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Little League Sign-up – Sign-up for City of Batesville Little League baseball and softball will be held each Saturday at Patton Lane Park from 9 a.m. to noon. To sign up through the week, go to the Boys and Girls Club on Highway 51 South in Batesville.
A nominal fee will be collected. For more information call Otis Cooper at 563-2326 or Dennis Hoskins at
578-7309. |
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SP Baseball Camp
South Panola High School will be hosting its annual summer baseball camp Wednesday, May 31-June 2 (Wednesday-Friday) at American Legion park.
The camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. There is no charge for the camp.
Instruction will include all phases of the game of baseball. Anyone, age 7 to 14, who is wanting to improve his baseball skills is strongly encouraged to attend. Also, all youth league coaches are invited to attend.
Instruction will be provided by South Panola baseball coaches, as well as, former Tigers currently playing in college.
No registration is required. For more information, contact Coach Patrick Robey at 934-2104. |
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Cheer Yard Sale
The Spirit of Cheer Booster Club will host a rummage sale on Saturday, June 3 at the Batesville Jr High gym. The sale will begin at 7 a.m. Admission is free.
There will be an "Early Bird Special" for those who want to shop early. The admission price for the special will be $5 per person. The "Early Bird Special" will begin at
5 a.m.
The booster club is currently accepting donations of goods to be used for the sale. Anyone who would like to donate items may bring those items to the Batesville Jr. High gym on Mondays between 5:30-8 p.m. or on Thursdays between 5:30-8:00 p.m. |
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The Spirit of Cheer Booster Club will host a rummage sale on Saturday, June 3 at the Batesville Jr High gym.The sale will begin at 7 a.m Admission is free.
There will be an "Early Bird Special" for those who want to shop early. The admission price for the special will be $5 per person. The "Early Bird Special" will begin at 5a.m.
The booster club is currently accepting donations of goods to be used for the sale. Anyone who would like to donate items may bring those items to the Batesville Jr. High gym on Mondays between 5:30-8 p.m. or on Thursdays between 5:30-8:00 p.m. |
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Basketball Tournament – There will be a Big Outdoor Benefit Basketball Tournament for men and women for cancer victim George Crowder on June 4 at Enid Dam.
Entry fee is $25 per team and a $2 admission fee for spectators. Refreshments will be available.
For more information or to book a team, call (662) 578-0457. |
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There will be a Big Outdoor Benefit Basketball Tournament for men and women for cancer victim George Crowder on June 4 at Enid Dam.
Entry fee is $25 per team and a $2 admission fee for spectators. Refreshments will be available.
For more information or to book a team, call (662) 578-0457. |
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North Delta Camp
North Delta basketball team will host a camp for girls in grades four through nine will be held June 5-9 from 8 a.m. to noon. The cost is $55.
If kids cannot preregister, they can register the first day of camp, according to new girls basketball coach Phil Douglas.
Douglas and his wife, Nancy, will conduct the camps.
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Touchdown Club – The South Panola Touchdown Club will host a 4-man Scramble Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 17 at Mallard Pointe Golf Course.
The tax deductible fee is $60 per person or $240 for team.
Deadline is June 10. For more information or registration, call Buddy Gray at 563-7601 or 934-8227. |
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The South Panola Touchdown Club will host a 4-man Scramble Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 17 at Mallard Pointe Golf Course.
The tax deductible fee is $60 per person or $240 for team.
Deadline is June 10. For more information or registration, call Buddy Gray at 563-7601 or 934-8227. |
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| Johnson returns to ring |
| Batesville’s John "Rusty" Johnson (10-1) will be back in the boxing ring next month.
The light heavyweight boxer will be at the isle Chymia Shriners Temple in Memphis on June 10 to take on an as yet unknown opponent, according to his manager Jamie Johnson.
The doors will open at 6 p.m. and the first bout will be at 7 p.m.
General admission is $15 and ringside is $20. The temple is located at 5770 Shelby Oaks Drive.
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| Greenhill PTO to sponsor camp |
| Greenhill Elementary School PTO and Talk It Out Ministries will host its first annual Boys and Girls Basketball Camp on June 10. The camp will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Panola High School Gymnasium, Highway 51 North in Sardis.
The camp will serve all Panola County youth in grades one through six. The Boys and Girls Basketball Camp will offer youth opportunities for excitemnte, discovery, spiritual and personal growth and more, according to PTO president Billy Brown.
Applications can be found on page A5 of today’s edition of The Panolian, picked up at Greenhill Elementary, Como Elementary, Crenshaw Elementary or from Billy Brown during the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. For more information call (662) 526-9489 or (662) 587-1074.
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| Croom speaks at Bulldog Club meeting |
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Mississippi State University head football coach Sylvester Croom (left) was in Batesville last Tuesday to speak at a Bulldog Club meeting and to greet Bulldog supporters. Showing up at the meeting was a one of Croom’s football players, Demario Bobo of Batesville (center). Bobo will be a junior on the Bulldog team this fall.
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| By Myra Bean
There was some great excitement in town Tuesday evening as some 100 Mississippi State Bulldog fans turned out to meet and greet Bulldog head football coach Sylvester Croom.
The Bulldog Club hosted the event in one of the meeting rooms in the Batesville Civic Center.
The crowd socialized for about 30 minutes before Croom spoke. NCAA rules forbade media to record any meeting notes, according to one of the coordinators, but Croom did speak in a one-on-one interview before the meeting.
Croom said he was in Batesville to meet Bulldog Club members and to hopefully get other people to join the club.
"Lately I have been doing a lot of traveling around since spring practice visiting with our Bulldog Club members and giving them an update on what we have been doing, where our program is right now and trying to recruit members to the Bulldog Club," Croom said.
Croom said he is unveiling fund raising plans to continue their ongoing two year campaign.
"We will continue to upgrade our facilities. That has been ongoing the last two years to get us where we are competitive with everybody else," he said. "Now, we want to move ahead of everybody else."
Croom spoke of the success of spring practice and said the team and coaches are looking forward to the upcoming year.
"We are very much excited about the new year," Croom said. "Our players are at home now. They’ll be back on May 31 to start summer school. We expect to have everybody back in the summer working out, going to school, getting to know each other better. We are going into the fall with a lot higher expectation."
The new signees will not join the veteran players until the second semester of summer school which will begin the week following the fourth of July.
"Some of them don’t get out of school until the first of June and you have all kinds of paperwork to be done, get grades cleared before they get in school," Croom explained. "We will give them a little more time."
Mississippi State opens the season at home Thursday, August 31 in an ESPN televised game against South Carolina. The time for this non-conference SEC matchup has not been set.
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| SP softball team holds banquet |
| By Myra Bean
The South Panola fastpitch softball team held an informal banquet Tuesday night at Whitworth’s Food Court at the Factory Outlet Stores.
Coach John Davis presented awards to some of the players for outstanding play this year.
"I wish I could give out 18 awards," Davis said.
Recognized by Davis were pitcher Lauren Suratt for her selection as the All Chickasaw Conference pitcher.
Sophomore Whitney Kiihnl was honorable mention in pitching and utility player.
The lone senior on the team, Summer Gee, was honorable mention for the outfield.
Team awards went to Kiihnl for offensive most valuable player; Suratt, defensive most valuable player; Meredith Roberson, most improved player; Haylei Plummer, hustle award; and Gee, the team award.
The team ended the year 12-11-1 and will be under new head coach Ashley Hicks when the new year begins.
Davis announced that John Sherman, who worked with the team this past season, has taken the head boys basketball coaching position at Water Valley for the upcoming year.
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