Sports Briefs

May 13, 2008 10:08 am

— Brown rallies Holston Realty to win over Coke
Demarion Brown sliced a single with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning in leading Holston Realty past Coke 8-7 in Laurel/Jones County Dixie Boys baseball action on Monday night at Walters-Lions Field.
Brown’s single ended a four-run rally in the final inning of the game. Holston trailed 7-4 going into their final bat as they used four walks, a hit batter, and the one single.
The winners only managed four hits in the contest while Coke had ten hits. Jerome Slade, William Bender, Joel Welch, and Brown singled for the winners. Bender worked 5.2 innings on the mound for the winners while Brett Robinson worked the final out for Holston.
Paul Clark and Jarred Ingram each singled and doubled for Coke while Tyler Roney had two singles. Isaiah Clark tripled while Jared Grice, Jared Culpepper, and Bo Buckley all singled for Coke. Kolby Shephard and Roney pitched for Coke.
Tonight’s action will have KFC and B&W playing at 6 p.m. in the only game scheduled.
— By Dale McKee
L/JC Dixie Majors begin 34th season tonight
The Laurel/Jones County Dixie Majors baseball league will open their 34th season with their opening games tonight.
In Pre-Majors (ages 15-16) the Cubs will play the A’s at 6 p.m., while the Red Sox and Yankees battle at 8:15 p.m.
In Majors (ages 17-19) the Orioles and Pirates meet at 6 p.m., while the Mets and Reds play at 8 p.m.
Pre-Majors will be played on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights with five teams in the league. The Quitman Royals are also in the league and will play a doubleheader each Tuesday night.
The Majors have four teams and will play on Tuesday and Thursday nights.
— Dale McKee
Former Miss. prep QB indicted
CANTON (AP) — A former Madison County high school quarterback has been indicted on charges of selling steroids.
Nineteen-year-old Jared Foster of Madison was released on $5,000 bond after an appearance in Madison County Circuit Court. He entered a plea of innocent and waived arraignment.
Prosecutors say the case will likely go to trial in September.
Foster was arrested in Oxford in January after allegedly selling anabolic steroids to an informant on Oct. 5, 2007. He was dismissed from the University of Mississippi football team in January.
The former Madison Central High School standout had played in 2007 at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. He had been enrolled in classes at Ole Miss and was informally working out with the team.
Ferriss Trophy finalists announced
If baseball is primarily a game of pitch and catch then the finalists for the 2008 Cellular South Ferriss Trophy certainly reflect the simplicity of the sport. For the first time in the award’s history, two junior relief pitchers join a senior catcher as the three finalists for Mississippi’s college baseball player of the year award.
Listed alphabetically using the most recent stats available, the three finalists are:
Scott Bittle (RHP Ole Miss, JR Texarkana, TX). SEC strikeouts runner-up (99K‚s in 54.2 innings); 5-1 record with 7 saves; opponents hitting .116 against him; second nationally in hits allowed (3.37) and strikeouts recorded per 9 innings (16.33).
Tyler Conn (LHP USM JR Ocean Springs). Reliever who has finished 22 games in 23 appearances; leads NCAA Division 1 with 15 saves; has allowed only 2 earned runs in 29.1 innings with an era of 0.61.
Rickey Noland (C DSU SR Denham Springs, La.). Leads the nationally #2 Ranked Gulf South Conference Champions with a .414 batting average and 14 HR's; struck out only 17 times in 186 at bats; threw out 16 of 21 runners trying to steal on him.
Former Yankees manager and MSU All-American Buck Showalter will present the Ferriss Trophy Monday, May 19 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson.