The West Marion High School family is carrying a heavy heart this week after junior basketball player Jamyre’un Hammond died in his Kokomo home early Friday morning.
Hammond shined a bright light into the lives of others, according to his friends, teammates and family.
In a highly-anticipated rematch of last season’s Dec. 1 51-50 East Marion victory over Columbia, the Eagles (3-4) once again came from behind in the second half to beat Columbia (3-3) on the road 55-47 Friday night in a raucous and championship-game-like environment.
Although it was competitive throughout the first quarter, East Marion (3-4) ramped up the defensive intensity and scored in bunches to beat West Marion (0-3) 77-35 on the road Nov. 27.
The Columbia High School soccer program picked up its first two wins in its inaugural season Friday night at Moss Point.
The Lady Wildcats (1-6) beat Moss Point 4-0 in a great performance, while the Wildcats (1-3) knocked off the Tigers 2-1.
Columbia Academy had its Nov. 29 road matchup with Sumrall cancelled, but the Cougars remained undefeated with a 74-37 road victory over Centreville Academy Saturday night.
The Cougars (7-0) were led by Tate Duncan’s 24 points and Ras Pace’s 22 as they doubled up the Tigers.
For the first time this season, two Marion County basketball teams matched up on the court Tuesday night, but it was the road team that came away with the victory.
What a whirlwind season it has been. It started in Foxworth Aug. 16 and ended 165 miles northeast from Columbia near Louisville Nov. 23.
At the onset of the playoffs, East Marion was given little chance to make some noise with a first-round road matchup with a one-loss Noxapater squad and Lumberton potentially looming in the second round.
The Columbia Academy basketball program set off for Brookhaven last week to participate in the Brookhaven Classic before returning to gobble down Thanksgiving turkey.
The Cougars (6-0) picked up a hard-fought win during the first day of action before cruising for a 38-point win on Day 2.
Both the East Marion boys and girls squads took a little trip last week to take part in the Lawrence County Thanksgiving Tournament.
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