Manchester senior Mary Moses Hitt will defend her unblemished high school record today when she goes for her sixth straight state championship in MAIS AA girls’ singles.By HENRY BARBOUR
Special to The Herald

The Manchester Academy Tennis team will compete today in the State AA Tennis Championships at the Ridgeland Tennis Center.  The Manchester girls team comes into the state tournament with a great deal of momentum after capturing the North State Championship last week in Grenada.
Senior Mary Moses Hitt will compete for her sixth straight number one girls singles state championship as she puts her undefeated high school record on the line for the last time.  Hitt has won the state championship each year since the 7th grade.  She won the North State Championship last week in Grenada 6-2, 6-2.  Going into the last game of that match, Hitt’s opponent served at 2-5 and appeared to have a good opportunity to push Hitt deeper into the match; however, Hitt was having none of it as she quickly finished off her opponent at love in the final game by hitting several winners painting the lines.  She has an uncanny ability to take her game to another level when necessary.
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The Mitchell ReportEver since I bought my first camera in 2008, I’ve gone to each and every state track and field meet I could attend. It’s a variety of events that offers unique challenges and great photograph opportunities.
It’s one of my favorite things to be a photographer at.
If there was one thing I could change, it would be the 90-degree heat that always seems to hang over the track.
This past Saturday was no different.
Sure, there were a few clouds scattered about the powder blue sky, but the sun was able shine brightly throughout the morning and afternoon.
For me, I felt like I had just ran a 100-meter dash with how much I was sweating. So you can imagine it was much worse for those actually running and moving around in the sweltering heat.
Living in Texas, I grew up learning all about heat stroke and heat exhaustion. On a day like last Saturday, it’s a lucky turn of fate nobody was seriously injured.
But that doesn’t mean the heat played a big role in the races and, in my opinion, deciding the outcome of one race.
In the first race of the day, one runner left the 3200-meter run midway through the 16-lap race. The second race of the day was decided by the heat.

Manchester senior Maggie Hughes will get one more shot at adding another state championship in the two-mile run today when she runs in the state final at Jackson Prep.The relay teams will play a key role in Manchester’s success today at Jackson Prep.By TAYLOR MITCHELL
Sports Editor

Maggie Hughes has won plenty of medals and awards in her years at Manchester Academy. She’s won a state title in track at least every season she has competed in and has finished as one of the best cross country runners each year, including a third place finish this past fall.
Despite a box overflowing with plagues and medals, Hughes still has one more to add to it.
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The Yazoo City High School varsity track team (above) will compete in Starkville in a plethora of running and throwing events with the hopes of moving on to next weeks overall state track meet at Pearl High School.By TAYLOR MITCHELL
Sports Editor

For the past three months the Yazoo City and Yazoo County high school track and field teams have been traveling across the Magnolia state, competing in track meets to help prepare them for the regional, north state and overall state track meets.
That time has come.
Both the Indians and Panthers will be sending runners and throwers to the north half state championship track meet that was held on Friday. The Indians made the two-hour journey to Starkville, while the Panthers made their way to Charleston for the 4A north half state track meet.
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