A rose to the West Point High School football team and its coach, Chris Chambless, for its historic victory in Thursday’s Class 5A state title game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford. The Green Wave, which had lost the title game three straight years before Thursday, throttled Laurel to claim its 12th state championship, the seventh under Chambliss, who has led the program since 2006. Prior to Thursday’s game, West Point shared the record for most state championships with Louisville and South Panola, but the Green Wave now stands alone after holding a Laurel team that had averaged more that 48 points per game to just a single score in West Point’s 35-7 win. How long the Green Wave holds that distinction is unsure. Louisville plays for the 4A state title at noon on Saturday. Two other area schools are also playing for state titles. On Saturday, Noxubee meets Winona for the 3A title while Starkville takes on Oak Grove in the 7A championship. Congratulations to all our local teams!
A rose to the Golden Triangle Development LINK for securing a new tenant at NorthStar Industrial Park this week. Amazon confirmed Tuesday it will build a “last mile” facility at the site, which will serve as the last stopping point for packages before drivers deliver them to customers’ doorsteps. When finished, it will be the third last mile Amazon facility in the state, joining others in Hattiesburg and the Jackson metro. A 50,000 square-foot speculative building will house the facility, which Higgins said should be operational at some point next year. Construction work to finish the facility should begin in the coming weeks. The project will create 90 to 120 jobs, including a handful of full-time supervisory positions but mostly part-time drivers, which will be a great opportunity for Mississippi State students who want to work to support their education costs.
A rose to Mississippi University for Women voice students for their success in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Southern Regional Conference and Student Auditions. The competition, which drew 300 singers from Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, was conducted in a three-day competition on the campus of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. Music therapy major Moira Cairns, a soprano, and music composition major Ricky Dubuisson, a baritone, tied for first place in “Musical Theatre Non-Traditional Students” while baritone Aaron Rishel, a senior voice performance major, won third place in “Fourth Year Classical Tenors, Baritones and Basses.” Cairns also advanced to the semifinals in a second category, “Non-Traditional Students Classical.” The W’s semifinalists also included Jerry Brown, Zachariah Harden and Charlene Stork. We congratulate these students for representing the MUW music department in such a prestigious competition.
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