Archive for category: Sports

  • Baseball stays focused with Spring Break tourney

    Sports March 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    While many kids spent Spring Break on the beach or at the lake, the Oxford baseball team hosted their annual Spring Break Tournament.  The tournament provides teams from the surrounding areas, along with a few from out of state, an opportunity to play for free, and gives teams in Mississippi the chance to be on track to reach at least 27 games at the end of the regular season.
    “You…

  • Kennedy proven best option for Ole Miss

    Sports March 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    He’s the most winning coach in the history of Ole Miss basketball. He is one of two coaches to post an SEC record above .500 in his tenure. He only has had one year without post-season action, the same year he had his only season with less than 20 wins. Andy Kennedy has been the face of Ole Miss basketball since 2007, when he turned around a dying program.
    It is not fair to be calling for his…

  • Golf team looks to rebound from tough tournament loss

    Sports March 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    Oxford’s golf team has high expectations for the current season.
    “Our goal is to win district and state, but we’d just like to sort of just blow everyone else up as well,” senior Turner Arnold said.
    “We’re repeating state champions,” Coach Steve Herring said.  “The team has a chance to do something really, really cool.”
    Something that has contributed to these…

  • Power lifting dominates regionals

    Sports February 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    The Charger power lifting team won the 5A Oxford Regional Meet which sealed a bid for the North Half State Championship. For the second year in a row, the Charger power lifting team advanced to the North Half State Championship meet, and Coach Jason Russell has high hopes for his team.
    “We broke eight individual regional records and we broke the all time team regional record,” Ru…

  • Intramural sports back in action for second year; students take interest

    Sports February 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    This year marks the second year of the intramural sports program at OHS.  Teacher Joe Sabatier and senior Sudu Upadhyay created the program.
    “I started this program because intramural sports was something kids at OHS wanted to have, but no club or person took initiative to start it,” Upadhyay said.  “It was an idea that was bounced around from Student Council to NHS but nei…

  • Baseball in full swing

    Sports February 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    Oxford baseball will continue play March 1 with the Amory Tournament.  Head coach Chris Baughman is confident in his team’s potential this season
    “We’re a very deep team,” Baughman said.  “We lost some key guys, but I feel really good about the guys behind them and their ability to step up.”
    Senior player and Dandy Dozen award recipient William Elliot also likes the…

  • Track season off and running

    Sports February 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    March 9 marks the official start of the 2013 track and field season.  Both the girls and boys teams are preparing for what they hope will be a successful season.
    Third year head coach Jamie Perkins is “excited” about the season.
    “We’re three time defending 5A state champions so we’ve got a bull’s-eye on our chest and we’re gonna have to bring it,” Perkins said.
    Acco…

  • Tennis off to strong start, looks to defend state title

    Sports February 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    Coach Louis Nash has built a powerhouse tennis program at Oxford.  The team has won five straight state championships and is looking for their sixth this season.
    Nash is expecting much out of his seniors Robert Nance, Baxter Elliott, John Arlis Williams, and Embrey Inman, as well as junior Kara Rose, freshmen McClellan Davis and Will Swindoll, sophomore Quinn Elliott, and 7th gr…

  • Golf looks to repeat title

    Sports February 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    The 2013 boys and girls golf season will begin on February 26th in New Albany at The Oaks.
    The boys are returning seniors Turner Arnold and Ward Toler along with juniors Ethan Holmes and Ben Hubbard, all four of their top golfers from their 2012 5A State Championship team.  For that reason coach Steve Herring is very optimistic about the boys’ chances at another state championshi…

  • Softball looks to recover from losses

    Sports February 28, 2013 12:00 PM no comments

    The Oxford softball season kicked off with its first game February 22 when the team played in its third annual Charger Classic held here in Oxford.
    The team has made some coaching changes since last year.  The new head coach this year is Steve Blackmon along with the addition of assistant head coach Sugi Wiltcher.
    Along with a new coaching staff, the team did some pre-season work to g…