Today's Sports

Northeast Mississippi Community College women’s softball team kicked off the 2013 season in grand fashion with a pair of wins and a tie at the Rush Invitational in Meridian on February 15-16.
Northeast (2-1-1) opened the two-day affair with a 6-3 win over host Meridian in eight innings before battling undefeated Copiah-Lincoln to a 3-3 tie in the nightcap of the first day.

Ingomar took a second place finish after a 75-54 set back against defending 1A champion Coldwater in last Friday’s championship in Region 2-1A.
The Falcons advanced to the finals after defeating H.W. Byers, 67-51, on Thursday. Henry Foster’s 20 point performance led the Falcons, followed by 16 points from Sam Cobb and 14 points from Devonte Williamson.
In Friday’s finals, Foster led all scorers with 25 points, but the Falcons were unable to overcome an early deficit against Coldwater.

It was finally Ingomar’s night to shine, and it could not have happened at a better time than in the first round of the division tournament on Tuesday.

Having dropped two of three games to West Union this season, the Lady Falcons overcame a second half deficit, defeating the Lady Eagles, 44-34.

East Union leads Union County back to the state championships in bowling after finishing first during the regional matches last week.
The Urchins will travel to Jackson as the top seed after defeating West Union in the Baker’s Style finals. The Eagles were in front going into the final, but East Union topped its county rival for the top seed.
East Union’s top bowlers for the regional match were Bailey Spruill, bowling a high game of 208, Zachary Randall with a game high of 204 and Josh Steele with a 203.