By Staff
The Question …
Name at least one of two famous nicknames for Hall of Famer Harold Grange, All-American running back at the University of Illinois in the early 1920s, then for the Bears until 1935.
Star Tracking …
March 10, 2001
JACKSON Joe Miller and the Southeast Lauderdale Lady Tigers can rest, the Class 3A State Championship is now theirs. Southeast Lauderdale capped what can only be described as a magical run with an amazing 81-77 win over the South Pontotoc Lady Cougars Friday at the Mississippi Coliseum. Monique Horner, the state's all-time leading scorer, poured in 43 points to tie the single-game Coliseum scoring record with LaToya Thomas.
JACKSON On the grand stage, the star shine bright, even if it takes them a while. Tan White shook off a poor performance in the opening three quarters of the Class 5A Girls State Championship game to heat up in the final five minutes and hand the Meridian High Lady Wildcats a 56-42 title game defeat.
March 10, 1997
ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. Meridian Community College kept its 1997 record unblemished with a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over homestanding Central Alabama Community College Saturday afternoon. MCC, which trailed 2-0 early, scored four times in the fourth to take a lead it wouldn't relinquish.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Kentucky is back on a roll. The sixth-ranked Wildcats routed No. 24 Georgia 95-68 Sunday for their fifth Southeastern Conference tournament championship in six years and 20th overall. Anthony Epps scored a career-high 22 points and Ron Mercer had 20 as the Wildcats (30-4) won their third game in three days by wearing out Georgia (24-8), which was playing its fourth game in 62 hours.
March 10, 1992
The Southeast Lauderdale Invitational Baseball Tournament opened Monday night with two blowouts. The Clarkdale Bulldogs beat the Quitman Panthers 11-5, while the homestanding Southeast Tigers lost to cross county rival Northeast Lauderdale 13-3. The remainder of the tournament has been canceled due to the tornado which swept through the south part of the county early today.
LOUISVILLE Just call them the hitting machine. The Meridian Wildcats pounded out 10 hits to trounce Louisville 13-4 in first round action of the Louisville Invitational Tournament Monday. With the two wins the Cats stay perfect on the year at 5-0. Meridian has produced an amazing 54 runs on 52 hits in the past four games and appears to be just getting started.
Ryan Satcher
The Answer …
Sports Faces …
Chico Brooks
Chico Brooks is one of the Meridian Wildcats' biggest fans. He has been a manager for the past 29 years for the Wildcats.
Perhaps the main reason why Brooks has stayed with Wildcat athletics for so long is that he enjoys Meridian's winning tradition.
When asked to pick some of his favorite Meridian title teams, Brooks gave three examples.
Jeff Byrd