Brad Locke reports on the hiring of the new boys basketball coach at West Point.
Brandon Speck reports on former Aberdeen standout being named AF2 Iron Man of the Week.
Aberdeen’s Shardae Ward inks with ICC
Northeast Mississippi Community College fastpitch softball coach Jody Long has added Aberdeen High School standout Shardae Ward to his 2008 signing class.
Lady Inidans Honored
Itawamba Community College enjoyed a “breakout” season this past spring in softball as the Lady Indians shared the north division title with Northeast. ICC head coach Chad Case, who just completed his first year in charge of the program, announced on Tuesday that six of his players were honored on the different MACJC and Region 23 post-season awards list.
Freshman shortstop Chasidy Williams was the only Itawamba player to make the first team All-Region 23 squad after hitting a team-best (among regulars) .389 batting average with five home runs and 27 runs batted in. The former division 1-4A player of the year at Saltillo also sported an on-base percentage of .441 and a .626 slugging percentage.
Williams and two of her teammates, Monique Echoles and Melissa Russell both made first-team all-state. Echoles, who is from Houston, finished first in the state and among the nation’s top 20 in home runs with 11 on the season to go along with her .375 batting clip and 39 runs batted in. In addition, the first baseman led the team with her .768 slugging percentage and .485 on-base percentage.
Russell, who is from Phil Campbell, Ala., went 9-8 on the hill with two shutouts, one save, and a sparkling 2.64 earned run average. The right hander completed 12 of her 17 starts.
Three more Lady Indians made second team all-state, including a pair from Pontotoc County.
Designated hitter Tonya Mooneyham of South Pontotoc hit .375, had a team-high 10 doubles along with her 5 home runs, 32 runs batted in, a .472 on-base percentage and a .615 slugging percentage.
Infielder Brooke Tedford of Pontotoc hit .355 with eight doubles, one home run and 19 runs batted in. Lane Maxcy of Amory was the third ICC player honored on the second team all-state squad after winning 10 games, three of those were shutouts and had an era of 3.52. The sophomore completed 15 of her 21 starts.
All three of those Lady Indians also made the second team all north division squad with Williams, Echoles and Russell making the first team all-division list.
Dillard off to good start
Tim Dillard threw two scoreless innings in the Milwaukee Brewers 12-8 win over the Washington Nationals. The Saltillo native is off to a good start to his career not allowing a single hit in three innings pitched.
