Today's Sports

Union County was well represented in the Northeast Mississippi Basketball Coaches Association (NEMBCA) All-Star games last Saturday at Northeast Community College. Four athletes helped lead their respective West teams to wins, with one tying a record in the 1A/2A girls match-up.

Maggie Cobb of Ingomar, along with Amber Johnson and Merica Turner tied the record for most three-pointers in a game, as the West rolled 83-48. Cobb finished with 15 points in the game.

East Union's Stephanie Dillard also participated in the game and finished with six points.

Fall 2008

Lady Falcons hand West Union their first loss of the slow pitch season

In one of the most exciting games of the regular season, Ingomar bettered West Union 14-11, handing the Lady Eagles their first loss of the 2008 season.

Both teams combined for 19 runs over two innings after Ingomar took the early 3-1 advantage. West Union responded, going ahead 6-3 in the fourth, and 11-4 in the fifth before the Lady Falcons' seniors stepped up in the final innings.

First pitch is only another week away, as the inaugural season of the Cotton States Baseball League is coming together.

CSBL held their draft Sunday night, with players being distributed among the four teams. While many athletes are still playing at their respective colleges and universities, coaches are working even harder to complete their rosters in preparation for the June 1 opening day, including New Albany's own Tallahatchie Rascals.

West Union was not able to complete their astonishing run in the 2009 playoffs, as the Eagles fell to St. Aloysius 6-0 and 13-2 in the state championship last Thursday and Friday.

After falling in game one, the Eagles were able to score the first two runs of game off of an RBI single by Hunter McQuary and a sac fly by Taylor English. The Flash were able to respond, tying the game in the third, the pouring on 11 runs over the final two innings to run rule West Union.