Sheriff Jacob Sheriff was on hand to throw out one of two cermonial first pitches this weekend. Eddie Allias threw out the ceremonial pitch for the Dixie Youth Friday evening.Little leaguers stand silently as the national anthem is played during the opening ceremony.

Beginning this May there will be a new way to show of your team basketball skills.
The Boys & Girls Club in Yazoo City will be starting the first annual season of its Adult Basketball League on May 14, with the post season tournament lasting until June 30. Registration for the league is already open and will remain open until April 27.
Teams are guaranteed eight games, a league t-shirt and a spot in the post season tournament. There will also be a first place trophy awarded to the winner, as well as bragging rights for the next year.
Teams must have a minimum of seven players, but no more than 10. The cost is $350 per team. Players must be of 18 years or older. For more information or to fill out a registration form, contact Lindsey Humphrey, Unit Director, at 746-2322.

Special to The Editor

The Yazoo BASSMasters held a tournament recently at Ross Barnett Reservoir. The conditions were tough, with post-cold front, bluebird skies greeting the anglers as we launched at Tommy's Trading Post. Here are the Top 5 from that event:
1. Matt Smith - 5 bass. Total weight: 11lbs. 7oz. Big bass was 4lbs. 4oz, which was the Tournament Big Bass.
2. Dewey Hood - 5 bass. Total weight: 8lbs. 11oz. Big bass weighed 3lbs. 4oz.
3. Jason Griffin - 4 bass Total weight: 4lbs. 7oz. Big bass was 1lb. 8oz.
4. Rick Morgan - 1 bass. Total weight: 2lbs. 13oz.
5. Dave Jones - 1 bass. Total weight: 2lbs. 11oz.
The top lures were crankbaits, topwater frogs, soft plastic lizard, & jerkbaits. Jason Griffin was quoted as saying he had "about 2 ounces of SuspenStrips on his Rapala jerkbait". SuspenStrips are adhesive strips of metal that are applied to floating lures to make them suspend.
The Yazoo BASSMasters will meet Friday, April 20, 2012 at 7p.m. at Stubb’s Restaurant. The May tournament specifics will be set at this meeting. The club fishes 8 tournaments/year, with the best 6 tournaments counting towards End of the Year awards. Membership dues are $15/year. Tournament entry fees are $10/event, with an optional one dollar each for the yearly & tournament Big Bass pots. There will be a $10 “fruit jar” side pot to each tournament, with the top angler in the fruit jar winning the pot money. Entry into the tournament’s “fruit jar” pot is strictly the discretion of the angler. Meetings are held on the 3rd Friday of each month, with the awards banquet held in December. For more information, contact club president Dewey Hood at 571-7513 or Will Edgar at 571-7589.

The Indians used smart base running to pull off the one run upset over Starkville.By TAYLOR MITCHELL
Sports Editor

Gerald Peyton had never seen a baseball game end on a balk in his 10 plus years as Yazoo City’s head coach. That is until last Tuesday night when his Indians upset Starkville, 3-2.
“That’s  the first time I’ve seen that,” Peyton said. “I’ve seen it in the pros before, but that’s just part of the game.”
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