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MAIS Class AAState ChampionshipFriday, Nov. 23, 5:30 p.m.at Millsaps College, JacksonMarshall vs. BrookhavenSportsReportFootball Last WeekMarshall 23 North Delta 21Cleveland East Side 6 Byhalia 5The South Reporter Thursday, November 22, 2012 Section 2, Page 1Behind The ScoreboardBy Claude VinsonShakeupin the BCSThis season is no differentthan preceding yearssince the inception of theBCS. Just days ago, theOregon Ducks were ratedas number one, replacingthe Crimson Tide. By gametime in week 12 onSaturday, there had been aflip and Kansas State wasranked one in the nation bythe BCS and Oregon wastwo. Notre Dame was ratedthree and remained thatway until they killed WakeForest on Saturday. Albeitpractically assured a BCSbowl berth, the Irish are notreally touted as a nationaltitle holder. Don’t ask.Anyone would be hardpressed to tell you what gotinto the Baylor Bears. Theybeat the Mulligan stew outof the number one team (54-24), the Kansas StateWildcats. This was the firsttime the Bears had everbeaten a number-onerankedteam. Maybe theywere just mad that theStanford Lady Cardinalended the Lady Bears’ 42-game basketball winningstreak in Hawaii on Friday.The Lady Bears had compileda 40-game seasonwhich included the nationalchampionship. Baylor’scoach (Kim Mulkey) statedthat it could have been theHawaiian venue.The games Saturdayreally shook the old coffeemaker. Probably more thanone team woke up onSunday and exclaimed,“What the heck happened?”The Irish had emerged asnumber one followed by theCrimson Tide. Don’t wantto brag, but a certain sportshack told ya’ll that the Tidewas not done yet.Once again, it wouldappear that the conference(SEC), which everyoneloves to hate, is poised totake center stage again inthe big picture. If you noticein the SEC, the leaders areonly separated by one ortwo losses. In the East,Georgia 7-1 (10-1), Florida7-1 (10-1), South Carolina 6-2 (9-2) and in the West,Alabama 6-1 (10-1), LSU 5-2(9-2), Texas A&M 5-2 (9-2).And then there weretwo. Notre Dame and OhioState are the only teamswithout losses. On thenational list Georgia isthree, and Ohio State isfour; Oregon drops to numberfive (four in USA). TheSEC maintains six slots inthe rankings.The BCS picture shouldbecome crystal clear at theend of next week.I must mention the olealma mater. Ole Miss letanother one slip away.Charlie Farris summed itup best after the Vanderbiltloss – “We have to figure outa way to stop losing gameswhich we have alreadywon.” Ditto, Charles.We at The SouthReporter are thankful thatwe have such a graciousreadership and we want towish all of you every bountifulblessing possible.Have a safe and happyThanksgiving.Photos by Barry BurlesonThe Marshall sideline, led by head coach Bart Jenkins (front), celebrates as Roy Billions’ field goal splits the uprights in the closing seconds Friday night in Batesville.MA rallies for North State crownBy BARRY BURLESONEditorRoy Billions had notattempted a field goal in agame all season. But he hadconfidence. So did his coach.The senior kicker drilled a24-yarder with 13 seconds leftFriday night to win a Class AANorth State championship forMarshall Academy and set offa huge celebration. ThePatriots rallied from a 21-pointdeficit to knock off rival NorthDelta 23-21.“I had to believe in myself,”said Billions, accepting congratulationsafter the game.Coach Bart Jenkins, withplayers and fans huddledaround him at midfield, saidhe dreamed the night beforethat Billions, new to the teamthis year, would comethrough in the clutch.“I told Roy this morning atschool that I dreamed lastnight (Thursday) he wouldkick a field goal to win thegame,” said an emotionalJenkins.He said he knew Billionswas nervous, so he called anextra timeout prior to the kickto calm him down.“What a truly specialnight,” Jenkins said.It didn’t look so good forMarshall in the first half.The Green Waves tookadvantage of a couple ofPatriot errors to go up 14-0.Late in the first quarter, amiscue on a punt gave NorthDelta a first and 10 at the MA26. North Delta quarterbackTyler Pirtle got loose and carriedthe ball to the end zonefrom there. William Deankicked the extra point.A fumble on the Patriots’next possession gave theGreen Waves the ball back atthe Marshall 42. TaylorMorris did most of the workSee MA page 2Indians fall in defensive warBy CLAUDE VINSONSports EditorThe Byhalia Indians cameoh so close to playing for theClass 3A north half footballtitle.They fell 6-5 Friday nightat home to Cleveland EastSide in a hotly-contested,north state semi-final playoffclash.The visiting Trojans wonthe toss and deferred possessionuntil the second half.The ball began flip-floppingfrom the very beginning. Atone juncture in the earlygoings of the first, theIndians faced a second and22 after a holding call. Theyhad to give it up.Jaylon Thomas was undercenter for the Trojans andcouldn’t get anything pastthe tough Byhalia defense.The Indians got the ball forthe third time and quarterbackMarkeise Rodgerscalled a straight play actionpass and hit Kenneth Wilsonat the visitor’s 7-yard line fora first and goal. The offensemet a formidable defensefrom the Trojan side andcouldn’t push it in with threetries.The coaching staff calledin the field-goal unit. JuanHernandez nailed a 23-Devin McGreger (5) tries to split a pair of North Delta defenders Friday night in the state semi-finals.Byers,Ashlandsplit pairPhoto by Ronnie DayThe Byhalia defense, including Mondrekus Green (70) and Curtis Akins (7), puts the squeeze on aCleveland East Side ball-carrier Friday night in the third round of the state playoffs.yarder and Byhalia went up3-0. That ended the firstquarter.What the Indian offensewas lacking, it was beingmade up for by the defense.They pushed the Trojansback a couple of times.Byhalia’s Terence Phiniseeand DeAndre Buchananwere in the thick of things.The aggressive Byhaliadefense forced the Trojansinto big trouble deep in theirown territory. Buchananblasted around the right sideand caused a safety.Time expired shortlythereafter and the secondquarter, which had been aSee INDIANS page 3By CLAUDE VINSONSports EditorThe H.W. Byers LadyLions and the Ashland LadyBlue Devils tipped it off onTuesday evening of last weekat the home court of the LadyDevils.It was a tipoff between apair of unbeatens in the girlsgame. Each had an early seasonrecord of 2-0.The first possession wentto Byers. Justice Martin hadposted in the deep left cornerand drained a three a split secondafter she received theball. Sha Dai Nolen was nextthrough the back door with adeuce. Richenda Crutcher gother deuce on a fast break.Martin was again set in thecorner and was fed for hersecond trey.The Lady Lions were alsoshowing their claws ondefense. They were speedy inpursuit of all balls. They weresetting traps at every point.This was a very fast-pacedgame. 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