of Pine Grove, 16-0 on Thursday.

    After leaving two runners stranded in the first, The Lady Eagles blasted Canaan Bryan for 11 runs off seven hits in the second.to take the commanding lead. April Rollins led the surge with her three-run triple, scoring Kimberly Jumper, Claire Wilkerson and Amber Maxey to go up 6-0.

    Rachel Baker pitched a perfect game for the first three innings before being replaced by Jessica Ganger in the fourth.

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