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Union County

  • All-Star events slated for this weekend

    Basketball and softball All-Stars are on showcase this weekend, participating in the Northeast Mississippi Softball Coaches Association and Northeast Mississippi Basketball Coaches Association All-Star games in Tupelo and Booneville.
    The slow pitch and fast pitch games took place Thursday night at Veterans Park in Tupelo, featuring five local seniors. Fast pitch opened the evening with West Union’s Danielle Taylor and East Union’s Chelsea Kuhn playing respectively for the West and East squads.

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  • Carnell's second chance

    A semester away from the game he loves was enough inspiration to get Zach Carnell back on the court. After starting at Delta State, then transferring to Itawamba Community College in the spring semester, the former Ingomar standout will now take his talents to J.D. Parker’s Blue Mountain College squad.

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  • West Union's Bynum signs with BMC golf

    Austin Bynum of West Union High School, one of Mississippi’s top high school and junior golfers, on Wednesday signed a scholarship with Blue Mountain College.

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  • Area athletes shine in NEMCABB All-Star games

    Former Bulldogs shined in the Northeast Mississippi Coaches Association for Better Baseball All-Star game, held at the Corinth City Park last Saturday.

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  • WU's Taylor earns third 'Player of the Year' honor

    West Union boasts several honors after their run in the 1A state championship, naming seven to the Region 2-1A All-Division team.

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  • Beaty, Wray named All-State

    Several New Albany standouts have received postseason honors after the team’s run to the third round of the 4A State playoffs.

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  • WU bowler named among state's best

    Dalton Baggett has grown up enjoying bowling, spending much time playing at his uncle’s bowling ally, and chose to take the sport more seriously when West Union established their team three years ago.

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  • Twelve UC athletes named first team All-Division for Region 2-1A

    Three county schools each named four athletes to the first team of the Region 2-1A All-Division team for baseball, as announced by the coaches last week.
    Ingomar led all teams with seven selections, while West Union and Myrtle each boasted six. Potts Camp is the only school outside of Union County that named any to the first team. Below is the complete list of honorees.
    First Team
    Ingomar-     Tanner McCollum, Tyler Dowdy, Wesley Jumper and Kensey Stout

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  • Lady Eagles fall in state championship

    Two seniors reflected on their high school careers, different paths that led them to West Union and the school’s first ever state championship appearance in fast pitch softball.

     

    For Danielle Taylor, she has grown up a part of the community, and for Leah Paige Goolsby, she joined three years ago, transferring from Hickory Flat. The two helped lead the Lady Eagles to the championship series in Ridgeland, but fell short in their ultimate goal of winning state.

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  • Bogue Chitto takes game one of 1A championship

    Championships are defined by big plays, but one on Friday hurt the Lady Eagles, as they dropped game one of the 1A state title series, 8-5, to Bogue Chitto.

     

    Tied at five with bases loaded and two outs for the Lady Cats in the fifth, Rheagan Welch hit what was ruled a triple, despite a questionable play where Alexis Givens ran into West Union short stop Brittany Taylor in between second and third, a move that head coach Lisa Bogue argued was interference. The play, overlooked, scored three runs for Bogue Chitto, the difference in the ball game.

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