Today's Sports

 Working on team unity while making improvements from last season, the Lady Bulldogs have been hard at work preparing for the upcoming softball season. After success in the spring fast pitch season, that momentum has carried over into summer workouts, as the girls have taken only a short break from practicing.

 One of my favorite parts about baseball happens before the game even starts. For as long as I can remember, I have loved watching the guys prepare the field, lining, hosing down the infield, whatever. My friends and I constantly admire the work done by those men, so when I had an opportunity to join the field crew at the New Albany Sportsplex for a game, I took it, as I finally had my chance to see and experience first hand what goes into preparing the field for the game.

 Davis Horton paced the Dealters, as they defeated Tallahatchie 4-2 Tuesday night. Horton, the reigning player of the week out of Oxford, went 3-for-4 with an RBI double in the win.

Horton’s double came in a scoreless fifth, as Joel Rich reached on a double prior to Horton’s at bat.

 When recruiting for his outfield, Rascals head coach Chris Basil went to a good friend and fellow high school coach, selecting Corbin Moore from Batesville.

“I got Corbin on draft day. He played for a good coach and a friend of mine, Patrick Robey at South Panola,” Basil explained. “He comes from a winning program, and when I talked to his coach that day, he said he is a tremendous kid who loves to play the game, so I really wanted him. “