North State Champs Annie Peaster, Lucie Barbour Josh Peaster, Blanton Crisler, Johnna Jordan and Elizabeth Woodliff.Manchester Academy’s North State Runners-up William Peaster, John Adams and Hayes Dent.Manchester Academy’s Lucie Barbour, Annie Peaster, Coach Yvette Cook, Johnna Jordan and Elizabeth Woodliff.The Yazoo Herald

The Manchester Academy tennis team won the runner-up trophy at the North State AA tennis tournament this past Tuesday in Grenada falling just short of North State Champion Oak Hill Academy.  
“I am really proud of how all our kids fought and showed great resilience against some tough competition,” commented Coach Debbie Crisler. “I believe this is the most teams we’ve had qualify for State in many years and possibly ever.”
Manchester sent six teams to North State and five of them qualified for the State AA tournament next Wednesday at the Ridgeland Tennis Center.  Teams had to reach the finals to qualify for the state tournament and will need to win two matches next week to capture a state championship.  
The Mavs were once again led by seniors Blanton Crisler and Josh Peaster who won the #1 boys doubles championship with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Winston Academy.  After losing their first set of the year, the Mavs gave the Winston boys no hope of an upset in the third set with really strong play in the decisive set.  The M.A. boys won their semi-final match 6-0, 6-4 against River Oaks Academy.  Crisler and Peaster are the only undefeated Maverick team on the year.
Senior Lucie Barbour and sophomore Annie Peaster won the #1 girls doubles championship with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 win over their conference rivals Hannah Peoples and Mary Grace Key from Leake Academy.  Barbour and Peaster have evenly split with the Leake Academy girls in their four matches this year, but executed a smart game plan on Tuesday to win convincingly in the third and final set.
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Robert Hudson fires a pitch to home plate Friday night in a tough 7-2 loss to Houston.Peyton Ellzey fires a pitch from the mound on Saturday against Houston while teammate Robert Hudson looks on. The Panthers fell a game short of making school history in most school wins ever by a Panther baseball team. The Panthers ended the season at 11-12 overall.By JOHN BLACKLEDGE
Sports Editor

The Yazoo County Panther’s baseball season came to an end Saturday at Panther Field. The Panthers dropped a 7-2 decision in Houston Friday night, and suffered a 11-0 defeat at home on Saturday.
The Panthers finished the season at 11-12 falling one game short of tying the most wins in school history.
In game one of the playoff series, The Hilltoppers plated three runs in the second inning to take a 3-0 advantage.
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By JOHN BLACKLEDGE
Sports Editor

The Lady Panther softball season came to an end here recently at the hands of the Lady Panthers of Amory High School.
Amory beat the Lady Panthers 15-0 and 10-0 to end the Lady Panthers season.
In other local sports news, the Tri-County Rebels kept their playoff hopes alive sweeping Winona Christian Academy.
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Indian players watch from the dugout from earlier in the season. Yazoo City will be taking on New Hope in round two of the playoffs. First game is set for 4 p.m. on Thursday.By JOHN BLACKLEDGE
Sports Editor

After a week’s worth of practice and rest, the Yazoo City Indian baseball team will return to the baseball diamond Thursday afternoon to take on New Hope in the second round of the 5A MHSAA Playoffs.
It’s been a long time since the Indians have hosted a playoff game, and Indian skipper Gerald Peyton is ready for it to begin.
“We have never been in this position before,” Peyton said. “We have always been the team playing , but we are enjoying this spot. We have been able to put in some practice time, and get guys some more learning experience.”
Peyton is excited about having home field advantage.
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