West Jones to host ‘Meet the Mustangs’ Thursday

Meet the Mustangs Back to School Bash and Carnival, sponsored by the West Jones Center Stage and West Jones Touchdown Club, will be held 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 at the West Jones High School practice field and stadium.

Events include jumps, cake walk, ring toss, fishing, football toss and more. Concessions, which include steak sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, nachos, sno cones, baked good, popcorn, drinks and more, will also be sold at the carnival and at the West Jones concession stand.

Armbands will be sold at West Jones Elementary and North Jones Elementary Aug. 18 & 19. Armbands purchased in advance will be $10 and include five tickets. Armbands can also be purchased at the gate for $10. Tickets for all events are $1. Gate admission to the stadium will be $5; children with armbands enter for free.

Mustangs fans can meet the West Jones High School and Junior High football teams, cheerleaders, and coaches. Youth sports teams (Sharon, Shady Grove, Calhoun, and Soso) will also be recognized. Pee Wee and Youth teams will scrimmage.

There will also be a special performance by Center Stage.

Shady Grove Flag Football

Flag football registration will again be held at Shady Grove football field Aug 18th and 19th from 6-7 p.m. This is for 1st grade - 3rd grade, including 8yr olds. For more info, 601-498-0576.

JCJC to hold fall baseball league camp

First-year Jones County Junior College head baseball coach Christian Ostrander has announced the school will hold a fall league baseball camp for youngsters in grades 9-12 from Oct. 27-Nov. 13.

Cost is $125 per player with each team consisting of no more than 12 players to guarantee plenty of playing time. The number of players in the league will be limited to the first 96 who register.

Each team will play twice a week for three weeks. Prior to the start of the games, there will be a two-day camp where players will get first-hand instruction from the JCJC coaching staff as well as Bobcat players.

If interested, go to the JCJC website at www.jcjc.edu, click on baseball, print out the Fall League registration sheet and mail it in to the JCJC coaching staff.