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Nominees for the Most Valuable Player award include, from left, East Marion's Adrinae Aikens, Columbia Academy's Taylor Berard, Columbia's Malea Martin, West Marion's Izzy Pittman and West Marion's Gracie Odom. | Photos by Jackson Howell © Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. 2024

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The 2025 Softball Award nominees introduced
By JACKSON HOWELL - Sports Editor
Thu,06/19/25-7:55AM , 3,120 Reads
Now that the 2024-25 Marion County softball season has come to a close, the time has come to evaluate which stars shined brightest on the diamond.
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Howell: Superconference greed not unlike high school literature
By JACKSON HOWELL - Sports Editor
Sat,06/14/25-12:00PM , 1,489 Reads
The Southeastern Conference may very well end college football as we know it if those in charge aren’t careful. The SEC and Big Ten’s recent rhetoric is damaging to all those that lie beneath the two superconferences.
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Columbia announces new baseball, softball coaches
By JACKSON HOWELL - Sports Editor
Thu,06/12/25-3:54PM , 1,866 Reads
The Columbia School District announced two new head coaches Wednesday, with Madison Nations being tabbed to lead the Lady Wildcats softball team and Ryan Loftin earning a promotion to be the Wildcats’ head baseball coach.
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Nominees for the 2025 Most Valuable Player award includes, from left, Columbia's MT Breland, West Marion's Kolby Stringer, Columbia Academy's Trent Buckley and Columbia Academy's Logan Buckley. | Photo by Jackson Howell © 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

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Unveiling the 2025 Baseball Award Nominees
By JACKSON HOWELL - Sports Editor
Thu,06/12/25-12:01PM , 2,319 Reads
Year in and year out, Marion County baseball teams give their fans plenty to be excited about. There are stars to be found throughout the area, and the time has come to vote on which stars shined brightest in what was a thrilling 2025 season.
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