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		<title>Corey Dickerson: From Brookhaven to Meridian</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corey Dickerson, a 6 “3, 205 lb. center fielder for Meridian Community College Eagles has been playing baseball since he was four or five. “Sports has always been my thing,” he said. “I’ve always liked the outdoors.” Growing up in Brookhaven, Dickerson said he usually played the positions of pitcher, catcher, or shortstop. “Corey’s a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=442&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MS Gran Prix Bike Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 8th Annual Human Performance Company MS Gran Prix was held in downtown Brookhaven during the weekend of April 17-19. In 2008, the race helped raise $30,000 for the Blair E. Batson hospital in Jackson, and this year, sights were set even higher. The funds helped to build a new children&#8217;s emergency room, and this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=439&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Justin Badon: North Pike High School Standout</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like so many other high school baseball players, Justin Badon’s career began on the four-year-old T-Ball field. Badon, a junior Shortstop and Pitcher for the North Pike High School baseball team in Summit, MS, loved all sports, including football and basketball, but decided to stick with baseball in the end. “I just like the camaraderie, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=437&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bryce Guess: Copiah Academy Standout</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bryce Guess, now a 6 ft., 195 lb center fielder for Copiah Academy, has been on the baseball field ever since the days of T-Ball. “I just grew up around sports,” he said, “grew up around the game.” This spring, Guess helped the Colonel’s baseball team get off to a 19-1 start, and go 7-0 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=435&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>B&amp;O Machine and Welding 12U Fastpitch Softball</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brookhaven Parks and Recreation Department will be offering fast-pitch softball for the first time this spring, with a 10U league and a 12U league. Slow-pitch has been offered in the past, but interested has largely shifted towards fast-pitch among young girls, said Mickey Meyers, one of league’s 12U coaches. “That’s where college scholarships are,” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=433&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RSVP: OXFORD&#8217;S PROGRAM FOR RETIRED &amp; SENIOR CITIZENS HAS A GREAT ADVOCATE IN ARLEDIA BENNETT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arledia Bennett has been the director of the Oxford Park Commission’s Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) for the past three years. RSVP, a federally funded community service program, has been in Oxford for 35 years now. The group’s local sponsor is the OPC, but all match money comes through the City of Oxford. “We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=428&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OXFORD&#8217;S OUTLAWS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USSSA North Mississippi Outlaws (13U, AA) baseball team has been together since last spring. The boys that make up the team have been playing in Oxford’s Dizzy Dean league for years, said coach Ty Hubbard. The team was created specifically for boys who wanted to play more games in tournament baseball. Hubbard’s co-coaches are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=426&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U-16 OXFORD BOYS CHALLENGE SOCCER TEAM</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U16 Oxford Boys Challenge soccer team is off to a good start, having finished 2nd in their first tournament and 3rd in the second tournament this spring. “We talked about coming up with a name, but couldn’t agree on one, so we stuck with the basics,” said coach Tony Fortenberry. The team has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=424&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>45-0: THE GREAT BEATDOWN by William Hawkins, 4th Grade DDES (Mrs. Edwards&#8217; 2008-2009 class)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the clear, sunny day of November 28, 2008, my Dad, my Aunt and Uncle, my two cousins, and I all went to an Ole Miss Football game.  Ole Miss was playing Mississippi State in the annual Egg Bowl, which is a great rivalry.  We all got our food and drinks and headed to some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=421&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working So You Can Play: Steven Tillman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As spring sports get underway, Steven Tillman, superintendent of Ridgeland Recreation and Parks may well be the busiest man in the city. Tillman oversees the city’s Recreation and Parks maintenance and operation. “I make sure everything happens like it’s supposed to happen,” says Tillman. The University of Southern Mississippi graduate is in his 14th year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesportingspirit.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2814797&amp;post=420&amp;subd=thesportingspirit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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