Colby Walters, a senior at French Camp Academy, goes both ways on the football team at wide receiver and defensive back. He is also the top runner on the cross country team who finished 10th in the 1A state meet last year. Last Friday, he was on the field for most of the game, with three tackles, in a 20-14 overtime victory over Okolona. The next morning, he ran 5,000 meters in sweltering heat at the French Camp Invitational. Walters finished second, leading French Camp to the team title.
“I told him those two sports don't marry very well,” said football coach Nathan Wright, who added “He's a great runner.”
— Laurence Hilliard
JOHNSON READY TO RETURN
Choctaw County played last week's matches without LaGenesis Johnson, the team's leader in kills. She has a knee injury, but should return to the lineup shortly. CCHS played West Lowndes Tuesday and Aberdeen Thursday.
— Laurence Hilliard
GRACE
CHRISTIAN NAMES BASEBALL COACH
Charlies Agnew has been hired as Grace Christian School’s new head baseball coach, replacing Ralph Goss who stepped down at the end of last year.
Agnew started coaching youth baseball in Fulton when he was 19. One of the players he coached is major leaguer Brian Dozier. He has two sons on the Grace Christian team. Wes Agnew is a junior and Jameson Agnew a sophomore.
Josh Morgan, who is the school’s headmaster and boys basketball coach, will assist Agnew with baseball.
— Laurence Hilliard
CARTER HAS BIG NIGHT FOR CHARGERS
Choctaw County’s Tylan Carter, a six-foot junior quarterback, carried 13 times for 152 yards and one touchdown and completed nine passes for 52 yards in a 23-20 loss to unbeaten East Webster. It was the third time in four games that he has gone over the century mark on the ground. Carter has carried 65 times for 541 yards and four touchdowns and has thrown for 326 yards and three TDs.
— Laurence Hilliard
HIGH FLYING EAGLES LOVE TO PASS
The FCA defense will face a test when the Panthers visit Tupelo Christian and Khi Holiday on Friday night. Holiday has hit on 59 of 104 passes for 1,308 yards and 13 touchdowns. He has also run for 313 yards and nine TDs. The Eagles are averaging 422 yards per game and Holiday has accounted for 96 percent of the offense.
Tupelo Christian is 3-1, but 0-1 in region play, with victories over Tishomingo County 45-17, Oak Hill Academy 53-21 and Booneville 41-26. The loss cane last week, 67-28 against defending 1A champion Nanih Waiya, a game in which the Warriors ran for 500 yards.
— Laurence Hilliard
