Sportsmanship highlights McClendon Classic Sometimes in sports when a team wins an event, they are center stage.
When a team loses the event, they are hurt, disappointed and sore about the setback as they stand to the side.
In the 13th Annual Brett McClendon Memorial Baseball Classic, the Blues and the Reds, both from Cleveland, showed their true colors as athletes and as youth growing into young men. After the Blues defeated the Reds 16-7 in the championship game of the 12 and Under O Zone division, players and coaches from team congratulated each other for a great tournament and the players took a picture together with smiles on...
Plenty of Statesmen on the pro scene In triple-A action, Edwin Maysonet is playing in his 11th season on the professional level as he is suiting up for the Iowa Cubs in the Chicago Cubs organization.
Maysonet is currently playing for ...
Familiar faces in arena league The Arena Football League currently has two players with local ties competing on the gridiron.
Boyle native Ben Stallings is currently playing fullback for the Utah Blaze, while former DSU wide rec...
McClendon Classic more than just baseball It’s amazing how time flies.
It seems like only yesterday, a new tournament began to honor a young teenager in the Bolivar County Community who had died at age 13 on June 18, 2000 on his family’s r...
Pickens selected in MLB Draft Over the past two seasons, the Delta State University Statesmen have seen four players drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft.
This year, the Statesmen heard senior right-hander Garrett Pickens...
Swaney, Calhoun win again The team of Walker Swaney and David Calhoun turned in another solid performance on the golf course this weekend at the Cleveland Country Club.
The duo shot an 18-under par 126 to win the 37th Annua...
Sports Shorts McClendon Tourney set for Friday
The 13th Annual Brett McClendon Memorial Baseball Classic will begin on Friday at Bear Pen Park.
The tournament will last through Sunday. There will be a tournamen...
Chances of making the pros very slim When a young boy is playing football with his friends at eight or nine and he’s throwing the pigskin to his favorite receiver, he tends to dream about playing under center for his favorite team in ...
CCC 4-Ball to start Saturday One of the first big tournaments of the local golf season will begin on Saturday as the Cleveland County Club will host its annual CCC 4-Ball Golf Tournament at the CCC Golf Course.
The tournament...
Sports Shorts river Camp set for June 20
The Sixth Annual Donald Driver Foundation Football Camp will be held at Mickey Sellers Stadium at Cleveland High School for players ages 7-17 on June 20-21.
The campers ...
Mayers’s promotion to AD well deserved There are times when an institution hires a person and it warms your heart.
You know you’re seeing a deserving person get the job and that person understands what it takes to keep the institution'...
