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Embattled Vargas removed from St. Joseph church

Priest from Madison moved into associate pastoral role
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
The Jackson Catholic Diocese
has confirmed that Father Lenin
Vargas is being removed from
the ministry staff at St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Starkville.
His removal and replace-
ment, announced Sunday at the
church, comes in the wake of a
federal investigation into Var-
gas.
Vargas is accused of defraud-
ing his parishioners and others
who donated in a GoFundMe
campaign of tens of thousands of
dollars for what he claimed was
cancer treatment after being di-
agnosed with HIV and instead
using donated funds for personal
expenses.
He’s also been accused of
raising money for a supposed
chapel and orphanage in Mexico
and using those funds on per-
sonal expenses, including a re-
curring expense at a dating web-
site that caters to people who are
HIV-positive.
Maureen Smith, a spokesper-
son with the Jackson Diocese,
confirmed Vargas’ removal to
The Dispatch on Monday.
Smith said the announce-
ment is part of a series of reas-
signments across the state, in-
cluding three priests who have
announced retirement and four
who are moving to new parishes.
She said the
diocese is mov-
tion, she did acknowledge it may
have played a role in the deci-
ing Father Jason sion.
Johnston, of St. Father Jeffrey Waldrep, of
Frances of Assisi Annunciation Catholic Church
in Columbus, has been serving
parish in Madi-
son, to St. Joseph as St. Joseph’s administrator
as the parochial during the investigation, and
Vargas
vicar, which is an Smith said he will continue to
associate pastor role. Johnston’s serve in that role. Father Rusty
assignment is effective Jan. 9, ac- Vincent, who has been oversee-
cording to Smith. ing pastoral ministry at St. Jo-
While Smith said it is hard to seph as well as Corpus Christi in
say whether the reassignment at Macon, has been reassigned to
the St. Joseph parish would have St. Paul parish in Vicksburg.
happened without the investiga- See Vargas, 3A

2019 Unity
Park additions Wings of Rescue
named Local shelters’ first transfer flight moves 74
Veteran, teacher
to be recognized as new
dogs, cats to Delaware shelter
additions next year
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com

The Unity Park

Committee has un-
veiled the names of
the two newest local
additions who will be
honored at the park
next year.
Jeanne Marsza-
lek, chair of the Unity Marszalek
Park Committee, told
Oktibbeha County
supervisors at Mon-
day’s board meeting
that the committee
will recognize Wil-
son Ashford Sr. and
Adelaide Jeanette El-
liott. The committee Trainer
began seeking nom-
inations for new additions to the
park in September.
Both names will be added to the
park on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff
in January. Last year, the commit- Camille Cotton, left, and Martha Thomas, both with the Oktibbeha County Humane Society, prepare dogs to be
tee recognized Rosa Stewart and loaded onto Sunday’s flight. The flight, provided by Wings of Rescue, moved dozens of cat and dogs from local
shelters to the Brandywine animal shelter in Delaware.
Sadye Weyr.
Ashford, Marszalek said, lived
from 1923-2012. He served in the By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
U.S. Army in the 1940s and upon
returning home, began helping Af-
On Sunday, dozens of dogs and
rican Americans register to vote.
cats from local animal shelters start-
“He took part in marches, sit-
ed a journey that organizers hope
ins and boycotts, protesting the
will ultimately end with them in new
inequality experienced by African
homes.
Americans,” Marszalek said. “He
The Oktibbeha County Humane
worked for the peaceful integra-
Society, in partnership with the
tion of the public schools and was
American Society for the Preven-
instrumental in the organization of
tion of Cruelty to Animals, the Co-
the Oktibbeha County NAACP, and
lumbus-Lowndes Humane Society
was active in Habitat for Humanity.”
and the Clarksdale Animal Rescue
Ashford also served on the
Effort and Shelter, sent 74 animals
Starkville School District board. In
on a Wings of Rescue flight to Del-
1993, he received the Veitch Com-
aware. The flight departed from
munity Service award from the
Golden Triangle Regional Airport in
Chamber of Commerce.
the early afternoon Sunday for the
Elliott lived from 1921-2010. Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff
Brandywine animal shelter in New
Marszalek said she was a teacher Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society Manager Jason Nickles, left, helps
Castle, Delaware. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals contractor Skip
for 40 years and was recognized
Martha Thomas, director of Landers load a dog crate onto Sunday’s Wings of Rescue flight. Erin Rob-
at the NAACP’s 34th Freedom
Awards banquet for her work in development and community re- bins, with Wings of Rescue, helps pick the crate up from inside the airplane.
organizing the Oktibbeha County lations with OCHS, said the flight
was the largest single transfer the and get a forever home,” she said. admission shelter, so for residents
chapter and her lifetime of service
shelter has ever undertaken. Sun- “But it also clears up a kennel so of Starkville and Oktibbeha Coun-
and work as a youth director and
day’s transfer flight included ani- that another dog, when they come ty, we take in animals whether
secretary with the organization.
mals from 2 months to 4 years old. in, can move into that kennel. The we are ‘full’ or not. The transport
“She represented Oktibbeha
County in Martin Luther King’s “These pets are going to go Starkville animal shelter is an open See Wings of Rescue, 6A
March on Washington in 1963,”
See Unity Park, 6A

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Tuesday
Say What?
Did you hear? “Hattiesburg, Olive Branch, Lafayette, a lot of others got
Lawyers for Trump seek talked about. We didn’t. We really thrived on that.”
West Point High School senior defensive back Ryan Melton,

to punish porn star in court fines talking about the football team’s run to a third-straight state
championship. Story, 1B.

Lawyers asking for nearly $800,000

for Daniels’ failed defamation lawsuit
By BRIAN MELLEY it “absurd and outrageous.”
White House hails China trade
truce as skeptics raise doubts
The Associated Press “You can’t just pick a
number out of thin air in
LOS ANGELES — Law- an effort to put my client
yers for President Donald under Donald Trump’s
Trump asked a court Mon-
day for nearly $800,000 in
thumb and intimidate her,”
Avenatti said.
‘The actual amount of concrete progress made at analysts, include stealing intellectu-
al property and forcing companies
lawyers’ fees and penalties
from porn actress Stormy
Daniels, whose real this meeting appears to have been quite limited’ to turn over technology to gain ac-
cess to China’s market.
name is Stephanie Clifford, Goldman Sachs economist Alec Phillips
Daniels for a failed defama- In return for the postponement
alleges she had a one-night
tion lawsuit against him. in the higher U.S. tariffs, China
affair with Trump in 2006. By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER never seen this before.”
Attorney Charles Hard- agreed to step up its purchases of
She sued him earlier this and BLAKE NICHOLSON Yet many economists raised
er defended ringing up U.S. farm, energy and industrial
year seeking to break a AP Writers doubts that very much could be
a nearly $390,000 legal goods, the White House said.
non-disclosure agreement achieved within three months.
bill for the president and WASHINGTON — The Trump Most economists noted that the
asked for an equal amount she signed days before “The actual amount of concrete
the 2016 election about the administration is celebrating the progress made at this meeting ap- two countries remain far apart on
in sanctions as a deterrent 90-day truce it reached in its trade the biggest areas of disagreement,
against a “repeat filer of tryst as part of a $130,000 pears to have been quite limited,”
hush money settlement. war with China as a significant Alec Phillips and other economists which include Beijing’s subsidies
frivolous defamation cas- breakthrough despite scant details, for strategic Chinese industries, in
es.” Trump has denied the at Goldman Sachs wrote in a re-
affair, but essentially ac- a hazy timetable and widespread search note. addition to forced technology trans-
Judge S. James Otero skepticism that Beijing will yield to fers and intellectual property theft.
didn’t immediately rule. He knowledged the payment During the talks in Buenos Aires,
to Daniels. U.S. demands anytime soon. Trump agreed to delay a scheduled “Ninety days is very little time to
noted that fees by Harder’s “This is just an enormous, enor-
Despite the deal to stay escalation in U.S. tariffs on many fix these perennial issues,” said Bill
firm — as high as $840 an mous event,” Larry Kudlow, Presi-
quiet, Daniels spoke out Chinese goods, from 10% to 25%, Adams, senior economist at PNC.
hour — were reasonable dent Donald Trump’s top economic
publicly and alleged that that had been set to take effect Jan. Complicating the challenge,
but the 580 hours spent adviser, said Monday of the cease-
five years after the affair 1. Instead, the two sides are to ne- Trump’s complaints strike at the
on the case appeared to
she was threatened to keep fire that Trump and President Xi gotiate over U.S. complaints about heart of the Communist Party’s
be excessive and might be
quiet by a man she did not Jingping reached over the weekend China’s trade practices, notably state-led economic model and its
trimmed in his eventual
recognize in a Las Vegas on the sidelines of an international that it has used predatory tactics to plans to elevate China to political
award. He didn’t indicate
parking lot. She also re- economic summit in Buenos Aires, try to achieve supremacy in tech- and cultural leadership by creating
how he felt about the re-
leased a composite sketch Argentina. “This one covers so nology. These practices, according global champions in robotics and
quested penalties, but had
of the mystery man. much ground in some detail, we’ve to the administration and outside other fields.
questioned whether at-
torneys’ fees alone would She sued Trump for def-
serve as a deterrent. amation after he responded
Harder had not put a to the allegation by tweet-
dollar figure on sanctions ing: “A sketch years later
he was seeking before the
hearing and Daniels’ attor-
ney Michael Avenatti ob-
about a nonexistent man.
A total con job, playing
the Fake News Media for
Should social media check be required to get a gun license?
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The Associated Press
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— Eight-year-old Bella And then she was off destroyed nearly 14,000 homes and
Maloney woke up next to school for the first time
Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, MS
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to her little brother in a in nearly a month. killed at least 88 people
Published by Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company Inc., queen-size bed at a Best For Bella, brother
516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 Western hotel and for Vance and thousands have time alone in their a few weeks ago.
of other youngsters in own space and their own About 31,000 students
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE grade and they get to just in all have been away
Northern California
be by themselves.” from school since the di-
who lost their homes or
Schools in the coun- saster. On Monday, near-
their classrooms in last ty had been closed since ly all of them went back,
month’s deadly wildfire, Nov. 8, when the blaze though some of them
TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY life crept a little closer swept through the town of attended class in other
Clear and cold Chilly with plenty of sun Intervals of clouds and Cloudy Rain and a to normal Monday when Paradise and surrounding buildings because their
sunshine thunderstorm school finally resumed in areas, destroying nearly schools were damaged or
26° 48° 26° 52° 39° 53° 43° 50° 39° most of Butte County. 14,000 homes and killing destroyed, or inaccessible
ALMANAC DATA “They’re ready to get at least 88 people in the inside evacuation zones.
Columbus Monday back,” Bella’s mother, nation’s deadliest wildfire Bella was shy and not
TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW Erica Hail, said of her in a century. About two very talkative but agreed
Monday 56° 39°
Normal 60° 37° children. “I think they’re dozen people remain un- she was excited to be go-
Record 80° (1970) 20° (1979) sick of Mom and Dad.” accounted for, down from ing back. She wanted to
PRECIPITATION (in inches)
Monday 0.00 At school, “they get to a staggering high of 1,300 see her friends.
Month to date 0.58
Normal month to date 0.54
Year to date 58.20
Normal year to date 50.95
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In feet as of
7 a.m. Mon.
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Flood
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CHP may have used Tesla Autopilot to stop speeding car
Bigbee 14 7.32 -1.11 Shown are tomorrow’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. The Associated Press about 70 mph on a high- on and would do the same.
Columbus 15 6.57 +0.30
Fulton 20 16.55 +0.53
Showers
-10s
T-Storms
-0s 0s
Rain Flurries
10s 20s
Snow
30s
Ice
40s 50s
Cold
60s 70s
Warm
80s
Stationary
90s 100s
Jetstream
110s
way early Friday in the San Authorities say the tactic
Tupelo 21 3.28 -4.78 WED THU WED THU
REDWOOD CITY, Ca- Francisco suburb of Red- worked.
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In feet as of 24-hr. Atlanta
Boston
47/28/s
34/26/pc
50/35/pc
40/30/pc
Nashville
Orlando
43/28/s
65/43/s
50/35/c
70/50/s
way Patrol says it may er didn’t respond to lights Los Altos was awakened
7 a.m. Mon. Capacity Level Chng. have used the Autopilot
Aberdeen Dam 188 163.81 -1.54
Chicago 33/27/pc 30/16/c Philadelphia 39/27/pc 41/30/pc or sirens, the officers say and arrested on suspicion
Stennis Dam 166 137.70 -1.54
Dallas
Honolulu
57/46/pc
82/70/s
55/46/c
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Raleigh
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system of a Tesla to stop they pulled alongside and of driving under the influ-
Bevill Dam 136 136.43 -0.04 Jacksonville 58/32/s 60/38/s Salt Lake City 34/25/c 37/26/c the car after its driver fell realized he was asleep. ence. It’s unclear whether
SOLUNAR TABLE Memphis 48/33/s 49/39/c Seattle 45/28/s 44/29/s asleep. They pulled in front he has a lawyer.
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for
fish and game.
The CHP says officers and began slowing to a Tesla hasn’t confirmed
Major Minor Major Minor SUN AND MOON MOON PHASES attempted to stop the Tesla stop, hoping the Tesla’s whether the car was using
Tue. 10:01a 3:49a 10:25p 4:13p TUE WED NEW FIRST FULL LAST
Wed. 10:47a 4:34a 11:11p 4:59p Sunrise 6:43 a.m. 6:43 a.m. Model S, which was doing driver-assist program was Autopilot.
Sunset 4:45 p.m. 4:45 p.m.
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AG: Retirees could serve at Capitol without pension hit

Hood: State retirees may still collect pension
benefits while working in part-time government
jobs, including in the state House or Senate
By EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi
Attorney General Jim Hood’s
office says retired state employ-
ees may serve in the Legisla-
ture while continuing to receive
their government pension, if
certain conditions are met.
Hood’s office issued a non-
binding legal opinion Thursday
saying state retirees may still
collect pension benefits while
working in part-time govern-
ment jobs, including in the state
House or Senate.
The opinion appears to con-
tradict a Mississippi Public Em-
ployees Retirement System reg-
ulation that says elected offices
are “full-time positions” and
people in those offices could
not receive salaries and pension
benefits simultaneously.
For decades, retired teach-
ers and other retired state
employees have abstained for
running for legislative offices
because of concerns about hurt-
ing themselves financially. The
state has about 321,500 retired
state government workers, ac-
cording to the attorney gener-
al’s office.
Nancy Loome, director of
the public edu-
cation advocacy
group Parents’
Campaign, said
Monday that the
attorney gener-
al’s opinion is
“game - chang-
ing.” She said it Hood
could allow retired teachers
and school administrators to
serve in the Mississippi Leg-
islature without taking a hit to
the pocketbook.
“Many states recently saw a
wave of teachers run success-
fully for their state legislatures
to turn the tide on what they
saw as repeated attacks on
their public schools,” Loome
said in an email to supporters of
the Parents’ Campaign. “Qual-
ifying season for Mississip-
pi’s 2019 Election begins next
month. Do you know a retired
educator who might consider
running for office?”
All 122 seats in the Missis-
sippi House and all 52 seats in
the state Senate are up for elec-
tion in the coming year, as are
statewide, regional and county
offices. Candidates’ qualifying
deadline is March 1.
Hood, a Democrat, has al-
ready announced that he is run-
ning for governor in 2019, when
the job will be open because
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is
limited to two terms and can’t
run again.
“Teachers and superinten-
dents of education and people
that worked in state govern-
ment — they understand how
state government works,” Hood
told The Associated Press in
a phone interview Monday. “I
think if those people run for of-
fice, we would have a better-ed-
ucated Legislature.”
The opinion from the attor-
ney general’s office was issued
in response to Democratic state
Sen. Sollie Norwood of Jackson,
who previously worked for the
Mississippi Department of Hu-
man Services.
The opinion says retired a
state employee may still col-
lect pension benefits if there is
at least a 90-day gap between
when the person retires and
when he or she takes a part-
time job with state government,
including as a contract employ-
ee or as a legislator. The retir-
ee may work no more than 20
hours a week and may be paid
only a fraction of what he or
she earned during full-time em-
ployment before retirement.

USPS announces operations plan for National Day of Mourning

Wednesday’s National Day of Mourning is in remembrance
of former President George H.W. Bush
Special to The
Dispatch
President Donald J.
Trump has proclaimed
Wednesday, Dec. 5, as a
National Day of Mourning
in remembrance of former
President George H.W.
Bush. Out of respect for
the 41st President of the
United States and to hon-
or his vast contributions
to our country during
his lifetime, and consis-
tent with the Presidential
Proclamation, the United
States Postal Service will
suspend regular mail de-
liveries, retail services and
administrative office activ-
ity on Dec. 5.
The following are de-
tails for USPS business
mailers and shippers:
■ Delivery: Regular
mail delivery will be sus-
pended, however there
will be limited package
delivery consistent with
our Peak Season Sunday
schedule.
■ Delivery Destination
Units (DDU): Will accept
drop shipments.
■ Priority Mail Express
Mail: Will be delivered.
■ Retail: All operations
will be suspended. Post
Offices will be closed.
■ Collections: Mail
will be collected from
boxes in front of Post
Offices and high volume
boxes that have a poten-
tial to overflow, while
other collections will be
suspended.
■ Package Pickup: We
will conduct scheduled
package pickup requests.
■ Plants: All plant op-
erations, including Net-
work Distribution Cen-
ters (NDC) and Sectional
Center Facilities (SCF),
will operate as scheduled
except delivery point se-
duced staffing.
■ Administrative Of-
questions, please send
them to the Industry
quence (DPS) process-
ing. FAST appointments
fices including Headquar- Alert mailbox: Industry-
ters: These offices will be Alert@usps.gov where a
will be accepted. closed. response will be provid-
■ Transportation: Air If you have additional ed.
and Surface transpor-
tation operate as sched-
uled, and scheduled dis-
patches to Post Offices
will occur.
■ Business Mail En-
try Unit (BMEU): The
BMEU/Detached Mail
Unit (DMU) in plant
locations will be open,
while BMEU operations
will be suspended at Post
Office locations.
■ Call Center: In op-
eration but may have re-

Lowndes County submits three bridge

projects for state funding
Supes to earmark 10-percent
match for work to enhance
chances for state approval
By Slim Smith
ssmith@cdispatch.com
Lowndes County supervisors are pre-
pared to submit three projects to the state
for funding under the Legislature’s Emer-
gency Roads and Bridges program, which
was approved in the August special legis-
lative session.
During Monday’s supervisors meet-
ing, the board accepted the recommen-
dation of County Engineer Bob Calvert
to submit $3.2 million in county road/
bridge projects to be paid from the $250
million fund.
Calvert said under the program, coun-
ties and municipalities are required to
prioritize the projects they would like to
have funded if there is more than one sub-
mitted.
“What they do is assign points for each
project in a variety of categories,” Calvert
said. “The highest priority is projects that
include bridge work, which all three of
these projects have. But there are a whole
list of categories that have points, so the
projects that stand the best chance of be-
ing funded meet a lot of those priorities.”
Calvert listed the three county projects
in the order he determined are most likely
to be approved — Wolfe Road ($900,000
project), East Lindsey Ferry Road
($380,000) and Canal Road ($2 million).
“Wolfe Road probably is the strongest
project because it has the highest traffic,
3,000 cars per day, and because it’s ready
to go to bid,” he said.
Calvert also recommended the county
match 10 percent of the funds, although it
is not stipulated in the program require-
ments.
“If we put a little extra match in there, it
might help,” Calvert said. “... I don’t know
if (10 percent is) the right number, but I do
believe it would be significant.”
Board President Harry Sanders said
that while no money is earmarked for the
matching funds, the county should find
the money.
“If we’re only having to pay 10 percent,
that’s a pretty good deal,” he said.
Supervisors voted unanimously to sub-
mit the projects with a 10-percent match.
In other business, County Administra-
tor Ralph Billingsley told the board there
were six applicants for the county prose-
cutor position, which became open when
Alison Kizer was elected to county judge.
The application deadline was Nov. 30.
The six applicants are Will Cooper, Chuck
Easley, Hal McClanahan, Corky Smith,
William Starks and Steve Wallace. Super-
visors will appoint someone at the their
Dec. 17 meeting. The person they select
will fill out the remainder of the current
term that expires on Dec. 31, 2019.
Supervisors also approved commis-
sioning environmental studies at the site
of the county’s planned sports complex.

Vargas
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Waldrep and Johnston
will be splitting duties Var-
gas held as lead pastor.
Despite the moves,
Smith said Vargas is still
restricted from public min-
isterial duties while the in-
vestigation continues.
“He’s removed from
public ministry during the
ongoing investigation,”
Smith said. “That means
he cannot act. He’s not out
in public at all.”
Agents with the U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security raided the Jack-
son Diocese on Nov. 7.
Homeland Security agent
William G. Childers lays
out the accusations against
Vargas in a 37-page affida-
vit.
GoFundMe has since
announced it will issue re-
funds for those who donat-
ed to Vargas’ campaign.
So far, no formal
charges have been filed
against Vargas, according
to online case documents.
Smith also said the diocese
has not been made aware
of any formal charges or
further progress in the in-
vestigation.
Pastoral changes
across the state, including
the changes at St. Joseph,
will be announced Friday
in Mississippi Catholic
publication, Smith said.
Attempts to contact
several members and ad-
ministration with St. Jo-
seph were unsuccessful on If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
Monday.
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Our View Cartoonist view

In Mississippi,
dogs and cats are
a shameful export
Some exports are better than others. In
Mississippi, poultry, forest and agricultural
products such as corn, cotton and soybeans
are exports that share the state’s economy.
Other exports aren’t exactly something to
crow about.
Each year, Mississippi sends hundred of
unwanted dogs to the northeast, where the
demand is high and the supply low because
of that area’s enlightened approach to pet
ownership.
For years now, humane societies and
rescue groups have been transporting dogs
north by cars and vans. On Sunday, that
effort took to the air. Seventy-four dogs were
flown to Delaware on Sunday through the
national Wings of Rescue, which has trans-
ferred more than 18,000 animals across the
country during the past two years.
While we applaud this effort, we continue
to be dismayed by the necessity of it.
Certainly, these transfers serve a good
and useful purpose, reducing the strain that
is placed on local shelters through over-
crowding and, of course, providing homes for
hundreds of perfectly good pets who might
otherwise be euthanized.
The down side is that, after all these
years, it’s clear that Mississippi has not
responded well to the call for people to spay/
neuter their pets. There are no “wild” dogs in
Mississippi. Every stray was either some-
one’s pet or the offspring of someone’s pet.
In each case, a person has failed to live up to
a basic responsibility common to all pet own-
ers — to provide a safe, healthy environment
for the pet.
The frustrating part is that there are a
number of programs that provide free or
no-cost spay/neuter services throughout the
year, including a mobile program operated
by the Mississippi State University School of
Veterinary Medicine. Simply put, there is no
valid reason why any dog or cat should not be
spayed/neutered.
In the northeast, many states have laws
requiring dogs and cats to be spayed and
neutered. In others, there is simply an ethos
that considers spay/neuter as much a part of
pet ownership as providing food and shelter.
Unfortunately in Mississippi, there are
no such requirements, which means that
unwanted pets will continue to be an ex-
port item in our state. It also means a lot of
animals that would make wonderful pets and
companions will be euthanized.
That’s the shameful reality.

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Bush elected before campaigns became science

OXFORD — It’s
true that George
H.W. Bush was the
last president from
The Greatest Gen-
eration. This week,
commentators have
pointed out that
when Bill Clinton
defeated Bush for
a second term,
Clinton’s youth was
a big plus. Charlie Mitchell
The torch was
again passed to a new gener-
ation.
Dig a little deeper and a few were not weapons in his arse-
more truths become apparent.
They are, or should be, trou-
bling. 1. George H.W. was the
last person with a solid record
of national service to serve
as president. 2. He was the
last president to serve before
campaigning became more
science and less art.
As for the resume, there’s
no need to rehash the life and
accomplishments of Ameri-
ca’s 41st president, who died
Friday at the respectable age
of 94. Fighter pilot during the
worst of World War II in the
Pacific. Accomplished Ivy
League scholar. Successful
in what his fellow Texans call
the “oil binness,” which gave
rise to several ties
in Mississippi.
Effective legislator.
Skilled and skepti-
cal diplomat. Loyal
vice president
and family man.
Pragmatic interna-
tionalist. Kind and
accommodating un-
til he needed to be
stern or decisive.
George H.W.
Bush wasn’t an or-
ator. He didn’t swagger. While
cameras and microphones
nal, reason and compassion
were.
Many mocked his “Thou-
sand Points of Light” and the
foundation that still recogniz-
es individual and small group
private sector difference-mak-
ers. But it was important to
him as a small-government
conservative to remind people
that government and its myri-
ad programs are not keys to a
happy life. If anything, he pit-
ied those who looked to local,
state or national government
as efficient problem-solvers.
Even as a small-govern-
ment conservative, though, he
didn’t hesitate to lock in place
federal standards to shield
the disabled from senseless
discrimination.
A smattering of state and
federal laws recited protec-
tions when liberal Democrats
in Congress started talking
about broader regulations.
Employers wailed about the
cost of compliance, but Bush
sent word that he would
support the Democrats and
he signed the Americans
With Disabilities Act in 1990.
The legislation, which like all
legislation has been abused
at times, has two component
parts. The first says that a
disabled person who, with a
reasonable accommodation,
can do a specific job cannot be
denied that job based on the
disability. The second says
that spaces and places open to
the public must be designed
and built to be accessible. A
person who can walk has no
problem stepping on or off a
curb. The same curb could be
a solid brick wall to a person
in a wheelchair. An incline
makes no difference to a
walker, changes the world for
a non-walker.
By the time Bush was seek-
ing his second term, more so-
phisticated campaign method-
ologies were being discovered
and deployed by operatives
including James Carville, Paul
Begala, Roger Ailes and Karl
Rove. They discovered how to
use focus groups to discover
just the right words and phras-
es to push the public’s buttons.
Not being naïve here,
campaigning has long been
both a science and an art and
has always included obvious as
well as sneaky methodologies.
It’s just that the computer age
ushered in more data, better
methods of analysis, better
predictive modeling. Too, win-
ning by any means necessary
became the standard.
“It’s the economy, stupid,”
wasn’t adopted by the Clinton
campaign on a hunch it might
work. The best evidence
showed it was the main vulner-
ability of the incumbent, who
two years before leaving office
had an 89 percent approval
rating, one of the highest of
any president ever.
Objectively, no president
since Bush 41 has had his
depth.
n Bill Clinton is a brilliant
charismatic who had not made
much difference in a state
that, except for Mississippi,
would be last or almost last in
everything.
n George W. Bush was
elected based on Clinton
fatigue and name recognition
and re-elected as a war presi-
dent.
n Barack Obama is plenty
smart, but was a community
organizer who put his faith in
consensus-building in a nation
not interested in consensus.
He was a conciliator in world
affairs, creating the percep-
tion of American weakness.
n Donald Trump. If he has
any focus other than self-adu-
lation, we’ve yet to see it.
It’s a serious matter. We’ve
learned over the past 25 years
that having good research-
ers develop talking points
and sticking to those points
matters most. We’ve seen
truth abandoned, replaced
by winning becoming all that
matters.
George H.W. Bush inher-
ited a healthy nation and had
the experience and wisdom to
focus objectively on making it
— and the world — better.
No one since has had the
same demeanor.
Charlie Mitchell is an asso-
ciate dean of journalism at the
University of Mississippi. Email
reaches him at cmitchell43@
yahoo.com.

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being elected vice presi-
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mother, Johnnie Mer-
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Merchant; and sisters,
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Eunice Love.
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brother, Robert Lee
Merchant of Madesto,
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WEST POINT
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Chapel with the Rev.
Darian Duckworth of-
ficiating. Burial will fol-
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House speaker, and “a gen-
tle soul. ... His legacy is
grace perfected.”
Vice President Mike
Pence and Republican Sen-
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nell also spoke. President
Donald Trump did not at-
tend, but he and first lady
Melania Trump came to
the Capitol later Monday
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Cemetery. Visitation her daughters, Debbie Mrs. Reed was born her husband, Don Reed
will be one hour prior to H. Marsteller of West May 29, 1955, in Lamar of Woodstock; stepson,
services at the funeral Point and Dottie H. Till- County, Alabama, to the Warren Reed of India-
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born Aug. 21, 1933, in Jenny Campbell and Pat University of Alabama. brother, Terry Woods of
Laurel, to the late Mims Pate, all of West Point; She was co-founder of Sulligent.
William Sr. and Vertile eight grandchildren; Kahler Communica- Memorials may be
Walters Dilmore. She and four great-grand- tions Atlanta. made to Pamela Reed,
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with Remple Roto-Cast. made to First United MS, and she lived her life with
She was a member of Methodist Church, P.O. that same smile and a laugh, un-
First United Methodist Box 293, West Point, til she was taken from us Mon-
Church. MS 39773. day, December 3, 2018, after a
In addition to her 5-month struggle with cancer.
She was 62 years young.
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a later date.
lanc, brothers, Mims A private memorial
June was born to Mary Sue Jones Shelton and
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her husband of 40 years, James Baird; son, Jakob
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Bill Savage
Pounders; and a host of nieces and nephews, all
of whom are now stumbling deep in the valley of
the shadow of death, where only God our Savior
Bill Savage, 88, of Caledonia, MS, passed away can lift us up.
Saturday, December 1, 2018, at Trinity Health June was a 1974 graduate of East Lowndes
Care, Columbus, MS. Academy, Columbus, MS and a member of New
A graveside service will be Tuesday, Decem- Salem Baptist Church, Caledonia, MS. She en-
ber 4, 2018, at 10:00 A.M. at Friendship Ceme- joyed gospel music and she loved singing with
tery, Columbus, MS with Bro. Mel Howton offici- the New Revivers singing group. June was raised
ating and Lowndes Funeral Home directing. in the First Free Will Baptist Church, where she
Mr. Savage was born April 4, 1930, to the late played the piano. She also played for Lighthouse
Willie Michael and Dovie Ola White Savage, in Baptist Church and for McBee Baptist Church
Memphis, TN. He was a veteran of the United for many years. June loved her family. She was
a wonderful wife, mother, sister and friend. She
States Navy and a member of First Christian
had a passion for sewing, shopping and sunflow-
Church, Columbus, MS. Mr. Savage was a grad-
uate of Mississippi State University and received ers. She collected all things with sunflowers.
a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. June was an accomplished seamstress for over
He worked for 20 years in the accounting and fi- thirty years. She made the curtains in Lowndes
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June is likely already discussing drapery fabric
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sissippi Department of Human Services, where choices with the angels in Heaven, helping to
prepare Heaven for the rest of us.
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ing on cars and doing improvisational engineer- Memorial donations may be made in June’s
memory to New Salem Baptist Church, Caledo-
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Gillon, Matt Savage, Kendyl Davis, Allie Da-
vis, Macy Davis and Ashlie (Derrick) McEwen; Clara Scroggins Gilmer passed away on No-
vember 30, 2018, at the age of 75, in Columbus,
great-grandchildren, Lucy McEwen and Josie
Gillon; and his beloved dog, Bear.
Pallbearers will be Mike Savage Steve
Mississippi.
Mrs. Gilmer was born on September 28, 1943,
Blanchard, Derrick McEwen, Dale Robertson, in Yazoo City, Mississippi. She was a graduate of
Doug Robertson and Reggie Hankins. the Mississippi University for Women and taught
Honorary pallbearers will be Ben Kilgore and school for 31 years.
JD Gillon. She was a loving wife, mother and grand-
Memorials may be made to Growing the Gillon mother. She was an amazing teacher. She often
Adoption, 82 Cedar Drive, Columbus, MS 39705. joked that she had taught English to half of the
residents of Lowndes County, as during her ca-
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served as President of the Gideon’s Ladies Aux-
iliary. And, most importantly, she was a faithful
follower of Christ, serving and teaching Bible
Greenville — Mary Ann Deavenport, 80, died Study Fellowship and Sunday School at New Sa-
on Thursday, November 29, 2018, in Greenville, lem Baptist Church in Caledonia, Mississippi for
SC, where she had resided for the past 2 years. many years.
She was born in Bay Springs, MS and graduated Mrs. Gilmer is preceded in death by her fa-
from the University of Southern Mississippi. ther, Ray Scroggins; mother, Edna Scroggins;
Accepting employment with Eastman Chemical and granddaughter, Joy Kathryn Causey.
Company, she moved to Kingsport, TN, in 1960, She leaves behind her devoted husband of 53
where she met her future husband, Earnest W. years, John Gilmer; two daughters, Julie Ben-
Deavenport. They lived in and out of Kingsport nett (Phil) of Fort Worth, Texas and Kim Causey
over the next 42 years, also residing in Columbia, (Ray) of Brandon, Mississippi; three grandsons,
SC and Boston, MA. John Bennett, Nate Bennett and Will Causey;
She was the mother of daughter, Lisa and two brothers, Barney Ray Scroggins of Flora,
son, Scott, leaving Eastman in 1966 to become Mississippi and Raymond Scroggins of Yazoo
a full time homemaker. Mary Ann and Earnie City, Mississippi; two sisters, Alice Brooks of
moved to Kiawah Island, SC in 2002, where Bentonia, Mississippi and Charlotte Hogue of
they resided for 15 years. She was a member of Brandon, Mississippi; and several nieces, neph-
Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church and First
ews and cousins.
Presbyterian Church in Kingsport and First Visitation was held Sunday, December 2, 2018,
(Scots) Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC.
from 4:00 to 7:00 at New Salem Baptist Church
She and her husband remained members of the in Caledonia, Mississippi. Funeral Services were
Elk River Club in Banner Elk, NC, where they
held Monday, December 3, 2018, at 10:00 at New
spent the summer for the past 16 years and Salem Baptist Church, with interment at Shiloh
attended Banner Elk Presbyterian Church.
Baptist Church Cemetery in Vernon, Alabama.
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parents, Fred H. and Betty H. Penton.
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Deavenport of Greenville, SC; her daughter, Lisa Glenn Gilmer, Johnny Gilmer, David Lockhart,
C. Ireland and husband, Eric of Greenville, SC; Robbie Hogue, Ray Scroggins, John Bennett and
son, M. Scott Deavenport and wife, Patricia G. Nate Bennett.
of Johns Island, SC; and grandchildren, Christian Honorary Pallbearers are Gary Holtman, Max
Deavenport, Gabriel Deavenport, Grace Ireland Watson, Lewis Cantrell, Jim Smith, Stan Bates,
and Eli Ireland. Frank Howell and the men of the New Salem
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 Adult Sunday School classes.
a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at First In lieu of flowers, the family requests memo-
Presbyterian Church of Kingsport with Rev. rial contributions be made to: Palmer Home for
Sharon Amstutz and Dr. Daniel W. Massie Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39703.
officiating. The family will receive friends at the
church following the service.
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Flames engulf a home on Hillcrest Road near Mississippi State University on Monday. Firefighters extinguished
the blaze but the home suffered extensive damage.

Space heater causes house

fire near MSU campus
Dispatch Staff Report
A Monday afternoon fire of-
ficials believe may have started
with a space heater heavily dam-
aged an Oktibbeha County home
near Mississippi State University.
The fire, which started around
1:30 p.m. Monday, caused exten-
sive damage to a home on Hillcrest
Road, near Campus Bookmart on
the north side of MSU’s campus.
Oktibbeha County Fire Coor-
dinator Kirk Rosenhan said the
East Oktibbeha County Volunteer
Fire Department responded to the
blaze, with assistance from the
Bell Schoolhouse department and
Starkville Fire Department.
Rosenhan said the fire is be-
lieved to have started from a space
heater in an enclosed carport near
the front of the house.
No injuries were reported in
the fire, and the victim family
will stay with relatives in its after-
math.
Rosenhan said the county’s fire
investigators are continuing to
look into the cause of the fire.

Wings of Rescue
Continued from Page 1A
program is really instru-
mental for us in moving
animals and making sure
the animals that come
through our doors find a
forever home.”
Transfers are not new
to local animal shelters.
Thomas said OCHS
moves more animals out
of its shelter through
transfers than it does
through adoptions. Shel-
ters regularly use ground
transfers, such as in vans.
Thomas said Sunday’s
flight should prove less
stressful, as it moved the
animals to Delaware in
about two hours, com-
pared to 14 or 15 hours on
the road.
Jason Nickles, manag- Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff

er at the Columbus-Lown-
d e s flight from Golden Triangle Regional Airport.
Humane So-
ciety, said
transfer
programs
are import-
ant for over-
crowded
animal shel- Nickles
ters. Trans-
fers have helped CLHS
improve its live rate, he
said, which counts the
percentage of animals
who are put down due to
space restrictions.
“Back in 2006 when
I started in Columbus
Camille Cotton, with the Oktibbeha County Humane Society, plays with Stormy, one
of the dogs who was transferred to a Delaware animal shelter Sunday on a transfer
Black Friday,” Robbins
said. “People were lined
up before they opened —
the line wrapped around
the building. So these
pets will be in loving
homes the moment the
adoption event starts.”
Wings of Rescue is a
501(c)3 charity that flies
animals from overcrowd-
ed shelters across the
United States.
Robbins said the flights
are costly — large trans-
Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff

there was about a 60-per-
cent live rate on dogs,” he
said. “With Mississippi
Mutts on the Move, since
that’s been involved over
the last four years, we’ve
gone from that to last
year, in 2017, we pushed
an 85-percent live rate on
dogs.
“It’s a huge benefit for
shelters because not only
are we saving animals’
lives, but it also gives us
the opportunity to save
animals with diseases
like heart worm disease
Kathy Baker, a driver for the Clarksdale Animal Rescue fers can cost more than
Effort and Shelter, cleans Arty, a Labrador mix puppy. $25,000 — and Wings of
Arty was one of 74 animals transferred from Mississippi
Rescue performs them
to the Brandywine animal shelter in Delaware on Sunday. as often as its funding al-
or mange,” he added. Nickles said. “That’s the lows. In two years, Wings
“Those little things that whole key to making it of Rescue has transferred
are easily treatable if work.” more than 18,000 ani-
you’re given space.” Erin Robbins, with mals across the country.
Nickles also said he Wings of Rescue, said She also said that
was happy to partner with Sunday’s flight comes northern areas tend to
other shelters to help get about a week before the see a greater demand
the animals transferred Brandywine shelter is set for shelter animals than
and hopefully into homes. to host a major adoption areas in Southern states
“It takes all of us work- event. due to stricter laws re-
ing together and pooling “Last year when they quiring that most shelter
our resources to make a had it, I watched the vid- animals be spayed/neu-
difference in the area,” eos and it looked like tered before adoption.

Unity Park
Continued from Page 1A
Marszalek said. “She
spent her career as a
teacher encouraging her
students to learn and be-
come successful citizens
and their parents to take
an interest in their chil-
dren’s education.”
Board of Supervisors
President Orlando Train-
er said he knew both of
the nominees and called
them “outstanding” selec-
tions for the park.
“Mr. Ashford was a
longtime business per-
son here,” he said. “He
was an honorable man
and well-respected in the
community. He and his
wife were both outstand-
ing people.
“Ms. Elliot was one
of the most dedicated
persons you can think of
in the education field,”
Trainer added. “She was
always a person who was
very concerned about the
welfare of young people.
She was a person who
worked behind the scenes
to bring about positive
change in the communi-
ty.”
Unity Park, located be-
hind the former Mugshots
building on D.L. Connor
Drive, is dedicated toward
recognizing individuals
and events that advanced
civil rights locally and na-
tionally. In addition to the
2018 honorees, the park
features plaques honor-
ing Dr. Douglas L. Con-
nor, Martin Luther King
Jr., former state Gov. Wil-
liam Winter, Fannie Lou
Hamer, Medgar Evers
and the Mississippi State
University Men’s Basket-
ball “Game of Change”
against the University of
Loyola-Chicago.
Sports
PREP PLAYER OF THE WEEK
West Point High School running back Brandon Harris (2) tries to score a touchdown against West Jones in the
first half of their Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 5A State Championship Game on
Saturday in Hattiesburg. West Point won 27-12.
‘UNDERDOG’ WAVE WIND UP ON TOP
West Point beats West Jones to complete run to third-straight MHSAA Class 5A title
By Scot t Walters
swalters@cdispatch.com
By his admission, West
Point High School football
coach Chris Chambless
didn’t know what type
of team his 2018 Green
Wave would become.
He knew there was
talent. Fair or not, back-
to-back Mississippi High
School Activities Associ-
ation (MHSAA) Class 5A
State championships had
created an expectation.
“We flew under the
radar the entire season,”
West Point senior defen-
sive back Ryan Melton
said. “Hattiesburg, Olive
Branch, Lafayette, a lot of
others got talked about.
We didn’t. We really
thrived on that.”
Chambless knew he
and his staff would coach
more feverishly this year.
A year ago, a veteran team
could run on auto pilot
some nights.
As the coaches worked
and the players pushed,
things started to come
together. In the end, the
Green Wave finished in
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
No. 22 MSU men will play host to McNeese
From Special Reports
STARKVILLE — The
No. 22 Mississippi State
men’s basketball team
will kick off the month
of December by playing
host to McNeese at 7 p.m.
Tuesday at Humphrey
Coliseum.
MSU (6-1) climbed
three spots in The Associ-
ated Press poll following
victories against Alcorn
State and Dayton last
week.
The game will be
broadcast live on SEC
Network +. It also can be
heard locally on the radio
at WKBB-FM 100.9 and
WFCA-FM 107.9.
MSU has won 18 straight
non-conference home
games, which is the sec-
ond-longest streak in the
West Point High School football coach Chris Chambless hugs his son, Jake, after
the Green Wave defeated West Jones 27-12 in the Mississippi High School Activities
Association (MHSAA) Class 5A State Championship Game on Saturday at Southern
Mississippi’s M.M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg.
the same position as their
counterparts.
On Saturday night,
West Point completed that
run with a 27-12 victory
against West Jones in the
Class 5A State title game
at Southern Mississippi’s
M.M. Roberts Stadium in
Hattiesburg. The victory
Roundup
Southeastern Conference.
McNeese (2-5) is com-
ing off a 67-66 loss to
North Carolina Central
on Saturday. The Cow-
boys have two common
opponents with the Bull-
dogs. McNeese lost to
Saint Mary’s 87-65 and to
Arizona State 80-52.
n Alabama will play
host to Georgia State: At
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the
Alabama men’s basketball
team (5-2) will play host
to Sun Belt Conference
preseason favorite Georgia
State (5-3) at 7 p.m. Tues-
day at Coleman Coliseum.
The game will be
broadcast live on SEC
Network +.
Alabama is coming off
helped West Point (14-1)
secure its third-straight
championship.
For its accomplish-
ment, the West Point foot-
ball team is The Dispatch’s
Prep Player of the Week.
“You never take a state
championship for grant-
ed,” Chambless said. “It’s
a 70-64 loss to UCF on
Thursday in its first true
road game of the season.
The game against
Georgia State begins
an important four-game
stretch. Alabama will
play three of the games
at Coleman Coliseum. It
also will play host to Ar-
izona (Dec. 9) and Penn
State (Dec. 21). The only
game not being played at
home in the stretch is the
game against Liberty on
Dec. 18 in the Rocket City
Classic at the Von Braun
Center in Huntsville, Al-
abama.
Georgia State is the
third opponent Alabama
has played in eight games
to start the season that
was picked to win its con-
ference in the preseason
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n Tuesday, December 4, 2018
James Pugh/Special to The Dispatch
James Pugh/Special to The Dispatch
a special season. You have
to have talented players.
They also have to have a
work ethic. You have to
have coaches that push
them to a level they didn’t
even know they had. After
that, you need some luck,
some fortunate bounces.
See WEST POINT, 5B
poll. Northeastern (Colo-
nial Athletic Association)
and UCF (American Ath-
letic Conference) also are
projected to be league
champions.
Alabama also will play
Stephen F. Austin (South-
land) on Dec. 30. In addi-
tion, Alabama also faced
off with Murray State
(Nov. 26), which was
picked to finish second to
Belmont in the Ohio Val-
ley Conference.
Georgia State (5-3) is
coming off a 78-52 loss
at Liberty. Prior to that
game, Georgia State de-
feated Tulane 80-76 on
Nov. 28 in New Orleans
and beat Georgia 91-67 on
Nov. 21 in the Cayman Is-
lands Classic.
SPORTS EDITOR
Adam Minichino
SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000 B
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SECTION
Tagovailoa earns
SEC’s top offensive
honor from The AP
MSU’s Simmons, Sweat, Ole Miss’
Brown also named first-team All-SEC
From Special Reports
The No. 1 Alabama football team led the way
with eight players named to The Associated
Press All-Southeastern Conference Team, while
Mississippi State placed five on the squad.
Former Starkville High School standout A.J.
Brown was one of two Ole Miss
players named to the team.
Alabama quarterback Tua
Tagovailoa was named SEC
Offensive Player of the Year. In
all, the Crimson Tide had five
first-team picks. Tagovailoa was a
unanimous selection.
In addition to his all-league Tagovailoa
honor, Tagovailoa was named
Monday one of three finalists for
the Heisman Trophy.
Ohio State quarterback
Dwayne Haskins and Oklahoma
quarterback Kyler Murray are the
other finalists for the Heisman
Trophy, which goes to the
nation’s top college football Simmons
player. The winner will be
announced Saturday.
Tagovailoa has thrown for
3,353 yards and a school-record 37
touchdowns. He is tied for second
on the Alabama career touchdown
pass list with 48. He has thrown
for 300 or more yards a school-
record five times this season. His Sweat
42 combined passing and rushing
touchdowns also are an Alabama
single-season record.
See ALL-SEC, 4B
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
Cotton Bowl Classic
At Arlington, Texas
Semifinals — Dec. 29
n Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson (13-0), 3 p.m. (ESPN)
Orange Bowl
At Miami Gardens, Florida
Semifinals — Dec. 29
n Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Outback Bowl
n Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m.,
Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 (ESPN2; WKBB-FM 100.9,
WFCA-FM 107.9).
INSIDE
n Ohio State coach Urban Meyer,
right, announced Tuesday morning
he will retire at the end of this
season. Co-offensive coordinator
Ryan Day will be named the next
head coach. Page 2B
n Also, Bowl Schedule. Page 3B
EMCC finishes No. 1
in final NJCAA poll
By Scot t Walters
swalters@cdispatch.com
After returning from Kansas and having a
few days to relax, the East Mississippi Commu-
nity College football team received a final award
Monday afternoon.
The National Junior College Athletic Associa-
tion (NJCAA) confirmed EMCC as the national
champions in its final rankings for the 2018 cam-
paign.
“It’s always a long climb to the top,” EMCC
coach Buddy Stephens said. “It takes so many
people playing their roles to win a championship.
There is a standard around here. It’s great that
the kids work hard to uphold that standard.”
EMCC finished with all 17 first-place votes
and a computer ranking of 370.
On Thursday at Pittsburg State, EMCC de-
feated No. 2 Garden City C.C. (Kansas) 10-9 in
the national championship game.
Garden City C.C. (10-1) maintained its No. 2
ranking in the final poll.
See EMCC, 2B
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briefly CALENDAR COLLEGE FOOTBALL Basketball

NBA
Local
Ohio State’s Meyer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Prep Basketball
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Pickens Aca. girls basketball team beats Marengo Aca. Today’s Games Toronto
Philadelphia
20 5 .800 —
17 8 .680 3
Caroline Lewis had 18 points and five steals Monday night to lead New Hope at Caledonia Boston 13 10 .565 6
the Pickens Academy girls basketball team to a 49-40 victory against Columbus at Saltillo Brooklyn 8 17 .320 12

will step down

New York 8 17 .320 12
Marengo Academy. West Point at Noxubee County Southeast Division
Carleigh Cameron had 16 points and five assists. Shelby Lowe had Heritage Academy at Hamilton
W L Pct GB
Charlotte 11 12 .478 —
11 rebounds. Orlando 11 12 .478 —
Hebron Christian at Oak Hill Academy
Pickens Academy (3-1) will play host to Russell Christian at 6 p.m. Washington 10 14 .417 1½
Leake Academy at Starkville Academy Miami 9 13 .409 1½

after Rose Bowl

Tuesday. Atlanta 5 19 .208 6½
Marshall Academy at Columbus Christian Central Division
W L Pct GB
Thursday’s Game
Columbus will hold ODP Super Center Starkville Academy at Columbus Christian
Milwaukee
Detroit
15 7 .682 —
13 8 .619 1½
Columbus United will serve as host for the Olympic Development Indiana 13 10 .565 2½
Cleveland 5 18 .217 10½
Program Super Center from 4-6 p.m. Saturday at the Downtown Colum-
bus Soccer Complex.
Prep Soccer By MITCH STACY
Chicago 5 19 .208 11
WESTERN CONFERENCE
The event will be an opportunity for players to get seen for the state Today’s Matches The Associated Press Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
ODP teams and to get more training from licensed coaches. Tupelo at Columbus, 5 p.m. Memphis 13 9 .591 —
Players who register for the ODP Super Centers will be evaluated Starkville at Caledonia, 5 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer, who
Dallas
New Orleans
11 10 .524 1½
12 13 .480 2½
and offered spots on the State ODP team if they are good enough. The West Point at New Hope, 5 p.m. San Antonio 11 12 .478 2½
won three national championships and sparked Houston 11 12 .478 2½
event is for girls and boys ages 2009-2002. Jackson Prep at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m.
The cost is $30 to register. Go to http://www.mississippisoccer. MSMS at Southeast Lauderdale, 5:30 p.m. controversy and criticism this season for his
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
org/Left_Nav/ODP___State_Select/Manage_My_Account_or_Enroll. Lamar School at Heritage Academy, 5:30 p.m. handling of domestic violence allegations against Denver
Oklahoma City
16 7 .696 —
15 7 .682 ½
htm to register.
Thursday’s Matches a now-fired assistant, will retire after the Rose Portland
Minnesota
13 10 .565 3
12 12 .500 4½
n In related news, Columbus United has extended registration Bowl, the Ohio State University announced Utah 11 13 .458 5½
until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Starkville Academy at Heritage Academy, 5 p.m. Pacific Division
MSMS at Kosciusko, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 16 7 .696 —
A news conference was scheduled for later Golden State 16 9 .640 1
The W’s Massey will hold goalkeeper clinic Men’s College Basketball Tuesday during which Meyer will formally an- L.A. Lakers
Sacramento
14 9 .609 2
11 11 .500 4½
Mississippi University for Women’s women’s soccer coach Gray Today’s Games
Massey will hold a clinic for goalkeepers ages 14 and above on Jan. nounce his retirement and co-offensive coordi- Phoenix 4 19 .174 12
McNeese at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
3, 2019.
Georgia State at Alabama, 7 p.m.
nator Ryan Day would be named the program’s Monday’s Games
Oklahoma City 110, Detroit 83
The cost is $50, and lunch will be provided.
Thursday’s Game
25th head coach. Cleveland 99, Brooklyn 97
Denver 106, Toronto 103
Check-in will be from 9:30-9:45 a.m. in the lobby of Pohl Gymna-
sium. Mississippi University for Women at Ohio State didn’t immediately say why Mey- Golden State 128, Atlanta 111
Washington 110, New York 107
The schedule will feature training about technical foundations Bethel University, 7 p.m. er was stepping down after seven years at Ohio L.A. Clippers 129, New Orleans 126
Minnesota 103, Houston 91
followed by lunch, a discussion of the psychology of goalkeeping, and a State and an 82-9 record, but the 54-year-old Today’s Games
session on shot stopping. Women’s College Basketball coach previously has cited health concerns. He Chicago at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Orlando at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Today’s Game has an arachnoid cyst in his brain that causes se- Portland at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
The W will hold toy drive Saturday for basketball Mississippi University for Women at vere headaches. San Antonio at Utah, 8 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
doubleheader Judson College, 5:30 p.m. Meyer had shown obvious effects of being in Denver at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
The Mississippi University for Women basketball teams will hold a Wednesday’s Game pain on the sideline this season. He also was crit- Oklahoma City at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
toy drive Saturday during its women’s and men’s doubleheader. South Alabama at Alabama, 11:30 a.m. icized for what some saw as overly lax treatment Charlotte at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
The women’s team will play Wesleyan College at 2 p.m. The Thursday’s Game Dallas at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
men’s team will play Southern University-New Orleans at 4 p.m. at Pohl
of now-fired assistant coach Zach Smith, who Detroit at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Gymnasium.
Marquette at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. was accused by his ex-wife of domestic abuse. L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Instead of paying admission, fans will be able to gain admission to Meyer said he knew about the accusations San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

the game if they bring an unwrapped toy for entry. on the air against Smith — grandson of former Ohio State Hockey
coach Earle Bruce — but wasn’t sure they were NHL
The W will hold baseball camps in February 2019 Today true and kept Smith on his staff because no crim- EASTERN CONFERENCE
The Mississippi University for Women will be the host site for the COLLEGE BASKETBALL Atlantic Division

U.S. Baseball Academy’s camps in February 2019.
The sessions will be Feb. 2, 9, 16, and 23 on the campus of The
W in downtown Columbus. USBA camps feature age-specific sessions
with instruction tailored for each ability level.
The cost is $139 for four weeks of one skill (six total hours). There
are discounts available if participants register for multiple sessions.
The camp is open to players in grades 1-12. Sessions include
hitting, pitching, baserunning, and fielding.
You can register by going to https://oldsite.usbaseballacademy.
com/1779/Columbus/.
Mississippi State
Men’s tennis team announces spring schedule
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State men’s tennis team returns
all six starters from last season’s team that advanced to the quarterfi-
nals of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1998.
Coach Matt Roberts’ team also won its first Southeastern Confer-
ence Tournament crown and finished the season ranked No. 5.
MSU will try to build on that success in the spring against a sched-
ule that features 13 — potentially 14 — matches against 2018 NCAA
Tournament squads, including Miami, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Tulane,
and UNC-Wilmington in the non-conference schedule. Wichita State,
Arizona, and South Florida also will visit Starkville.
MSU’s league slate features nine NCAA tournament teams
from last season. MSU will play host to six of those foes — Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt — at the
A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.
Before MSU takes the court in team action, it will travel to Tempe,
Arizona, for the Arizona State Invite. The event will feature players
from 2018 NCAA tournament teams Illinois, TCU, and host Arizona
State. Illinois and TCU met in last year’s Round of 16. The Fighting Illini
advanced to the quarterfinals.
A season-opening four-match home stint opens with the 11th
annual Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kick-Off Weekend. MSU
will make its 10th appearance in the event while being a host site for the
fourth year.
To open up the campaign, MSU will take on Wichita State in
the first round on Jan. 26. The next day, MSU will take on Arizona
or UNC-Wilmington. The team that wins both of its matches on the
weekend advances to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, a
16-team tournament held Feb. 15-18 in Chicago.
n Baseball team will hold winter camps: At Starkville, the base-
ball team will offer a series of camps for youth and high school players.
The first camps will be Jan. 12 and 13, 2019, for players in grades
7-12. The cost for one camp is $150. The cost for both camps is $275.
Check-in on Jan. 12 will be at 9 a.m. in center field at Dudy Noble Field.
Check-in on Jan. 13 will be at 9 a.m. in the Griffis Boardroom. Checkout
is at 4 p.m.
There will be Youth Skills Camps for players in grades 1-6 on Jan.
19 and 20, 2019. Check-in will be at 9 a.m. at the Griffis Boardroom.
Checkout is at 4 p.m. The cost for one camp is $150. The cost for both
camps is $275.
MSU also will hold Half-Day Prospect Camps from 9 a.m. to noon
and from 1-4 p.m. Jan. 21, 2019, for players in grades 9-12. The cost for
each session is $125.
Each session is designed to further develop each player’s skills
and learn new techniques from MSU coach Chris Lemonis and his staff.
Campers will be put through many of the same drills used by the MSU
coaches. Dudy Noble Field and the Palmeiro Center will be available for
the camps. Camps are set up for any and all players who want to play
at the next level. We will have a pro-style workout and various coaching
segments that will be set up throughout the day.
Each camper will be required to fill out the Medical/Release Forms
and bring it to registration. Players are asked to bring a hat, shoes,
glove, and workout clothes. Go to https://hailstatecamps.com/baseball/
hs-summer-camps.php to dowload the required forms.
Ole Miss
SEC single-game tickets on sale for men’s basketball
OXFORD — Ole Miss men’s basketball fans can purchase
single-game tickets for Southeastern Conference home games as well
as the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
Tickets start as low as $20 for the conference matchups and can
be selected on OleMissTix.com.
For midweek contests (not including the matchup against Ken-
tucky), SEC single-game tickets are $25 each in the lower level and $20
apiece in the mezzanine. Tickets for conference games that take place
on a weekend, as well as the Kentucky game, are $30 apiece in the
lower bowl and $25 each for the mezzanine. There are a limited number
5:30 p.m. — New Hampshire at Seton Hall, FS1
6 p.m. — Jimmy V Classic, Oklahoma vs. Notre
Dame, ESPN
6 p.m. — Providence at Boston College, ESPN2
7:30 p.m. — UTEP at Marquette, FS2
8 p.m. — Jimmy V Classic, West Virginia vs.
Florida, ESPN2
NBA
8 p.m. — San Antonio at Utah, NBA TV
NHL
6:30 p.m. — Toronto at Buffalo, NBCSports
Network
SOCCER
1:55 p.m. — Premier League, Watford vs.
Manchester City, NBCSports Network
Wednesday
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
5 p.m. — Lafayette at Connecticut, ESPNU
5:30 p.m. — Ohio at Xavier, FS1
6 p.m. — Hartford at Duke, ESPN2
7 p.m. — VCU at Texas, ESPNU
7:30 p.m. — Temple at Villanova, FS1
8 p.m. — North Carolina (Wilmington) at North
Carolina, ESPN2
9 p.m. — TCU at SMU, ESPNU
10 p.m. — Washington at Gonzaga, ESPN2
GOLF
4 a.m. (Thursday) — European Tour Golf, South
African Open, first round, Johannesburg, TGC
NBA
10 a.m. — G-League, Iowa at Raptors 905, ESPNU
7 p.m. — Philadelphia at Toronto, ESPN
9:30 p.m. — San Antonio at LA Lakers, ESPN
NHL
7 p.m. — Edmonton at St. Louis, NBC Sports
Network
9:30 p.m. — Chicago at Anaheim, NBC Sports
Network
SOCCER
1:55 p.m. — Premier League, Manchester United
vs. Arsenal, NBC Sports Network
HOCKEY: NHL
League faces uncertain situations before Seattle vote
By STEPHEN WHYNO
The Associated Press
SEA ISLAND, Ga. — Things are going well
enough that the NHL is ready to expand to Se-
attle and the salary cap keeps going up.
But the league is still dealing with a few un-
certain situations on the eve of what should be
a slam-dunk expansion vote to bring Seattle
into the fold.
The Ottawa Senators’ downtown arena project
is in danger of falling apart, and Arizona Coyotes
owner Andrew Barroway is looking for a partner
as he tries to secure a long-term home in the des-
ert. Meanwhile, the league would like to begin
making plans for a 2020 World Cup of Hockey but
has no guarantee of labor peace that would allow
such a tournament to take place.
“If we’re going to do a World Cup, and do it
with the planning necessary, if we don’t know
by the first of the year or All-Star, then there’s
no sense in trying to pull off a World Cup for
inal charges were filed. The university cited that
lapse in suspending Meyer for the first three
games of the season after an investigation.
A detailed report issued by an investigative
committee left a lasting stain, detailing behavior
by Meyer that could have taken down a coach
of lesser stature. The investigation showed that
he tolerated bad behavior for years from Smith,
including domestic-violence accusations, drug
addiction, lies and other acts that directly clash
with the values Meyer touts publicly.
The Buckeyes’ strong finish this season belied
on-the-field problems that made for a stressful sea-
son for Meyer and his staff. He lost star defensive
end Nick Bosa to an early season-ending injury,
and the Buckeyes’ defense never fully recovered.
During his suspension, the team was run by Day,
the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
coach. He’s a second-year Ohio State assistant who
had never before been a head coach.
The team alternated expected blowout wins
with puzzling play that included a pair of one-
point wins (Penn State, Maryland) and a clos-
er-than-expected win over a struggling Nebraska
team. A shocking blowout loss at unranked Pur-
due on Oct. 20 pushed Ohio State to the fringe of
the national championship chase and prompted
all sorts of questions about Meyer’s future.
Shortly before Halloween, Meyer addressed
speculation that he could step down at the end
of the season, saying he felt fine and definitely
would be back next year.
“I plan on coaching,” he said on Oct. 29. Asked
if he would definitely return to Ohio State next
year, he answered, “Yes.”
Ohio State’s season had five-straight wins, in-
cluding a rout of archrival Michigan that gave the
Buckeyes another division title and a victory against
Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship.
2020,” Commissioner Gary Bettman said Mon-
day. “For the last year and a half, two years,
we’ve been anxious to anchor plans for a World
Cup, but for whatever reason the Players’ As-
sociation hasn’t been prepared to do that.”
Bettman updated the Board of Governors
on those topics and others before the vote
that’s expected to award Seattle the league’s
32nd franchise. The team would begin play in
the 2021-22 season, a year after original plans
because arena renovations aren’t scheduled to
be finished until the fall of 2020.
Seattle expansion and the realignment that
comes with it will be announced Tuesday.
Those topics weren’t discussed on the first
day of the board’s annual December meeting
that was more about league business. Bettman
says the salary cap is projected to go up to
roughly $83 million next season, up from the
current $79.5 million limit. That’s a sign reve-
nues are continuing to rise after the success of
the expansion Vegas Golden Knights.
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 28 20 7 1 41 108 80
Toronto 27 19 8 0 38 98 70
Buffalo 28 17 8 3 37 86 78
Boston 26 14 8 4 32 71 64
Montreal 27 12 10 5 29 83 88
Ottawa 27 12 12 3 27 98 109
Detroit 27 12 12 3 27 76 87
Florida 25 10 10 5 25 82 91
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 26 15 8 3 33 95 83
Columbus 26 15 9 2 32 90 83
N.Y. Islanders 25 13 9 3 29 76 72
N.Y. Rangers 28 13 12 3 29 80 88
Carolina 26 12 10 4 28 66 71
Pittsburgh 25 10 10 5 25 83 84
Philadelphia 25 11 12 2 24 76 88
New Jersey 26 9 12 5 23 75 91
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville
Colorado
28 19 8 1 39 90 67
27 16 6 5 37 99 73
Winnipeg 26 16 8 2 34 91 77
Dallas 28 15 10 3 33 78 72
Minnesota
Chicago
26 14 10 2 30 83 76
28 9 14 5 23 77 104
St. Louis 25 9 13 3 21 74 85
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary
Anaheim
27 16 9 2 34 91 76
29 14 10 5 33 70 83
San Jose
Vegas
28 13 10 5 31 85 89
28 14 13 1 29 82 78
Edmonton
Arizona
27 13 12 2 28 71 83
25 12 11 2 26 66 66
Vancouver 29 11 15 3 25 82 102
Los Angeles 27 10 16 1 21 58 82
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each division
and two wild cards per conference advance to
playoffs.
Monday’s Games
Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 1
Nashville 2, Buffalo 1
Dallas 4, Edmonton 1
Today’s Games
Winnipeg at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
Boston at Florida, 6 p.m.
Calgary at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Colorado at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Toronto at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.
Washington at Vegas, 9 p.m.
Minnesota at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Edmonton at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m.
Carolina at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Soccer
Major League Playoffs
MLS Cup
Saturday’s Game
Portland at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Transactions
Monday’s Moves
BASEBALL
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Named Jeremy
Reed hitting coach, Doug White pitching coach,
Jesus Feliciano outfield/first base coach,
Mike Gallego infield/third base coach, Shawn
Wooten assistant hitting coach, Paul Sorrento
hitting instructor, Jose Molikna catching coach
and Andrew Bailey bullpen coach.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Traded 2B Robinson
Cano, RHP Edwin Diaz and cash to the N.Y.
Mets for OF Jay Bruce, OF Jarred Kelenic and
RHPs Anthony Swarzak, Gerson Bautista and
Justin Dunn.
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms
with manager Dave Roberts on a four-year
contract.
MIAMI MARLINS — Signed 1B Pedro Alvarez,
SS Dixon Machado, RHP R.J. Alvarez, 3B Jon
Berti and Deven Marrero, Cs Bryan Holaday
and Rodrigo Vigil, OFs Gabriel Guerrero and
Harold Ramiez and LHPs Mike Kickham and
Brian Moran to minor league contracts.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Traded 1B
Carlos Santana and INF J.P. Crawford to
Seattle for SS Jean Segura, LHP James Pazos
and RHP Juan Nicasio.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS — Fired coach Fred
Hoiberg. Promoted associate head coach Jim
Boylen to head coach.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Recalled F Okaro
White from Capital City (NBAGL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Fired defensive line
coach Brady Hoke and assistant secondary/
cornerbacks coach Jeff Imamura. Promoted
assistant defensive line coach Sam Mills III to
defensive line coach.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Released OT
Joe Barksdale. Promoted WR Dylan Cantrell
from the practice squad.

EMCC
of club seats available for games. Food and beverages are provided in OAKLAND RAIDERS — Waived OL Ian
Silberman. Claimed OL Denzelle Good off
the club level seats. waivers from Indianapolis.
Group tickets are also on sale, starting at $10 for the SEC/Big 12 TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived RB
Dalyn Dawkins. Released OL Jordan Morgan
Challenge versus Iowa State on Jan. 26. A minimum of 10 tickets must from the practice squad. Signed RB Jeremy
be purchased to get the group discounted rate. Single tickets for the Continued from Page 1B McNichols from Denver’s practice squad.
Signed CB Kenneth Durden to the practice
Iowa State game are $15 apiece for the mezzanine and just $20 for the
lower level.
EMCC (12-0) recorded its much talent around you.” Copiah-Lincoln C.C. (No. 18). squad.
HOCKEY
Pavilion Pricing is back for the 2018-19 season. All drinks and fourth perfect 12-win season EMCC allowed 11.2 points In the Mississippi Associa- National Hockey League
NHL — Suspended Detroit F Tyler Bertuzzi
candy range from $2-$3, while the most expensive items are a cheese- under Stephens. The Lions per game, which led the nation. tion of Community and Junior two games for roughing and unsportsmanlike
conduct against Colorado F Matt Calvert during
burger basket and a sausage basket (both includes fries) for $6. also had a perfect regular sea- National Championship Colleges (MACJC) playoffs, a Dec. 2 game.
Ole Miss will play nine SEC games at home, beginning Jan. 9 son in 2015.
ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Conor
Game Most Valuable Player EMCC beat Co-Lin (31-7) and Garland from Tucson (AHL).
against Auburn, the reigning regular-season conference co-champion. BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled G Jonas
Ole Miss also will play host to 2018 NCAA Tournament participants In another program first, Everitt Cunningham, of West Jones (19-14) to win a seventh Johansson from Cincinnati (ECHL) to
Arkansas (Jan. 19), Texas A&M (Feb. 6), Missouri (Feb. 16), Tennessee this was the first season Point, scored the Lions’ touch- state title. Rochester (AHL).
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Claimed LW
(Feb. 27), and Kentucky (March 5). Other conference games at The EMCC was ranked No. 1 in down on a fumble return in Jones earned the other Brendan Leipsic off waivers from Vancouver.
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned G
Pavilion include LSU (Jan. 15), Mississippi State (Feb. 2), and Georgia every poll. In 2014, the Lions the second quarter. bowl invite for the MACJC. On Michael McNiven from Laval (AHL) to Brampton
(Feb. 23). (ECHL).
started No. 1 and finished No. Under Stephens, EMCC is Sunday in Perkinston, Jones NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned LW Matt
Beleskey, G Alexander Georgiev and C Vinni
1, but that team slipped to sec- 7-0 in bowl games and 5-0 in beat No. 10 Eastern Arizona
Junior Colleges ond for two polls. national championship games. College 27-7 to win the Missis-
Lettieri to Hartford (AHL). Reassigned F Ryan
Gropp from Hartfrord to Maine (AHL). Called
up D Vince Pedrie from Maine to Hartford. Re-
ICC basketball teams split doubleheader against EMCC has been ranked in the EMCC trails only Butler sippi Bowl. The Bobcats held called G Dustin Tokarski from Hartford.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Named Chuck
Northwest Mississippi C.C. top 10 for 32-straight rankings. C.C. (Kansas) and Northeast- the Gila Monsters to 101 yards Fletcher general manager.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Traded F Daniel
SENATOBIA — Shaniyah Buford had 24 points, and former “For the sophomores, this ern Oklahoma A&M on the and forced four turnovers. It Sprong to Anaheim for D Marcus Petterson.
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled Fs Jordan Nolan
Starkville High School standout Tabreea Gandy and former Columbus is a special way to end the sea- all-time national champion- was the first bowl victory for and Jordan Kyrou and D Chris Butler from San
High standout Zaria Jenkins had 11 to lead the Itawamba Community Antonio (AHL).
College women’s basketball team to an 83-59 victory against Northwest son,” EMCC sophomore defen- ship list. Each of those schools Jones since 1998. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Traded F Josh
Leivo to Vancouver for F Michael Carcone.
Mississippi Community College. sive back JaQuez Akins said. have six titles. The Mississippi represen- Recalled D Travis Dermott from Toronto (AHL).
ICC (5-2, 1-0 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior “Anything shy of a national The final NJCAA rankings tative has won 10 of 11 games OLYMPIC SPORTS
USA SWIMMING — Named California coach
Colleges North Division) led 27-15 after the first quarter and cruised to championship is a major disap- also included Jones College played in the bowl game. Dave Durden coach of the 2020 U.S. Olympic
men’s team and Stanford coach Greg Meehan
the win.
In the men’s game, Ma’Darius Hobson had 20 points, but ICC
pointment. You come here to (No. 5), Northwest Mississip- Follow Dispatch sports coach of the women’s team.
RODEO
couldn’t rally from a 12-point halftime deficit in a 78-75 loss. win championships. It’s a bless- pi C.C. (No. 7), Mississippi writer Scott Walters on Twitter PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS
ASSOCIATION — Named Anthony Bartkowski
— From Special Reports ing to be on the field with this Gulf Coast C.C. (No. 12), and @dispatchscott director/athletic development and welfare.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Tuesday, December 4, 2018 3B

FOOTBALL: College, NFL

Wentz leads
Orange Bowl 11. LSU 9-3 899 14
Bowl Schedule At Miami Gardens, Florida 12. Penn State 9-3 889 12 AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Saturday, Dec. 15 CFP Semifinal, Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama 13. Washington State 10-2 856 13 East
Celebration Bowl 14. Texas 9-4 776 9
At Atlanta
(13-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
15. Kentucky 9-3 696 15 W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31 16. West Virginia 8-3 683 16 New England 9 3 0 .750 331 259 6-0-0 3-3-0 6-2-0 3-1-0 3-0-0
(ABC) 17. Syracuse 9-3 505 18
Military Bowl Miami 6 6 0 .500 244 300 5-1-0 1-5-0 5-4-0 1-2-0 3-1-0

Philadelphia
Cure Bowl At Annapolis, Maryland 18. Mississippi State 8-4 501 19
At Orlando, Florida Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6), 19. Utah 9-4 411 17 Buffalo 4 8 0 .333 178 293 2-3-0 2-5-0 3-6-0 1-2-0 1-2-0
Tulane (6-6) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (7-6), 20. Texas A&M 8-4 388 22
12:30 p.m. (CBSSN)
11 a.m. (ESPN)
21. Fresno State 11-2 357 23
N.Y. Jets 3 9 0 .250 243 307 2-4-0 1-5-0 2-7-0 1-2-0 0-4-0
Sun Bowl
New Mexico Bowl At El Paso, Texas 22. Northwestern 8-5 159 21 South
At Albuquerque Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6), 1 p.m. (CBS) 23. Utah State 10-2 125 24 W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
North Texas (9-3) vs. Utah State (10-2), 1 p.m. Redbox Bowl 24. Boise State 10-3 122 20
(ESPN) Houston 9 3 0 .750 302 235 5-1-0 4-2-0 7-2-0 2-1-0 3-1-0

to victory
At Santa Clara, California 25. Army 9-2 114 25
Las Vegas Bowl Michigan State (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4), 2 p.m. Also Receiving Votes: Iowa State 87, North Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 325 279 4-2-0 2-4-0 5-5-0 1-1-0 2-2-0
Fresno State (11-2) vs. Arizona State (7-5), (FOX) Carolina State 63, Cincinnati 62, Missouri 61,
2:30 p.m. (ABC) Liberty Bowl Appalachian State 32, Iowa 19, Stanford 9, Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 221 245 4-1-0 2-5-0 4-6-0 2-0-0 2-2-0
Camellia Bowl At Memphis, Tennessee Oregon 5, Alabama-Birmingham 4, Buffalo 1, Jacksonville 4 8 0 .333 203 243 3-4-0 1-4-0 3-6-0 1-2-0 1-3-0
At Montgomery, Alabama Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), Georgia Southern 1.
Georgia Southern (9-3) vs. Eastern Michigan North
(7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
2:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday Bowl Football Championship W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
New Orleans Bowl
Middle Tennessee (8-5) vs. Appalachian State
At San Diego
Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4), 6 p.m. (FS1)
Subdivision Playoffs Pittsburgh 7 4 1 .625 346 282 3-3-0 4-1-1 4-4-1 3-0-0 3-1-1 By ROB MAADDI
Second Round
(10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Gator Bowl Saturday, Dec. 1 Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 297 214 4-2-0 3-3-0 6-3-0 1-2-0 2-3-0 The Associated Press
At Jacksonville, Florida
Tuesday, Dec. 18 NC State (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6:30 p.m.
Maine 55, Jacksonville State 27 Cincinnati 5 7 0 .417 286 371 3-4-0 2-3-0 3-5-0 2-2-0 1-3-0
Colgate 23, James Madison 20
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl (ESPN) Kennesaw State 13, Wofford 10 Cleveland 4 7 1 .375 266 312 3-2-1 1-5-0 3-5-1 1-2-0 2-1-1
UAB (10-3) vs. North Illinois (8-5), 6 p.m.
(ESPN)
Tuesday, Jan. 1 North Dakota State 52, Montana State 10 West PHILADELPHIA — Carson
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Florida
South Dakota State 51, Duquesne 6
Weber State 48, Southeast Missouri State 23 W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Wentz was at his best back on the
Wednesday, Dec. 19 Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m.
Frisco (Texas) Bowl (ESPN2)
Eastern Washington 42, Nicholls State 21
UC Davis 23, Northern Iowa 16
Kansas City 10 2 0 .833 444 327 5-0-0 5-2-0 8-1-0 2-1-0 4-0-0 move again.
San Diego State (7-5) vs. Ohio (8-4), 7 p.m. Citrus Bowl L.A. Chargers 9 3 0 .750 340 249 4-2-0 5-1-0 6-2-0 3-1-0 2-2-0
(ESPN) At Orlando, Florida Quarterfinals Denver 6 6 0 .500 276 262 3-3-0 3-3-0 4-5-0 2-1-0 2-2-0
Wentz tossed two touchdown
Thursday, Dec. 20
Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn State (9-3), Noon
(ABC)
Friday’s Game
Oakland 2 10 0 .167 220 367 1-5-0 1-5-0 1-7-0 1-3-0 0-4-0 passes, Darren
Gasparilla Bowl
At St. Petersburg, Florida
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Arizona
Maine (9-3) at Weber State (10-2), 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Colgate (10-1) at North Dakota State (12-0),
NATIONAL CONFERENCE Sproles ran for Eagles 28,
Marshall (8-4) vs. South Florida (7-5), 7 p.m. LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0), Noon (ESPN) 11 a.m. East a score and the Redskins 13
(ESPN) Rose Bowl South Dakota State (9-2) at Kennesaw State W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
Friday, Dec. 21
At Pasadena, California
Washington (10-3) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 4 p.m.
(11-1), 1 p.m.
Dallas 7 5 0 .583 247 223 5-1-0 2-4-0 6-3-0 1-2-0 3-1-0
Philadelphia
UC Davis (10-2) at Eastern Washington (10-2),
Bahamas Bowl (ESPN) 3 p.m. Philadelphia 6 6 0 .500 258 266 4-3-0 2-3-0 4-5-0 2-1-0 3-1-0 Eagles stayed in
Nassau Sugar Bowl
Toledo (7-5) vs. FIU (8-4), 11:30 a.m (ESPN) At New Orleans Semifinals Washington 6 6 0 .500 233 257 3-3-0 3-3-0 6-4-0 0-2-0 2-2-0 the hunt for the NFC East title with
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2), 7:45 p.m. N.Y. Giants 4 8 0 .333 267 315 2-4-0 2-4-0 3-7-0 1-1-0 0-4-0
At Boise, Idaho (ESPN) TBD
Friday, Dec. 14 or Saturday, Dec. 15
a 28-13 victory against Washington
Western Michigan (7-5) vs. BYU (6-6), 3 p.m. South
(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 7 Championship W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div Redskins on Monday night.
Saturday, Dec. 22
College Football Championship
At Santa Clara, California
Saturday, Jan. 5
At Toyota Stadium New Orleans 10 2 0 .833 419 269 5-1-0 5-1-0 7-2-0 3-0-0 2-1-0 The Eagles (6-6) won consecutive
Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl
Memphis (8-5) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 11 a.m.
Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner,
7 p.m. (ESPN)
Frisco, Texas Carolina 6 6 0 .500 304 306 5-1-0 1-5-0 4-5-0 2-1-0 1-2-0 games for the first time since Nick
Semifinal winners, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay 5 7 0 .417 318 355 4-2-0 1-5-0 4-5-0 1-2-0 2-2-0
(ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 19 Foles led them to a Super Bowl victo-
Armed Forces Bowl
At Fort Worth, Texas
East-West Shrine Classic
At St. Petersburg, Florida Division II Playoffs Atlanta 4 8 0 .333 296 333 3-4-0 1-4-0 4-4-0 0-4-0 2-2-0
ry against the Patriots.
Houston (8-4) vs. Army (9-2), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) East vs. West, 2 p.m. (NFLN) First Round North
Dollar General Bowl NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Saturday, Nov. 17
Hillsdale 40, Kutztown 26 W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div The Redskins (6-6) lost backup
At Mobile, Alabama At Pasadena, California
Buffalo (10-3) vs. Troy (9-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) American vs. National, TBA (NFLN) Slippery Rock 20, LIU Post 14
New Haven 35, West Chester 28
Chicago 8 4 0 .667 344 241 5-1-0 3-3-0 6-2-0 2-2-0 3-1-0 quarterback Colt McCoy to a serious
Hawaii Bowl
Wingate 41, West Georgia 31 Minnesota 6 5 1 .542 275 270 4-2-0 2-3-1 5-3-1 1-2-0 2-1-1 right leg injury in his second game
At Honolulu Saturday, Jan. 26
Senior Bowl Indianapolis 38, Fort Hays State 27 Green Bay 4 7 1 .375 281 287 4-1-1 0-6-0 2-6-1 2-1-0 1-2-1
Louisiana Tech (7-5) vs. Hawaii (8-5), 9:30 p.m.
(ESPN) At Mobile, Alabama Ferris State 21, Harding 19 Detroit 4 8 0 .333 254 316 3-4-0 1-4-0 2-7-0 2-1-0 1-3-0 replacing Alex Smith, who broke his
NW Missouri State 42, Grand Valley State 17
Wednesday, Dec. 26
North vs. South, 1:30 p.m. (NFLN)
Bowie State 41, West Alabama 35 West right tibia and fibula on Nov. 18. Mark
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl The Associated Press Lenoir-Rhyne 43, Florida Tech 21 W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div Sanchez took his place.
Tarleton State 58, Azusa Pacific 0
At Dallas
Boston College (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-3),
Top 25 Texas A&M-Commerce 33, Minn. Duluth 17 y-L.A. Rams 11 1 0 .917 419 298 6-0-0 5-1-0 7-1-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 Redskins coach Jay Gruden said
The weekly poll, with first-place votes in
12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Colorado State-Pueblo 37, Colorado Mines 17 Seattle 7 5 0 .583 319 259 3-2-0 4-3-0 6-3-0 1-2-0 2-2-0
Quick Lane Bowl
parentheses, records through Dec. 1 total
points based on 25 points for a first-place vote Arizona 3 9 0 .250 175 310 1-5-0 2-4-0 3-5-0 0-4-0 2-2-0 after the game that, from what he un-
At Detroit Second Round
Minnesota (6-6) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5),
through one point for a 25th-place vote, and
previous ranking:
Saturday, Nov. 24 San Francisco 2 10 0 .167 255 336 2-3-0 0-7-0 1-8-0 1-2-0 0-4-0 derstands, McCoy fractured his fibu-
Slippery Rock 59, New Haven 20
4:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Cheez-It Bowl

1. Alabama (61)
Rec. Pts Pv
13-0 1525 1
Notre Dame (Ohio) 19, Hillsdale 14 y-clinched division la and will miss the rest of the season.
Valdosta State 66, Bowie State 16
At Phoenix
California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
2. Clemson 13-0 1460 2 Ferris State 27, Northwest Missouri State 21 Adrian Peterson ran 90 yards for a
3. Notre Dame 12-0 1405 3 Thursday, Nov. 29 Thursday’s Game
Thursday, Dec. 27
4. Oklahoma 12-1 1327 5
Ouachita Baptist 35, Indianapolis 7
Lenoir-Rhyne 21, Wingate 17 Dallas 13, New Orleans 10 Jacksonville at Tennessee, 7:20 p.m. touchdown on Sanchez’s first play un-
5. Ohio State 12-1 1254 6
Independence Bowl
At Shreveport, Louisiana
6. Georgia 11-2 1247 4
Minn.-Mankato 24, Colorado State-Pueblo 10
Tarleton State 34, Texas A&M-Commerce 28 Sunday, Dec. 2 Sunday’s Games der center, giving the Redskins a 10-7
7. UCF 12-0 1158 7
Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) 8. Michigan 10-2 1076 8 Jacksonville 6, Indianapolis 0 New Orleans at Tampa Bay, Noon lead. It was the longest run Philadel-
Pinstripe Bowl Quarterfinals
At Bronx, New York
9. Washington
10. Florida
10-3 992 10
9-3 894 11 Saturday, Dec. 1 Tampa Bay 24, Carolina 17 N.Y. Giants at Washington, Noon phia has allowed in franchise history
Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5), 4:15 p.m. 11. LSU 9-3 847 12 Notre Dame (Ohio) 21, Slippery Rock 17 Houston 29, Cleveland 13 Atlanta at Green Bay, Noon but Washington’s lead didn’t last long.
(ESPN) 12. Washington State 10-2 845 12 Minnesota State-Mankato 13, Tarleton State 10
Baltimore 26, Atlanta 16 Indianapolis at Houston, Noon
Texas Bowl
At Houston
13. Penn St.
14. Texas
9-3 773 14
9-4 763 9
Valdosta State 61, Lenoir-Rhyne 21
Ferris State 37, Ouachita Baptist 14 Arizona 20, Green Bay 17 N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, Noon Wentz, who hasn’t scrambled
Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) 15. West Virginia
16. Kentucky
8-3 694 15
9-3 639 16 Semifinals Miami 21, Buffalo 17 Carolina at Cleveland, Noon much since returning in Week 3 from
Friday, Dec. 28
Music City Bowl
17. Syracuse 9-3 516 18 Saturday’s Games
Notre Dame (Ohio) (13-0) at Valdosta State
Denver 24, Cincinnati 10 New England at Miami, Noon surgery to repair two knee ligaments,
18. Mississippi State 8-4 375 20
At Nashville, Tennessee 19. Fresno State 11-2 373 25 (12-0), 11 a.m. L.A. Rams 30, Detroit 16 Baltimore at Kansas City, Noon didn’t run for any yards. But he ran
Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5), 12:30 p.m. 20. Utah 9-4 362 17 Ferris State (14-0) at Minnesota State-Mankato N.Y. Giants 30, Chicago 27, OT Cincinnati at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m.
(ESPN) 21. Texas A&M 8-4 359 22 (13-0), 2 p.m. around and made big plays when he
Camping World Bowl Tennessee 26, N.Y. Jets 22 Denver at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
At Orlando, Florida
22. Army
23. Boise State
9-2 209 23
10-3 144 19 Championship Kansas City 40, Oakland 33 Detroit at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. improvised and on designed rollouts.
West Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3),
4:15 p.m. (ESPN)
24. Missouri
25. Iowa State
8-4 133 NR
8-4 110 24
Saturday, Dec. 15
At McKinney, Texas New England 24, Minnesota 10 Philadelphia at Dallas, 3:25 p.m. “Anytime he can extend plays with
Alamo Bowl
At San Antonio
Also Receiving Votes:
Northwestern 109, Utah State 86, N.C. State 54,
TBD, 3 p.m. Seattle 43, San Francisco 16 Pittsburgh at Oakland, 3:25 p.m. his legs, he’s such a great athlete,
Iowa State (8-4) vs. Washington State (10-2),
8 p.m. (ESPN)
Cincinnati 39, Stanford 28, Appalachian State 19, Division III Playoffs L.A. Chargers 33, Pittsburgh 30 L.A. Rams at Chicago, 7:20 p.m. that’s an advantage to the offense,”
Alabama-Birmingham 4, Iowa 4, Troy 1, Semifinals Monday’s Game Monday, Dec. 10
Oregon 1. Saturday’s Games coach Doug Pederson said. “Being
Saturday, Dec. 29 Johns Hopkins (12-1) at Mount Union (13-0), Philadelphia 28, Washington 13 Minnesota at Seattle, 7:15 p.m.
Peach Bowl Amway Coaches Top 25 11 a.m. able to do that allows us to stay on the
At Atlanta The weekly poll, with first-place votes in Mary Hardin-Baylor (13-0) vs.
Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), 11 a.m. parentheses, records through Dec. 1, total Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-0), 2:30 p.m. field. He’s gifted in doing that.”
(ESPN) points based on 25 points for first place through Individual Leaders Through Week 14
Belk Bowl one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Championship Sproles put Philadelphia up 14-10
At Charlotte, North Carolina
South Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5), 11 a.m.

1. Alabama (62)
Rec. Pts Pvs
13-0 1598 1
Friday, Dec. 14
At Shenandoah, Texas
SCORING, NONKICKERS on a 14-yard touchdown run in the
TD RusRec Ret X 2 Pts SCORING, KICKERS
(ABC)
Arizona Bowl
2. Clemson (2)
3. Notre Dame
13-0 1538 2
12-0 1460 3
TBD, 6 p.m. second quarter. Wentz threw a 4-yard
NAIA Playoffs Gurley, LA 19 15 4 0 3 120 PAT FG Lg Pts
At Tucson, Arizona 4. Oklahoma 12-1 1375 5
Lutz, NOR 44/45 23/24 54 113
touchdown pass to Jordan Matthews
Arkansas State (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5), 5. Ohio State 12-1 1326 6 Championship Kamara, NOR 15 11 4 0 2 94
12:15 p.m. (CBSSN)
Cotton Bowl Classic
6. Georgia
7. Central Florida
11-2 1316 4
12-0 1218 7
Saturday, Dec. 15
At Municipal Stadium Barkley, NYG 12 8 4 0 1 74 Rosas, NYG 21/21 26/27 57 99 and connected with Golden Tate on a
At Arlington, Texas 8. Michigan 10-2 1122 8 Daytona Beach, Florida D. Adams, GBY 11 0 11 0 0 66 Maher, DAL 23/24 24/28 55 95 two-point conversion to make it 22-13
CFP Semifinal, Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson 9. Washington 10-3 1046 11 Morningside (14-0) vs. Benedictine (Kan.)
(13-0), 3 p.m. (ESPN) 10. Florida 9-3 976 10 (13-1), 6 p.m. McCaffrey, CAR 11 5 6 0 0 66 M. Crosby, GBY 27/29 22/29 53 93 early in the fourth quarter.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Furman plays for first time

TEXAS A&M (3-4): Mekowulu 3-3 8-10
Monday’s Men’s Major 14, Mahan 3-6 0-0 8, Starks 5-10 1-2 12,
Scores Chandler 2-8 3-6 7, Flagg 3-9 2-2 9, J.Walker
0-1 2-4 2, Nebo 3-3 2-2 8, Collins 0-1 0-0 0,
EAST French 1-1 0-0 2, Mitchell 5-10 5-5 18. Totals
Delaware St. 102, Cairn 66
25-52 23-31 80.
Georgetown 88, Liberty 78
Today’s Games
Georgia State at Alabama, 7 p.m.
UT Arington at Missouri, 7 p.m.
McNeese at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville at Auburn, 7 p.m.
(SEC Network)
6. Mississippi State 8-0 622 6
7. Maryland 8-0 587 7
8. Oregon State
9. Tennessee
6-1 549 9
6-0 524 11
10. N.C. State 8-0 473 13
11. Stanford 6-1 446 8

with ranking in AP Top 25

Niagara 71, Pittsburgh 70
St. Francis Brooklyn 104, St. Joseph’s (BKN) 75
SOUTH
ETSU 107, Reinhardt 60
Florida St. 83, Troy 67
Georgia 92, Texas Southern 75
UMBC 71, Coppin St. 60
Vermont 72, George Mason 67
Virginia 83, Morgan St. 45
MIDWEST
DePaul 65, Florida A&M 50
Iowa St. 81, N. Dakota St. 59
Michigan St. 90, Iowa 68
Wisconsin 69, Rutgers 64
SOUTHWEST
Texas A&M 80, Northwestern St. 59
FAR WEST
CS Northridge 90, Pepperdine 83
Montana 80, College of Idaho 52
The Associated Press
Men’s Top 25 Fared
Monday
1. Gonzaga (8-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Washington, Wednesday.
2. Kansas (6-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Wofford, Tuesday.
3. Duke (7-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Hartford, Wednesday.
4. Virginia (8-0) beat Morgan State
83-45. Next: vs. VCU, Sunday.
5. Michigan (8-0) did not play. Next: at
Northwestern, Tuesday.
6. Nevada (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. No.
20 Arizona State, Friday.
7. Tennessee (6-1) did not play. Next: vs.
No. 1 Gonzaga, Sunday.
8. Auburn (6-1) did not play. Next: vs.
UNC Asheville, Tuesday.
9. Kentucky (7-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Seton Hall, Saturday.
10. Michigan State (7-2) beat No. 18 Iowa
90-68. Next: at Florida, Saturday.
11. Florida State (7-1) beat Troy 83-67.
Next: vs. UConn, Saturday.
12. Wisconsin (8-1) beat Rutgers 69-64.
Next: at Marquette, Saturday.
13. Texas Tech (7-0) did not play. Next:
vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Wednesday.
14. North Carolina (6-2) did not play.
Next: vs. UNC Wilmington, Wednesday.
15. Virginia Tech (6-1) did not play. Next:
vs. VMI, Wednesday.
16. Kansas State (6-1) did not play. Next:
at Tulsa, Saturday.
17. Buffalo (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Le
Moyne, Wednesday.
18. Iowa (6-2) lost to No. 10 Michigan
State 90-68. Next: vs. Iowa State, Thursday.
19. Ohio State (7-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Illinois, Wednesday.
20. Arizona State (7-0) did not play. Next:
vs. No. 6 Nevada, Friday.
21. Villanova (6-2) did not play. Next: vs.
Temple, Wednesday.
22. Mississippi State (6-1) did not play.
Next: vs. McNeese, Tuesday.
23. Maryland (7-1) did not play. Next: at
Purdue, Thursday.
24. Nebraska (7-1) did not play. Next: at
Minnesota, Wednesday.
25. Furman (8-0) did not play. Next: at
Elon, Tuesday.
Georgia 92,
Texas Southern 75
TEXAS SOUTHERN (3-6): Combs 5-9
4-8 15, Butler 0-3 0-0 0, Reed 4-7 5-7 14, Bruce
6-14 2-2 17, Patterson 1-14 0-0 3, Hopkins 4-7
2-2 10, Jones 2-10 3-4 9, Armstrong 0-0 0-0 0,
C.McClelland 3-6 0-1 7. Totals 25-70 16-24 75.
GEORGIA (5-3): Hammonds 5-11 3-4
14, Claxton 5-12 3-4 15, Ogbeide 5-11 3-4
13, Jackson 0-3 0-0 0, Hightower 3-7 3-3 10,
Ngumezi 0-1 0-0 0, Toppin 1-3 0-0 2, Edwards
0-0 0-0 0, Crump 8-10 4-5 25, Harris 2-2 1-2 7,
Sargiunas 1-2 0-0 2, Fagan 2-4 0-0 4. Totals
32-66 17-22 92.
Halftime—Georgia 52-35. 3-Point
Goals—Texas Southern 9-33 (Bruce 3-8,
Jones 2-8, Combs 1-1, Reed 1-1, C.McClel-
land 1-2, Patterson 1-11, Butler 0-2), Georgia
11-22 (Crump 5-7, Claxton 2-2, Harris 2-2,
Hammonds 1-1, Hightower 1-4, Ngumezi 0-1,
Sargiunas 0-1, Fagan 0-1, Jackson 0-3). Fouled
Out—Claxton. Rebounds—Texas Southern 34
(Reed 7), Georgia 45 (Ogbeide 10). Assists—
Texas Southern 13 (Patterson 5), Georgia 18
(Fagan 4). Total Fouls—Texas Southern 15,
Georgia 17. A—6,801 (10,523).
Texas A&M 80,
Northwestern State 59
NORTHWESTERN STATE (2-7): Dixon
4-7 2-2 10, Lane 6-17 2-2 16, Reed 4-8 0-0 9,
Comanita 0-3 0-0 0, Jones 5-12 2-2 13, Hutton
0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Owens 0-2 0-0
0, Metoyer 0-3 0-0 0, Love 1-4 2-2 4, Ott 2-3
2-2 7, Guest 0-0 0-0 0, Norvel 0-4 0-0 0. Totals
22-64 10-10 59.
Halftime—Texas A&M 38-24. 3-Point
Goals—Northwestern St. 5-21 (Lane 2-6, Ott
1-1, Reed 1-3, Jones 1-4, Love 0-1, Comanita
0-3, Norvel 0-3), Texas A&M 7-24 (Mitchell
3-7, Mahan 2-3, Starks 1-4, Flagg 1-6, Collins
0-1, Chandler 0-3). Rebounds—Northwest-
ern St. 29 (Dixon 7), Texas A&M 35 (Nebo 9).
Assists—Northwestern St. 8 (Jones 7), Texas
A&M 14 (Flagg 6). Total Fouls—Northwestern
St. 20, Texas A&M 14. A—4,805 (12,989).
The AP Men’s Top 25
The weekly poll, with first-place votes in
parentheses, records through Dec. 2, total
points based on 25 points for a first-place vote
through one point for a 25th-place vote and last
week’s ranking:
Rec. Pts Prv
1. Gonzaga (43) 8-0 1578 1
2. Kansas (19) 6-0 1539 2
3. Duke (1) 7-1 1463 3
4. Virginia (1) 7-0 1367 4
5. Michigan 8-0 1339 7
6. Nevada 8-0 1300 5
7. Tennessee 6-1 1238 6
8. Auburn 6-1 1154 8
9. Kentucky 7-1 1070 10
10. Michigan State 6-2 915 9
11. Florida State 6-1 871 15
12. Wisconsin 7-1 809 22
13. Texas Tech 7-0 783 20
14. North Carolina 6-2 782 11
15. Virginia Tech 6-1 675 13
16. Kansas State 6-1 629 12
17. Buffalo 7-0 515 21
18. Iowa
19. Ohio State
6-1 417 14
7-1 385 16
20. Arizona State
21. Villanova
7-0 384 —
6-2 356 23
22. Mississippi State 6-1 243 25
23. Maryland 7-1 204 24
24. Nebraska 7-1 176 —
25. Furman 8-0 101 —
Also Receiving Votes: Purdue 100, Syracuse
62, Marquette 47, Iowa State 46, Texas 44,
Creighton 42, St. John’s 39, Houston 30, N.C.
State 14, Indiana 13, Arizona 12, Clemson
11, Louisville 11, Radford 9, TCU 9, Arkansas
3, Notre Dame 3, Oregon 3, UCLA 3, Boston
College 2, Florida 2, Davidson 1, Oklahoma 1.
USA Today Top 25
The weekly poll, with first-place votes in
parentheses, records through Dec. 2, points
based on 25 points for a first-place vote through
one point for a 25th-place vote and previous
ranking:
Rec. Pts Pvs
1. Gonzaga (21) 8-0 788 1
2. Kansas (10) 6-0 771 2
3. Duke
4. Virginia
7-1 712 3
7-0 704 4
5. Michigan (1)
6. Nevada
8-0 680 5
8-0 629 6
7. Tennessee 6-1 618 7
8. Kentucky 7-1 547 9
9. Auburn 6-1 534 10
10. Michigan State 6-2 483 8
11. Florida State 6-1 405 14
12. North Carolina
13. Texas Tech
6-2 389 13
7-0 387 19
14. Virginia Tech
15. Kansas State
6-1 359 12
6-1 346 10
16. Wisconsin 7-1 322 22
17. Ohio State 7-1 249 16
18. Buffalo 7-0 241 20
19. Iowa 6-1 185 15
20. Arizona State 7-0 156 —
21. Villanova
22. Mississippi State
6-2 143 23
6-1 124 25
23. Maryland
24. Purdue
7-1 120 —
5-3 89 18
25. Nebraska 7-1 73 —
Also Receiving Votes: Houston 58, Iowa
State 33, St. John’s 33, Creighton 32, Furman
30, UCLA 28, Clemson 24, Texas 24, Syracuse
22, N.C. State 11, Oregon 9, Cincinnati 8,
Indiana 8, LSU 5, Pittsburgh 5, UCF 5, West
Virginia 5, Florida 2, North Texas 2, Marquette
1, Radford 1.
Southeastern Conference
Men
Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
Kentucky 0-0 .000 7-1 .875
Auburn 0-0 .000 6-1 .857
Mississippi State 0 -0 .000 6-1 .857
Tennessee
Arkansas
0-0 .000
0-0 .000
6-1
5-1
.857
.833
LSU 0-0 .000 6-2 .750
Alabama
Ole Miss
0-0 .000
0-0 .000
5-2
5-2
.714
.714
Vanderbilt
Georgia
0-0 .000
0-0 .000
5-2
5-3
.714
.625
Florida 0-0 .000 4-3 .571
South Carolina 0-0 .000 4-3 .571
Missouri 0-0 .000 4-3 .571
Texas A&M 0-0 .000 3-4 .429
Monday’s Games
Georgia 92, Texas Southern 75
Texas A&M 80, Northwestern State 59
Florida vs. West Virginia, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday’s Games
Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m.
(SEC Network)
South Carolina at Wyoming, 8 p.m.
Arkansas at Colorado State, 9 p.m.
(CBS Sports Network)
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Game
Oral Roberts at Missouri, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)
Saturday’s Games
South Carolina at Michigan, 11 a.m. (FS1)
Michigan State at Florida, 11 a.m. (WCBI)
Kentucky vs. Seton Hall, 11 a.m. (WLOV)
Western Kentucky at Arkansas, 2:30 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Mississippi State vs. Clemson, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)
Boston College at Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Ole Miss at Illinois State, 7 p.m.
Dayton at Auburn, 7:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Sunday’s Games
Arizona at Alabama, Noon (ESPN)
Incarnate Word at LSU, 1 p.m. (SEC Network)
Tennessee vs. Gonzaga, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday’s Women’s Major
Scores
EAST
James Madison 68, Dayton 55
Mount St. Mary’s 69, Gardner-Webb 62
SC State 67, Bob Jones 51
UNC-Asheville 92, Warren Wilson 31
MIDWEST
DePaul 102, Temple 88
IUPUI 64, Indiana St. 59
Loyola of Chicago 64, W. Michigan 53
SOUTHWEST
Oral Roberts 94, Central Christian College of
Kansas 47
The AP Women’s
Top 25 Fared
Monday
1. UConn (7-0) did not play. Next: at Saint
Louis, Tuesday.
2. Notre Dame (7-1) did not play. Next: at
Toledo, Saturday.
3. Oregon (7-0) did not play. Next: at
Michigan State, Sunday.
4. Baylor (7-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Morehead State, Wednesday, Dec. 12.
5. Louisville (8-0) did not play. Next: at UT
Martin, Tuesday.
6. Mississippi State (8-0) did not play.
Next: vs. No. 18 Marquette, Thursday.
7. Maryland (8-0) did not play. Next: vs.
James Madison, Saturday.
8. Oregon State (6-1) did not play. Next:
vs. Santa Clara, Sunday.
9. Tennessee (6-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Stetson, Wednesday.
10. N.C. State (8-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Hampton, Wednesday.
11. Stanford (6-1) did not play. Next: vs.
No. 4 Baylor, Saturday, Dec. 15.
12. Texas (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. No.
9 Tennessee, Sunday.
13. California (7-0) did not play. Next: at
Saint Mary’s, Saturday.
14. Minnesota (7-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Incarnate Word, Wednesday.
15. Syracuse (7-2) did not play. Next: vs.
Maryland-Eastern Shore, Wednesday.
16. Iowa (6-2) did not play. Next: vs. Iowa
State, Wednesday.
17. Arizona State (5-2) did not play. Next:
vs. Southern University, Friday.
18. Marquette (6-1) did not play. Next: at
No. 6 Mississippi State, Thursday.
19. Kentucky (8-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Rhode Island, Thursday.
20. DePaul (5-3) beat Temple 102-88.
Next: vs. Northwestern, Wednesday.
21. Drake (7-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Clarke, Tuesday.
22. South Carolina (4-4) did not play.
Next: vs. Appalachian State, Wednesday.
23. Missouri (6-2) did not play. Next: vs.
UMKC, Thursday.
24. Gonzaga (8-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Washington State, Sunday.
25. Miami (7-2) did not play. Next: vs. New
Orleans, Sunday.
The AP Women’s Top 25
The weekly poll, with first-place votes in
parentheses, records through Dec. 2, total
points based on 25 points for a first-place vote
through one point for a 25th-place vote and last
week’s ranking:
Rec. Pts Prv
1. UConn (31)
2. Notre Dame
7-0 775 2
7-1 719 1
3. Oregon
4. Baylor
7-0 707 3
7-0 689 4
5. Louisville 8-0 661 5
12. Texas 7-1 438 10
13. California 7-0 362 15
14. Minnesota 7-0 357 20
15. Syracuse 7-2 330 12
16. Iowa 6-2 303 14
17. Arizona State 5-2 222 19
18. Marquette 6-1 195 22
By The Associated Press
Roundup
19. Kentucky 8-0 194 25
20. DePaul 4-3 177 16
21. Drake 7-1 157 24
22. South Carolina 4-4 113 18
23. Missouri 6-2 95 — RALEIGH, N.C. — Furman
24. Gonzaga 8-1 93 — men’s basketball coach Bob better,” Richey said. “We focus
25. Miami 7-2 68 21
Also Receiving Votes: Texas A&M 57, Iowa Richey wants his players to savor on being the best version of our-
State 37, South Florida 24, Florida State 20,
Virginia Tech 20, West Virginia 16, Georgia the program’s first appearance in selves that we can. And we keep it
14, South Dakota 7, Indiana 5, Southern
California 5, Central Michigan 3, Michigan State 3, The Associated Press Top 25 poll, about that.
Northwestern 2, Purdue 2, Utah 2, Kansas 1,
yet also remember how much “The second you get away
North Carolina 1.
AP Voting for work it took to get there. from that and start falling in love
Adam Minichino He’s hoping that approach will with all the things that come with
Dispatch sports editor Adam Minichino is keep the 25th-ranked Paladins this exposure, then I think that’s
a voter on The Associated Press’ weekly
building toward something big- when you’re going to quickly find
women’s college basketball poll. Here is his
ballot for this week: ger, starting with Tuesday night’s yourself on your back.”
1. Connecticut
2. Louisville trip to Elon and a weekend visit to The top four remained un-
3. Oregon
4. Notre Dame
USC Upstate. changed in the poll, with Gon-
5. Mississippi State “The reality of it is this was not zaga earning 43 of 64 first-place
6. Baylor
7. Maryland just something that was created votes. Kansas had 19, while Duke
8. Oregon State by this team,” Richey told The and Virginia had one. Michigan
9. Stanford
10. North Carolina State Associated Press. “There’s a lot moved up to No. 5. The Wolverines
11. Tennessee
12. Marquette
of people that are involved in this have defeated every opponent by
13. Texas and have paved the way for this to at least 17 points. They have three
14. California
15. Syracuse happen.” victories against ranked teams.
16. Kentucky Furman (8-0, 1-0 Southern n Connecticut women move
17. Minnesota
18. Missouri Conference) upset reigning na- back to No. 1: At New York, the
19. Gonzaga
tional champion Villanova in Connecticut women’s basketball
20. Texas A&M
21. DePaul overtime last month on the road team is back in a familiar place —
22. Iowa
23. Drake to attract attention. It also won at No. 1 in The AP poll.
24. Iowa State Loyola-Chicago, last year’s sur- UConn moved up one place to
25. Miami
prise Final Four team. the top spot after beating former
SEC Women And there was Jordan Lyons’ No. 1 Notre Dame by 18 points
Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
Kentucky 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000 54-point showing , with 15 3-point- Sunday. It was the unanimous
Mississippi State 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000
Tennessee 0-0 .000 6-0 1.000 ers to tie an NCAA record, against choice from the 31-member na-
Auburn
Missouri
0-0 .000 6-1
0-0 .000 6-2
.857
.750
North Greenville on Nov. 15. tional media panel Monday.
LSU 0-0 .000 4-2 .667 On Monday, Furman grabbed Geno Auriemma didn’t want
Texas A&M
Alabama
0-0 .000 4-2
0-0 .000 5-3
.667
.625 the final spot in this week’s poll to make too much of his team’s
Arkansas 0-0 .000 5-3 .625 and entered the week as one of 11 ascension to the top spot after the
Georgia 0-0 .000 5-3 .625
South Carolina 0-0 .000 4-4 .500 unbeaten teams left in Division I. 89-71 victory against the Irish.
Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 3-3 .375 Located in Greenville, South Car- “We got a lot of tests coming
Ole Miss 0-0 .000 3-6 .333
Florida 0-0 .000 1-6 .143 olina, Furman has tied a program up, at Louisville is no trip to the
Monday’s Games
record with 23 wins in each of the beach, neither is at Baylor,” he
No games scheduled past two seasons and has won 15 said. “Pass one test doesn’t mean
Today’s Games
Furman at Georgia, 6 p.m. of 16 dating to last season. you’re going to pass them all.
Tennessee Tech at Arkansas, 7 p.m. Richey, in his second season as Fail one test doesn’t mean you’re
Wednesday’s Games
South Alabama at Alabama, 11:30 a.m. head coach after six seasons on going to fail them all. Poll comes
Stetson at Tennessee, 6 p.m. the Furman coaching staff, said out and we’re No. 1 that doesn’t
Bethune-Cookman at Florida, 6 p.m.
Appalachian State at South Carolina, 6 p.m. the team addressed the ranking change what we do at practice.”
Thursday’s Games
Rhode Island at Kentucky, TBD
in a meeting. That included first- Auriemma did think that it was
Texas A&M at Houston, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) year recruiting director Daniel something his players could be
Auburn at Saint Joseph’s 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Ball State, 6 p.m. Fowler, a four-year starter for the proud of because they beat the
Marquette at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. Paladins who recalled his fresh- former No. 1 team instead of just
UMKC at Missouri, 7 p.m.
Friday’s Games man team hoped just to reach 10 being handed a ranking.
No games scheduled
Saturday’s Games
wins. Now a team picked to finish Notre Dame fell to second.
Arkansas at Abilene Christian, 1 p.m. fourth in the Southern Confer- Oregon, Baylor, and Louisville
Tulane at Alabama, 2 p.m.
ence is chasing more, such as its rounded out the top five.
Savannah State at Ole Miss, 2 p.m.
Central Arkansas at Texas A&M, 2 p.m. first Southern Conference tourna- Mississippi State and Mary-
Sunday, Dec. 9
Tennessee at Texas, Noon (ESPN2) ment title and NCAA tournament land stayed at No. 6 and 7, as Or-
Florida A&M at Florida, 1 p.m. berth since 1980. egon State, Tennessee, and North
Kentucky at Louisville, 1 p.m.
(ACC Network Extra) “The responsibility is we focus Carolina State rounded out the top
South Carolina at Duke, 1 p.m.
(ACC Network Extra)
on the task at hand, we focus on 10 teams in the poll after Stanford
Missouri at Saint Louis, 5 p.m. improvement, we focus on getting and Texas lost Sunday.

The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Team

FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM
Offense Offense
WR—A.J. Brown, Ole Miss, 6-1, 230, Jr., Starkville WR—Kalija Lipscomb, Vanderbilt, 6-1, 201, Jr.,
WR—Jerry Jeudy, Alabama, 6-1, 192, So., New Orleans
Deerfield Beach, Florida WR—Deebo Samuel, South Carolina, 6-0, 210, Sr.,
T—Greg Little, Ole Miss, 6-6, 325, Jr., Allen, Texas Inman, South Carolina
T—Martez Ivey, Florida, 6-5, 306, Sr., Apopka, Florida
T—Jonah Williams, Alabama, 6-5, 301, Jr.,
T—Andrew Thomas, Georgia, 6-5, 320, So.,
Folsom, California Lithonia, Georgia
G—Bunchy Stallings, Kentucky, 6-3, 305, Sr., G—Zack Bailey, South Carolina, 6-6, 314, Sr.,
McComb, Mississippi Summerville, South Carolina
G—Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms, Missouri, 6-5, 330, Jr., G—Hjalte Froholdt, Arkansas, 6-5, 315, Sr.,
East St. Louis, Illinois Svendborg, Denmark
C—Ross Pierschbacher, Alabama, 6-4, 309, Sr., C—Lamont Gaillard, Georgia, 6-2, 308, Sr.,
Cedar Falls, Iowa Fayetteville, North Carolina
TE—Jace Sternberger, Texas A&M, 6-4, 250, Jr., TE—Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt, Jr., 6-4, 255,
Kingfisher, Oklahoma Norcross, Georgia
QB—Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama, 6-1, 218, So., QB—Drew Lock, Missouri, 6-4, 225, Sr., Lee’s Summit,
Missouri
Ewa Beach, Hawaii RB—D’Andre Swift, Georgia, 5-9, 215, So., Philadelphia
RB—Benny Snell Jr., Kentucky, 5-11, 223, Jr., RB—Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 222, Jr.,
Westerville, Ohio Nashville, Tennessee
RB—Trayveon Williams, Texas A&M, 5-9, 200, Jr., Houston PK—Rodrigo Blankenship, Georgia, 6-1, 191, Jr.,
PK—Cole Tracy, LSU, 5-11, 188, Sr., Camarillo, California Marietta, Georgia
All-purpose—Deebo Samuel, South Carolina, 6-0, 210, Sr., All-purpose—Mecole Hardman, Georgia, 5-11, 183, Jr.,
Inman, South Carolina Bowman, Georgia
Defense Defense
DE—Jachai Polite, Florida, 6-2, 242, Jr., Daytona Beach, DE—Isaiah Buggs, Alabama, 6-5, 286, Sr.,
Florida Ruston, Louisiana
DE—Montez Sweat, Mississippi State, 6-6, 245, Sr., DE—Raekwon Davis, Alabama, 6-7, 316, Jr., Meridian
DT—Derrick Brown, Auburn, 6-5, 320, Jr.,
Stone Mountain, Georgia Sugar Hill, Georgia
DT—Jeffery Simmons, Mississippi State, 6-4, 300, Jr., DT—Terry Beckner Jr., Missouri, 6-4, 295, Sr.,
Macon East St. Louis, Illinois
DT—Quinnen Williams, Alabama, 6-4, 295, So., LB—De’Jon Harris, Arkansas, 6-0, 245, Jr.,
Birmingham, Alabama Harvey, Louisiana
LB Josh Allen, Kentucky, 6-5, 260, Sr., Montclair, LB—Erroll Thompson, Mississippi State, 6-1, 250, So.,
New Jersey Florence, Alabama
LB—Deshaun Davis, Auburn, 5-11, 233, Sr., Prichard, LB —D’Andre Walker, Georgia, 6-3, 245, Sr.,
Alabama Fairburn, Georgia
LB—Devin White, LSU, 6-1, 240, Jr., Springhill, Louisiana CB—Cameron Dantzler, Mississippi State, 6-2, 175, So.,
Hammond, Louisiana
CB—Deandre Baker, Georgia, 5-11, 185, Sr., Miami
CB—Joejuan Williams, Vanderbilt, 6-3, 210, Jr.,
CB—Greedy Williams, LSU, 6-3, 184, So., Shreveport, Nashville, Tennessee
Louisiana S—Mike Edwards, Kentucky, 6-0, 201, Sr., Cincinnati
S—Johnathan Abram, Mississippi State, 6-0, 215, Sr., S—Deionte Thompson, Alabama, 6-2, 196, Jr.,
Columbia Orange, Texas
S—Grant Delpit, LSU, 6-3, 203, So., Houston P—Zach Von Rosenberg, LSU, 6-5, 245, So.,
P—Braden Mann, Texas A&M, 5-11, 190, Jr., Houston Lake Charles, Louisiana

Offensive Player of the Year—QB Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama Newcomer of the Year—RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
Defensive Player of the Year—LB Josh Allen, Kentucky Coach of the Year—Mark Stoops, Kentucky

All-SEC
Continued from Page 1B
Sophomore wide re- month. Tagovailoa is a sophomore cornerback
ceiver Jerry Jeudy, junior finalist for the Manning, Cameron Dantzler were
offensive lineman Jonah Maxwell, and O’Brien named to the second
Williams, redshirt senior Awards, Jeudy is a finalist team.
center Ross Pierschbach- for the Biletnikoff Award, After earning first-
er, and redshirt sopho- Pierschbacher is a finalist team honors last season,
more defensive lineman for the Rimington Award, Simmons and Sweat are
Quinnen Williams joined Quinnen Williams is a the first defensive line
Tagovailoa on the first finalist for the Bednarik duo in MSU history to win
team. Award and Nagurski Tro- first-team All-SEC laurels
Senior defensive line- phy, and Quinnen and Jo- from The AP in back-to-
man Isaiah Buggs, junior nah Williams are finalists back seasons. With its
defensive lineman Rae- for the Outland Trophy. three first-team defensive
kwon Davis and redshirt MSU senior defensive selections, MSU tied for
junior Deionte Thompson end Montez Sweat, junior the conference lead with
were second-team picks defensive tackle Jeffery LSU.
on defense. Simmons, and senior With five total selec-
All five of the Tide’s safety Johnathan Abram tions MSU tied LSU for
first-team selections are were named to the first the third-most selections
finalists for postseason team. among the SEC trailing
national awards that will Sophomore lineback- only Alabama (eight) and
be announced later this er Erroll Thompson and Georgia (seven).
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West Point
Continued from Page 1B
Everything has to go your the class to see the streak
way to have this kind of come to an end.”
success.” In easily the most
The West Point se- competitive of three state
nior class completed its championship wins, West
three-year run with a Point built a 14-3 lead late
43-2 record. Both losses in the first quarter when
came were to Starkville in Ryan Melton blocked a
non-region play. punt and returned it for a
In state champion- touchdown.
ship competition, West “That play got the
Point beat Laurel 29-8 whole sidelines excited,”
in Starkville in 2016 and said West Point junior
Hattiesburg 41-15 in Ox- running back Brandon
James Pugh/Special to The Dispatch
ford in 2017. West Point High School tight end Treddis Anderson (49) Harris, who earned most
It is the second time catches a touchdown pass against West Jones in the valuable player honors.
West Point (14-1) has won first half of their Mississippi High School Activities “Once we got the lead
three straight champi- Association (MHSAA) Class 5A State Championship there like that, we knew
Game on Saturday in Hattiesburg. West Point won we could win the game.”
onships. West Point also
27-12.
became the first program West Point built a 20-6
moved to on-campus loca-
to win championships in safety Tyler Rupert said. halftime lead. In the sec-
Jackson, Starkville, Ox- tions starting in 2014. “As seniors, you always ond half, it was 20-12
ford, and Hattiesburg. “Being able to three- want to win a champion- when the Green Wave
The MHSAA football peat is an incredible expe- ship your last year. It was came up with a couple of
state championships rience,” West Point senior important that we weren’t big stops.
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I thought I
had a best
friend. We got to
know each other
when we worked
together for
almost four years.
He’s straight, I’m
gay and we’re
total opposites.
However, he
ZITS taught me how to
fish and took me
shooting at his
family’s ranch;
we would go to
dinners/lunches
Dear Abby
and go to the city.
He’s a few years older than I
am (he’s in his 30s).
When I went to rehab for
six weeks, he came to visit
me. But when I celebrated
my first year of sobriety a few
months back, he never con-
gratulated me. I found a new
GARFIELD job almost a year ago, so we
stopped seeing or contacting
each other.
Looking back, I was always
the one asking to hang out
and planning the days when
we would do fun things togeth-
er. I feel hurt that he hasn’t
checked in with me, but I feel
like my friendship should be
valued and that friendships
should be a two-way street.
Am I being childish? Is it
too late to reach out? It’s been
six months with no contact. I
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
4). Your appreciation of beauty
could inspire you to travel or to
take personal and emotional
risks that you will never forget.
The great loveliness you witness
will be richly rewarding. Other
glories of this solar return will in-
clude a wad of money you sock
away, a brush with fame and
a legendary comedy of errors.
Libra and Capricorn adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 7, 20,
BABY BLUES 4, 44 and 18.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
The way it goes with patterns
is that the elements have to
repeat at some point. No rep-
etition, no pattern. If things go
on too long without repetition,
it makes you uncomfortable.
But maybe this is just a really
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Harris then capped
an 84-yard drive with a
5-yard run. Earlier in the
game, he threw a 25-yard
touchdown pass to Tred-
dis Anderson on a direct
snap.
“It was just an all-
around team effort,”
Harris said. “The offense
didn’t have its best game.
Fortunately, the defense
had our backs. They got
us some really big turn-
overs. They did that all
year. It was a typical West
Point defense. They were
a big reason why we won
the championship.”
In the regular season,
West Point had a one-point
home victory against La-
fayette and a one-point
road victory against Ol-
ive Branch. In the play-
thought I showed
him how much
I cared about
our friendship.
It would have
meant a lot to
me if he had
reached out to
see how I was
doing. — FRIEND-
LESS GUY IN
CALIFORNIA
DEAR FRIEND-
LESS GUY: The
fact you no
longer work to-
gether may have
something to do
with his silence
— out of sight, out of mind.
Were you really the one who
initiated the fishing trips and
visits to his family’s ranch? If
not, it seems to me that he
was doing his part in maintain-
ing the friendship.
It’s possible he may have
met someone and be involved
in a romance, or just busy. If
you were the heavy lifter in
your relationship, you should
not expect him to change. I
think it’s time YOU reached
out and checked in.
DEAR ABBY: Lately I have
been feeling torn between
staying in my relationship or
leaving. I have always main-
tained I was doing the right
thing for my kids by staying
with their father. He’s a good
man, but he has always said
involved pattern.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
When you love someone you
want that person to be happy
even if their happiness doesn’t
happen with you or as a direct
result of anything you’ve done.
Right now another person’s
happiness might even come as
a relief.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Some of the things you’ve
been through now seem a
little unbelievable to you. But
just because an experience is
uncommon doesn’t make it less
real. The unbelievable things
are the best part of your story.
Remember them now.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Loss is a regular part of
life, though not significantly
5B
offs, West Point beat both
region rivals again to
capture the North State
championship.
“All championship
teams face adversi-
ty during the season,”
Melton said. “We had
some close calls. Those
games made us tougher
as team. After we won at
Olive Branch (by erasing
a two-touchdown defi-
cit late), we knew had
the makeup of a cham-
pionship team. All three
championships have felt
great. This is a good way
to go out.”
Follow Dispatch sports
writer Scott Walters on
Twitter @dispatchscott
he never wanted kids. At times
he can be a really fun father,
however, more often than not,
he chooses not to do things
with us.
I don’t want my kids to
miss out on a full and memora-
ble childhood, but he is more
focused on his own wants
and needs. We have a family
vacation trip planned with my
family, and he has chosen
not to go and instead take a
week for himself to do what he
wants to do.
I want my kids to have
a father who wants to be in
their lives and do things with
them, but this doesn’t seem
to be what he wants. I don’t
know what to do. Help, please.
— WANTS WHAT’S BEST IN
IDAHO
DEAR WANTS: If your
partner made clear that he
didn’t want children, how is it
that you had at least two with
him? If you leave him so your
children will have a father who
wants to be in their lives, how
do you plan to conjure one up?
What you need to do is
evaluate your options and not
overreact. Discuss this with
someone who is rational and
unbiased. You didn’t list any of
the positive traits this “good
man” possesses. Be careful
before making any rash deci-
sions. No one’s perfect, and
he may become more hands-
on as the kids get older
impactful, as there is always
something to be gained, too.
You won’t notice today’s loss,
and you’ll benefit from what
takes its place.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
best part of a long journey will
be the first and the last mile.
The middle offers challenges
and tests, which you’ll overcome
by remembering why you wanted
to do this in the first place.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The saying, “No good deed
goes unpunished,” may come
to mind as your kindness leads
you down a complicated path.
This is the stuff that makes
you a broader, wiser and more
knowledgeable person.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
How can you be happier at
work? This is the question that
will lead you to make a few
small adjustments that are the
start to what will ultimately lead
to more smiles in your lifetime.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Has caring too much ever
been a problem for you? Of
course. In fact, it’s a problem
right now. And though it might
be impossible not to care at all,
it will help you to loosen your
grip just a little... then, perhaps,
a little more.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Puppy dog eyes are more
adorable than spider eyes,
though they may be no less dan-
gerous. This is because humans
can’t help but be disarmed by
cuteness – a fact you’ll use to
your advantage today.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Each person is a subject to
be learned. It takes time, objec-
tivity and focus. It takes seeing
someone in many different
kinds of scenarios. To learn a
person is to love a person.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You’ll come across those
whose relationship with the
truth is tenuous at best. Maybe
half of what they say is real, but
which half? Take the whole ex-
pression as metaphor and you
may just understand it all.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You want to fulfill the
requests of people you like,
but it’s not always possible or
practical to do so in the long
run. Consider the bigger picture
before committing to something
you might later regret.
Make a big thing out of it
SOLUTION:
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multiple companies.
pets. 662-328-2340.
need approval. $1,050 35 List-shortening 6 Less dangerous 31 More vile
1910 Welding Attention to detail & per mo + dep. 662-574-
abbr.
7200 Mobile Homes
1 Agatha
accuracy are req. Com- 7879 or 662-328-8655. 7 Famed boxer 32 Deal maker
2000 Announcements 7250 Mobile Home Spaces petitive salary w/ bene- Apts For Rent: West 7050 36 Wisdom bringer 8 Kitchen device 33 Oboe parts
Christie
2050 Card of Thanks 7300 Office Spaces fits & health insurance. Houses For Rent: Starkville
2100 Fraternal & Lodge Send Resumes To: FOR LEASE: 2BR/1BA, 37 Florida capital 9 Set free 38 Tall tale
7350 Resort Rentals jobs@ Prairie Waters, 7170
2150 Good Things To Eat 7400 River Property prographicsms.com $700/mo, $700 dep.
40 Some messages 10 Moderate tempo 39 Mud bath site
2200 In Memorial Call 662-328-5556. 3BR/2BA House, very 41 Use money
2 Lotus
7450 Rooms 14 Computer whiz
2250 Instruction & School nice, 2 mi SW of Stk &

2300 Lost & Found
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3000 Employment
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3100 Data Processing/ Computer
3150 Domestic Help
3170 Engineering
3200 General Help Wanted
3250 Management Positions
3300 Medical/Dental
7500 Storage & Garages
7520 Vacation Rentals
7550 Wanted to Rent
7600 Waterfront Property
8000 Real Estate
8050 Commercial Property
8100 Farms & Timberland
8150 Houses - Northside
8200 Houses - East
8250 Houses - New Hope
8300 Houses - South
8350 Houses - West
VIP
EXPERIENCED CIVIL
MSU. $1500/mo. 42 Wise ones 19 Sediment
Estimator/Project
Manager needed. Apply 205-515-6579. 43 Bakery buys 22 Leia’s brother
Rentals
3 Walmart
in person at John Plott
Company, Inc. 2804 Houses For Rent: Other 7180 23 Feels empathy
Apartments 1 ROOM/1BA, Utilities
Rice Mine Road,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
& Houses
Included. $450/mo.
4 Luxor
or email resume to
kwyatt@jplott.com One person only. Refs
1 Bedrooms req. Contact/leave a
message for more info:
CAMGIAN MICROSYS-
2 Bedroooms 662-328-8655.
5 Krumping
TEMS has a position
opening for a Corporate 3 Bedrooms
Accountant. This is a SMALL COTTAGE:
full-time position. Furnished & 1BR/1BA, all appl. incl.

3350 Opportunity Information

3400 Part-Time
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3500 Professional
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3600 Sales/Marketing
3650Trades
3700Truck Driving
4000 Merchandise
4030 Air Conditioners
4060 Antiques
4090 Appliances
4120 Auctions
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4210 Bicycles
4240 Building Materials
4250 Burial Plots
4270 Business Furniture &
Equipment
4300 Camera Equipment
4330 Clothing
4360 Coins & Jewelry
8450 Houses - Caledonia
8500 Houses - Other
8520 Hunting Land
8550 Investment Property
8600 Lots & Acreage
8650 Mobile Homes
8700 Mobile Home Spaces
8750 Resort Property
8800 River Property
8850 Wanted to Buy
8900 Waterfront Property
9000 Transportation
9050 Auto Accessories/Parts
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9150 Autos for Sale
9200 Aviation
9250 Boats & Marine
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9350 Golf Carts
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment
9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses
9550 Wanted to Buy
Primary responsibilities
will include leading the
accounting functions
Unfurnished
Water, trash, lawn incl.
in lease. Near Stark-
ville, Columbus & West
Penny
1, 2, & 3 Baths Point. No pets.
and overseeing the gen-
eral ledger. For more de-
tails about the position
Lease, Deposit $500/mo. $400 dep.
App/refs/lease req.
pincher?
and requirements, go to & Credit Check 662-242-2923.
www.camgian.com/ viceinvestments.com
327-8555
careers. Send resume Land For Rent / Lease 7190
to Camgian-HR
@camgian.com 25 ACRES, Hay or Pas-
ture land in Steens for
EXPERIENCED DIESEL Apts For Rent: Other 7080 rent. 662-327-4392.
Mechanic needed.
Apply in person at John 1BR/1BA in Historic
Hunting Land 7200
Downtown Columbus.
Plott Company, Inc.
2804 Rice Mine Road, $525/mo. No pets. 135 ACRES in Caledo-
662-328-8655.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
or email resume to
nia. $1,400 for hunting
1BR/1BA located in His- lease. 662-327-4392.
Use and read
kwyatt@jplott.com
toric Downtown Colum-
bus, Open space, very
PCA NEEDED. Part-time, nice. $650/mo. 662-
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 classifieds
but long-term to work
with paralyzed man in
328-8655. RENT A fully equipped
camper w/utilities & and your
his home. Columbus 1BR/1BA Loft in Histor- cable from $145/wk -
residents only. If dedic- ic Downtown Columbus. $535/month. Colum-
ated to your patients, bus & County School
dollars will WHATZIT ANSWER
1,200 sqft. Available
call after noon for an in- 12/1. $700 per month locations. 662-242-
terview. 662-329-3234. 662-328-8655. 7653 or 601-940-1397. go further. Log cabin