Former Jackson State coach and athletic director Robert Braddy will be in Yazoo for the annual golf tournament.Delta Council Chairman Dr. Cass Pennington will be one of many golfers at the Yazoo Country Club next Monday.By TAYLOR MITCHELL
Sports Editor

The summertime offers plenty of days of great weather conditions for a round of golf on the local country club golf course. Hopefully, June 4 will be one of those days.
In just over two weeks, the Yazoo Country Club will play host to the St. Stephen United Methodist Church Annual Golf Tournament that will feature some big names in the Mississippi sporting community, including Jackson State University  golf coach Eddie Payton, brother of Walter Payton.
Other notable names that will be swinging clubs that Monday are former Baltimore Colts wide receiver Will Richardson, ex-Mississippi Valley State head coach and College Football Hall of Fame Member Willie Totten, Chairman of the Delta Council Dr. Cass Pennington, former Jackson State baseball coach Robert Braddy, former Yazoo City athletic director Bennie Tillman, Yazoo City High School head coach Tony Woolfolk, Henry “Jughead” Campbell, Rev. Thadis Williams, Southaven attorney Edd Peyton, coach Johnny Staples, former mayor of Yazoo Wardell Leach, Bonnie Glover, Rev. Rachael Pitts (host pastor) and longtime Yazoo City golfer Ed Harris.
The golf tournament is scheduled to kick off at 9 a.m. on June 4. There will be a second flight following a lunch break, beginning at 1 p.m.
While there are plenty of teams signed up already, there are still spots available for anyone else wanting to take part in a fun-filled day of golf. The tournament fee is $50, which includes green fee and lunch. There will also be trophies awarded the person with the lowest score, the person who gets the closest to the pin (Hole No. 3) and the longest drive (Hole No. 4). The deadline to enter is Friday, June 1.
For more information, contact Wardell Leach at (662) 746-6876 or 571-8783 or John Wallace at (662) 746-6264 or 571-3404.

Jacob Senior strives to reach home plate durring a recent game as coaches and fans smiled in amusement.Buddy Ball
Esscos 9, Subway 3

Lugnutz (Yazoo Tire) 9, Bulldogs (Vandevere Trucking) 7

Braves (Lowery Farms) 12, Best Western 6

Cardinals (Power 107) 15, Bankers (Bank of Yazoo) 2

Minor League
Davis Auto 10, Yazoo Herald 2

Wreckers (Big D’s) 9, Yazoo Herald 5

Davis Auto 13, Auto Insurers 12

Major League
Wheels (Rotary Club) 11, American Legion 9

Nitros (CF Industries) 9, Undertakers 1

Wheels (Rotary Club) 13, Warriors (VFW) 3

American Legion 8, Nitros (CF Industries) 7

Sarah Bailey Woods finished in fifth place in the 100 hurdles at the MAIS State Track and Field meet earlier this month. Woods is the granddaughter of John and Sarah Deal of Yazoo.

The Mitchell ReportPrior to coming to Yazoo City I had covered the Delta State baseball team every season since the 2008 one, which ironically enough was the closest the Statesmen ever came to advancing to the College World Series in my time in Cleveland.
So, after the Statesmen won the NCAA South Regional this past week, I began looking at the statistics of all of the teams headed to Cary, N.C. this weekend and there was one thing jumped out to me.
Delta State boats the best team batting average of the eight teams in the college world series with a .321. MSU-Mankato is second at .318. That makes the first round match up for Delta State all the more interesting.
St. Mary’s (TX) has the best pitching staff in the world series with a team ERA of 2.18. Delta State has the third-best ERA at .313. That should make for an interesting game.
Here’s another stat that jumped out to me: Delta State has a roster consisting of 38 players, only six of which were seniors. The Statesmen are easily one of the youngest teams at the College World Series.
Is that a bad thing? No, but experience usually is a part of winning a championship. Of course, there are a million other things that will go into play this weekend.
The big question now, I guess, is how far will Delta State go in the world series? If you go strictly by records and seeding, they should lose in the first round to St. Mary’s, but how many times have we seen the lower-seeded team win.
Delta State has great hitting (Michael Vinson and Jordan Chovanec are the two best) and great pitching (Colton Mitchell, Aaron Newcomb and Josh Branstetter) to make a serious run at a national championship.
The only way to find out will be to tune in and support Mississippi’s best baseball team.