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The student newspaper of Northwest Mississippi Community College

March 8, 2012

Music Matters with Shelby Louwerens

Senatobia, Miss. VOL. 79 • No. 7

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INSIDE

Baseball wins three of four

Campus prepares for spring break

By: Shaneka Flowers

Northwest will hold its annual Beauty Review on March 22 at 7 p.m. in Howard Coliseum. The application dead-line was March 5 by 5 p.m., or until the first 40 applications were ap-proved on a first-come, first-served basis. The informational meeting was held on March 6 at 6 p.m. in the

Student Activities Office in the Union. There will be two re-hearsals for those who are participating in the Beauty Review on March 20 and 21, each evening in How-ard Coliseum. For questions about the Beauty Review, call 662-562-3899.

Beauty Review set for March 22By: Shelby Louwerens

With spring break quickly approaching, students are deciding where they are spending their vacations. Wheth-er that involves traveling or going home, students living on campus must find some place to go, due to dorms closing on March 9. Starting March 9 at 3 p.m., residence halls will be closed for spring break and will re-open on March 18 at 2 p.m. There will be no excep-tions. Many students are not aware dorms will be closed for spring break. Some students believe that it is a hassle to try to find a place to stay for the week that school will close. “It is not convenient for some students because they might not have anywhere else to stay,” Avery Sacramen-to, a sophomore nursing major from Southaven, said.

However, others who know about the closing disagree. “First, I am going to go visit my parents in Southaven,” Julia Anderson, a sophomore criminal justice major from Southaven, said. “Then I am going to go visit some family in Georgia.” Northwest campus offices will also be closed for spring break. According to staff mem-ber Suzanne Creekmore, the entire campus will be closed. However, the campus police will still be on duty to make sure that no students are on campus. Sacramento goes on to say it is an incon-venience for students because they may have unfinished work or stud-ies. The tools students may need will be un-available. From March 9-18, students will be unable to gain entrance into

their dorm rooms, with or without a key. Though some may worry their valuables left in their dorm rooms are in danger, Marshall Hall’s dorm supervisor Becky Moore, says that there is very little to worry about. “You don’t have to worry about anything,” Moore said. “Your stuff is as safe here as it is at your own house.” Though dorm su-pervisors are off at the same time students are, surveillance cameras will still be on and the doors to the dorms will be keyed. “I began working here in January 1998, and since then, there have been no attempt-ed break-ins over spring break,” Moore said. Regardless of how safe things will be in the dorms, students must still be prepared to leave for a week. Kellie Mooneyham, a sophomore crimi-nal justice major from Grenada, has plans for traveling over the break. “I’m going to Jack-son for a few days to visit a friend,” Mooney-ham said. Matt Andrews, a sophomore ag tech ma-jor from Grenada, has different plans. “I have to work all during the break, so I won’t be traveling more than necessary,” An-drews said. For those not travel-ing too far from home, there are still places and events to keep spring break interesting. There are several places to travel in Mem-phis, such as Graceland

or Beale Street. There are also many concert venues where students can listen to different bands throughout the break. The New Daisy Theater on Beale Street has two concerts on March 9 and March 13. The $10 show on March 9 will include Vessels, Crowned, Anneliese, Tell Romeo I Hate Him and Chorica. Tickets are $11, and all ages are welcome to attend. The doors open at 6 p.m. On March 13, Jack White will perform. Tickets are $33. For more informa-tion, please visit www.newdaisy.com. Those are not the only concerts available. At Minglewood Hall, on Madison Avenue in Memphis, 19 Stone is set to perform on March 9 at 9 p.m. Blackberry Smoke and Indian Ro-deo are performing on March 10 at 7 p.m. The Robert Glasper Experiment performs on March 11 at 7 p.m. For ticket information for any concert at Mingle-wood Hall, visit ticketh-ub.com. To stay a night in Memphis, hotel charges can vary. For a night in a Best Western, prices range from $79.99 to $89.99. A night at the Peabody ranges from $249 to $269 over spring break. These pric-es vary with the number of people in each room. For students travel-ing, safety and budget tips can be important aspects of spring break. When getting ready to travel, it is important to double check belong-ings. Prices tend to be

higher at spring break destinations. Discounts may be available to students who bring their college identification with them. When driving to a spring break destination, try not to travel alone. Rid-ing with friends allows everyone to save on gas. “We are all riding in my mom’s Honda, which is a gas saver that we can all fit in comfort-ably,” Ryan Roye, a sophomore physical therapy major from Southaven, said. Once at the destina-tion, try to budget for each day. Also try to avoid going anywhere alone. According to www. SafeSpringBreak.org, the safest floors in a hotel are between the first and sixth floors. The reasons range from bur-glary safeguards to fire hazard precautions.It is more affordable to cook than to eat out, and buying in bulk also saves money, according to www.studentuniverse.com. If traveling to the beach, remember to bring a towel and sun-screen. Also be aware of caution markers such as a red flag meaning to stay out of the water, a yellow flag meaning to use caution in the water and a blue flag meaning swim safely. More information can be found at www.Recronics.com.Spring break is a hope-ful time for relaxation and peace of mind. Whether students are traveling to far-away

On Feb. 9 an e-mail notification was sent out to Northwest faculty, staff and students that stated two vehicles had their stereos removed the week before. It was reported that the vehicles were left un-secured according to the e-mail, which was sent from Al Dodson, chief of Campus Police. The e-mail was sent to remind faculty, staff and students to secure

purses and other valu-ables in a safe place and to secure their vehicle when left unattended. He listed steps to take to reduce the opportunity for theft from a motor ve-hicle: lock vehicle doors when leaving it unattend-ed, do not leave keys in a vehicle and make sure that doors, windows and sunroofs are secured. Do not leave valuables in a vehicle, particularly not in plain sight; and if

valuables must be left in a car, place items out of sight before reaching the destination or remove them from sight incon-spicuously. “We have a zero toler-ance for thefts,” Dodson said. “Depending on the circumstances, you could face suspension or pos-sibly expulsion.” Several students, such as Dontrell Payne, a freshman accounting ma-jor from Clarksdale, are

unaware of the e-mail notification. “I haven’t checked my e-mail,” Payne said. “I know now to check it more often.” Northwest’s Campus Police Department is actively patrolling the campus, but Dodson still wants everyone to be alert. Report any suspicious activity to Campus Police at 562-3314.

Take safety precautions on campus

Porsha Jones, a sophomore pre-paralegal major from Lula, reads a sign in Taylor Hall about spring break closings. (Photo by Shaneka Flowers)

By: Shelby Louwerens, Bianca Porter, Christine Sandidge & Antonio Cotten

Ranger on the Spot By: Shelby Louwerens, Brian Lentz & Shaneka Flowers

“What are your plans for Spring Break?”

Ashley MartinLula • Sophomore

Psychology“I’m going to Memphis with

some friends.”

OPINION A2 • March 8, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

STAFF

Editor..................................Shelby Louwerens

Lifestyle Section Editor........Shaneka Flowers

Sports Section Editor.....................Brian Lentz

Staff Reporters.............Michael Haskins & De-issac House

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Rachel StrongOlive Branch • Sophomore

Music Education“I’m going to sit at home and

do nothing.” 

Kendrick GrantRuleville • Sophomore

Pre-Engineering“Going to visit my grand-

mother in Alabama.”

Andrew Van VelsorSenatobia • Sophomore

Music Education“I have to work.”

Nathan HittCalhoun City • SophomoreTool and Die Technology

“Whatever happens.”

Music Matters with Shelby Louwerens

By: Shelby Louwerens

The art of welding at Northwest

Cannon Moyer, a soph-omore computer science major from Hernando, was the first student to win Northwest Idol. Moyer, a member of the Northwest choir, Who’s Who, President’s List and BSU, says that he has been performing from a very young age. “I started playing piano when I was six and have been performing since then,” Moyer said. “I’ve been trained in clas-sical piano for 13 years.” Moyer, whose music is mostly mainstream pop, started in church. At age 14, he began playing in the youth band at church,

and at 15, he became the youth worship leader, which he did throughout high school. During this time, he also began writing his own music, as well as learn-ing the music production process. Just over a year ago, he was introduced to a producer, with whom he has been working since. Mississippi Music Foundation now sponsors Moyer, paying half of all of his recording costs. But with this new ability, also came a lot of work. “I spend a lot of time writing songs,” Moyer said. “I probably spend

40 hours on each song I write.” Recently, Moyer re-

leased his newest song, “All She Talks About,”

though his song “Pol-luted with Love” is still his favorite.

“‘Polluted with Love’ is my favorite that I’ve writ-

ten,” Moyer said. “That is the song I’m most known for locally.” Though Moyer’s music is mostly pop, he has had his music featured on Christian radio stations, which played his original Christian song, “Get Low,” as well as his cover of “How Great Thou Art,” “Holy, Holy, Holy,” and “What Child is This?” Moyer says he has two goals for his music and for his appeal as an artist. “As far as my music goes, I want it to appeal to all different ages,” Moyer said. “When they look at me as an artist, I want them to see some-

one different. I want to be a role model.” Moyer’s last perfor-mance was at the South-aven Arena on Feb. 11, and his next will be at the Miss Olive Branch Beauty Pageant. To access his music or find out more about the artist, follow him on Twit-ter, @ cannonmoyer, or Cannon Moyer on Face-book. His music is also featured on Youtube.

Cannon Moyer, a sophomore computer science major from Hernando, plays classical piano. (Submitted photo)

The welding pro-gram—it’s kind of an underground operation. Upon first walking into the shop, it felt like walking in to purgatory. There were heavy, black stalls separating each person from an-other, and from the door, loud sounds were heard as bright lights flashed on each side of the walkway. It was terrifying. But, as the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover. Underneath the weld-ing masks, safety goggles and gloves, were very nice people who can do some amazing things with

fire and metal, who were excited to talk about the one-year program. “Anything you’re involved with, anything you touch or deal with, involves welding at some point,” Rodney Steele, a welding instructor, said. There is also more than meets the eye when it comes to welding. It is actually very specific. There are four different types of welding: oxy-acetylene welding, MIG welding, TIG welding and shielded metal arc weld-ing. In addition to these different types of welding, several types of cutting

are also involved. “I prefer arc welding,” Karwanie Lark, a welding major from Como, said. “I like doing stuff with my hands.” Welding, as it seems, is more than just melting two metal poles together, though it does come in handy to fix problems. “Welding is an art,” Steele said. “It is taking two pieces of metal and bonding them together through a chemical pro-cess.” The welding shop is also a place of equality. While the shop is normally very loud, some might not hear it that

way. An interpreter sat in the office of the welding shop, prepared to help a deaf welding student if the need arose. “The point of this pro-gram is to prepare these students to get and retain a job in the workforce,” Steele said. This thought included everyone, of all different specifications and back-grounds. These people come together to produce some very interesting things. In previous years, the welding program made a spiral staircase and the cemetery sign at Spring Hill Cemetery. They have

also helped others in different departments around Northwest. The welding program has welded Ag Tech’s cotton picker grill back together, made dump bed trailers, rebuilt the Northwest horse trailer, and most currently made the “We Are” sign for the Northwest commercial. They are also repairing gates for the Northwest Multipurpose Arena for the upcoming rodeo, as well as making a very intri-cate ring for a fire pit. “I’m doing this be-cause I want to make money, get out of school and do something I en-

joy,” Whit Whitten, a weld-ing major from Batesville, said. There is something in-teresting about all of the technical departments at Northwest, and visiting them may reveal more than one may think about the department. What seemed a hard-core, scary line of work, is actually a very artistic and intricate way of fixing something broken or mak-ing something new.

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strong and were knock-ing down shot after shot. Neither team allowed anything on the offensive glass, so that did not leav-ing many opportunities for second-chance shots. Both teams were play-ing at a half-court tempo, because both were in single-digits when it came to fast break points. Most of the scoring

came inside for both teams. Things became one-sided in the second half as Pearl River caught fire. With five minutes left in the game, they took their lead to 15. From there, the Rangers found it hard to put points on the board scoring 10 more before the game ended.

In a losing effort, soph-omore Everick Morris led his team with 19 points. Joining him was freshman DeMarcus McVay with 13 points and 7 rebounds. On the upside, the Rangers will be back in action against Southern-Shreveport on March 8 in the Region XXIII Tourna-ment in Clinton at 8 p.m.

Soles4Souls gathers shoes Gather up your un-wanted shoes; the North-west Student Nurses As-sociation will be hosting a Soles4Souls drive starting Feb. 15 throughout the month of March. Soles4Souls is an international organization that collects old and new shoes and distributes them worldwide to give relief to victims of natural disasters and to those in poverty internationally and domestically. In the wake of Hur-ricane Katrina in 2005,

over a million pairs of shoes were sent to the Gulf Coast by Soles-4Soles and they are cur-rently collecting footwear of all types to bring relief to the recent victims of the March 2-3 tornado outbreak. “One of the main purposes of SNA at North-west is to give back, and as nurses individually our goal is to help people,” Brittany Miller, SNA activi-ties chairman and a fresh-man nursing major from Hernando, said. “This

shoe drive is something so easy to take part in,

but the blessings it pro-vides to others are incred-

ible,” MIller said. “The shoes can go to

people who have never had a pair of shoes on

all their life. It is a huge thing to be able to bless someone with something we have but never use,” Miller said. “We take so many things for granted and the ability to have not only one pair of shoes but a closet full is one of them,” Miller said. “This shoe drive really humbles me. Our goal is to bless 500 souls with shoes. I really hope we not only meet but beat that.” Donations may be placed in the boxes lo-

cated on the first floor of the Nursing Building. For more information on the Student Nurses As-sociation, contact Monica Williams by phone at 562-3289 or by e-mail at mwilliams@northwestms.edu. For more information on Soles4Souls, visit their website at www.soles-4souls.org.

By: Mike Haskins

places or staying close to home, they can all find creative ways to make their spring break memo-rable.

*This article was written by the News Writing and Report-ing II class, including Shelby Louwerens, Bianca Porter, Antonio Cotten & Christine Sandidge.

Spring break CONTINUED

ARTS & LIFE C1 • March 8, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

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Students, faculty and staff hold side plank during a Biggest Loser work-out. (Photo by Deissac House)

Showing thanks with pizza

Students, faculty and staff who were a part of the North-west commercial filming attended a pizza party on March 2 as a sign of appreciation for their contribution in the filming. (Staff photo)

In the fall semester, the Division of Languages and Communications welcomed two new faculty members, Carroll Gunn and Phillip Underwood. Gunn, of Oxford, is the new journalism instructor and the coordinator of student publications. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism at The University of Missis-sippi. Before coming to Northwest, Gunn worked in the Financial Aid Office at Ole Miss from 2009-2011. She also taught as an instructor of edu-cational development of higher education for two years. While attending Ole Miss, she served as a staff reporter and pho-

tographer for The Daily Mississippian. In addition to her work as a college student writ-ing for The Daily Missis-sippian, Gunn also gained valuable experience free-lancing for several other publications. “I freelanced for two newspapers, The Oxford Eagle and Oxford Enter-prise,” Gunn said. “I also contributed to a magazine called Invitation Oxford and a blog-style website called oxfordmississippi.com.” Gunn went on to add her reason for becoming a journalism instructor was her passion for writ-ing. “While teaching at Ole Miss, I realized that I loved teaching and work-ing with students,” Gunn

said. “I love to write and have a passion for teach-ing. I knew I wanted to

teach journalism and Northwest was the ideal fit for me.” Dr. Underwood of

Tupelo received his bach-elor’s degree in English from The University of

Mississippi and his mas-ter’s and doctoral de-grees from The University of Southern Mississippi.

Prior to Northwest, Underwood taught English at Itawamba Community College and also taught Creative Writing and Drama at Southern Miss. He has also served as a guest lecturer and teaching assistant at Southern Mississippi and worked as a tutor at the University of Southern Mississippi Writing Center and the Community Lit-eracy Outreach Initiative. Underwood gives credit to his family for his suc-cess. “My wife is a support therapist for Tupelo City Schools,” Underwood said. “I also have two very energetic boys, Abe, who is three, and Jonah, who is two months.” Underwood also has several hobbies that in-

clude reading, playing gui-tar and watching sports. Underwood went on to explain his interest in North Mississippi and teaching at Northwest. “I have family from this area,” Underwood said. “After living in Hattiesburg for six years, I’m more than delighted to be back home. While I didn’t attend Northwest, it has been an ever-present in-stitution in my life. Many of my extended fam-ily went here, as did my brother and both of my parents. I love the small community and family feel of teaching here. I hope to be here for the remainder of my career.”

Division welcomed two new faculty members in the fall

The Division of Languages and Communications welcomed Carroll Gunn (left), a journalism instructor, and Dr. Phil-lip Underwood, an English instructor, in the fall semester. (Staff photo)

Loria Windom, a donor technician, prepares Haley Miller, a sophomore broadcast major from Indepen-dence, for giving blood at the blood drive that took place Feb. 21-22. (Photo by Shaneka Flowers)

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“Joined at the Head” to begin March 29

Student-produced film runs Feb. 27 until March 9By: Shelby Louwerens

By: Shelby Louwerens

“Here by the Ocean” opened on www.vimeo.com/undertonepictures on Feb. 27 and will run until March 9. The film was the collaboration of Garrett Atkinson, a sophomore theatre major from Olive Branch; Ben Evans, a sophomore general col-lege major from Olive Branch; Taylor Conklin, a sophomore history major from Olive Branch and Dalton Sides, a sopho-more biomedical engi-neering major at Missis-sippi State University. There are two trailers for the film that can be found on www.imdb.com and one trailer that can be found on Youtube. The show features three main characters on one particular day—the day the world ends. The film shows the trials and

tribulations these char-acters go through to find peace by the end of the world. The limited release on www.vimeo.com is free. After March 9, the limited release of the film will end, and the film will be sold on Blu-ray and DVDs, containing the film as well as behind-the-scenes special features and com-mentaries. “The film has a dy-namic cast, all from the Northwest Fine Arts building,” Atkinson said. “The main characters are played by Camille Bishop, Joel King, Northwest tech-nical director, and A.J. Cail. Other cast members include Katie Hardeman, Abi Wiggins, Dr. Ken Sipley, Fine Arts division director, and Stanley Spearman.” In addition to the film

itself, Atkinson, Evans and Taylor are also selling T-shirts to promote their production company, Undertone Pictures. The company began in January 2011 when Atkin-son and Sides, who had worked together previ-ously, began working with Conklin and Evans. Since that time, they have fin-ished one short film, have another in production, and have finished a music video that features Josiah Jones, a sophomore EMT major and Mr. NWCC- Senatobia. The T-shirt sale will end on March 9. To purchase the DVD or Blu-ray of the film or to purchase an Undertone pictures T-shirt, contact ben@undertonepictures.com. The flier for the film is shown below.

The Northwest The-atre Department’s pro-duction of “Joined at the Head” will take place March 29-April 1. The shows will take place in the Fine Arts Auditorium at 7 p.m. on March 29-31 and 2 p.m. on April 1. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general ad-mission. The cast members include Camille Bishop, a freshman theatre major from Orlando, Fla., as Maggie Mulroney; Garrett Atkinson, a sophomore theatre major from Olive Branch, as Jim Burroughs; and Abi Wiggins, a sopho-more theatre major from Senatobia, as Maggy Bur-roughs.

The cast also includes six ensemble characters, played by Kevar Maffitt, a sophomore theatre major from Olive Branch; Nic Temple, a sopho-more theatre major from Southaven; Daniel Jones, a freshman theatre major from Kaiserslautern, Ger-many; Katie Hardeman, a sophomore theatre major from Horn Lake; Yaz Lynch, a freshman theatre major from North Carolina and Haley Miller, a sophomore theatre major from Coldwater. “Joined at the Head,” a drama with comedic elements, contains a cast of nine characters—five men and four women. The show revolves around two women, one who is a

writer and the other who has cancer. These two women teach one anoth-er how to live and to die. Sadie Shannon, director of “Joined at the Head,” said, in addition to the onstage seating that it will feature, the show is unlike those that have been done before. “This is the first drama that’s been done all year, and it’s a very non-literal show,” Shan-non said. “The audience will have to stretch their imaginations to imagine the scenes and places in the show.”

The cast of “Scapin” dances at the closing of the production that ran from Feb. 16-19 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)

“Scapin” is a comedic success

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SPORTS D1 • March 8, 2012 Senatobia, Miss.

By: Brian Lentz

Ranger baseball wins three of four

Dex Herrington, a sophomore from Senatobia, swings the bat at a regular season game against Jackson State Ten-nessee. The Rangers lost both games against Jackson State Tennessee. (Photo by Deissac House)

After starting the sea-son at 2-4, the Ranger baseball team was look-ing to get back in the win column as they hosted Rend Lake (Ill.), Jones County and Arkansas Baptist in recent games. The Rangers’ first hosted a doubleheader on Feb. 25 against the Rend Lake Warriors. The game remained scoreless until the second inning, when Rend Lake took a 1-0 lead with an RBI single from Alex Posey. Rend Lake scored again in the top of the third inning, when Steve Draper’s RBI single gave the Warriors a 2-0 lead. The Rangers finally

broke through in the fifth inning, as an RBI double by J.D. Tackett brought Austin Overall to home, cutting the lead down to 2-1. Fellow Rangers Luke McCullough and Bradley Noland scored on a balk and an error respectively, giving the Rangers a 3-2 lead. That proved to be the game winner, as the Rangers held off Rend Lake in the final two innings, sealing a 3-2 victory. Freshman Cody Reed picked up the win, improving his season re-cord to 2-0. Reed pitched all seven innings, striking out seven batters, giving up five hits and two runs.

The losing pitcher for Rend Lake was Brandon George. Northwest and Rend Lake faced off a short time later in game two of the weekend double-header. This time, it was the Rangers who struck first in the second inning off a solo home run shot by Jeremy Carlisle, which gave them a 1-0 lead. The Rangers extended their lead in the third in-ning, after Bradley No-land doubled to right field and then reached home on an error. This gave the Rangers a 2-0 advantage. Rend Lake scored a lone run

in the top of the fifth, but the Rangers continued to pile up runs in the bot-tom of the fifth, thanks to a two-run RBI from Carlisle, giving the Rang-ers a 4-1 lead and the final score. Sophomore Colt Burns picked up the win for the Rangers, giving him his first win of the season. Nick Andros received the loss for Rend Lake. The Rangers would not begin play again until Feb. 29, as they hosted the Jones County Bob-cats. The Bobcats quickly proved just how tough this contest would be, as they opened the game with a 2-0 lead following

an RBI and a wild pitch. Northwest would tie it up at 2-2 in the third inning with a two-run RBI from Josh Johnson. The game remained tied until the top of the seventh inning, when Jones County went on a three-run explosion to take a 5-2 lead. The Rangers tried to mount a come-back in the bottom of the seventh off an RBI from Justin Rose and a score by an error for Kyle Blount, but the Rangers would not be able to tie it up, as Jones County escaped with the 5-4 victory. Vito Perna picked up the win for Jones County, while Phillip Malatesta got the loss for the Rangers, drop-ping his record to 0-2 on the season. The Rangers played again a few hours later in the nightcap against Arkansas Baptist. Early in the first inning, Arkansas Baptist took a 1-0 lead fol-lowing an RBI from Patrick Castleberry. The Rangers tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the third, as Josh Johnson scored on a wild pitch. However, Arkansas Baptist would break things open in the top of the fifth inning, as the Buffaloes scored five unanswered runs to take a 6-1 lead. The Rangers began to climb back in the bottom of the sixth, though, as

Keaton Hankins hit a solo home run shot to left cen-ter field. Drew Pratt would then steal home a few plays later, to cut the lead in half to 6-3. Hankins struck again in the bottom of the seventh, as he hit an RBI single to right field to cut the lead again at 6-4. Luke McCullough tied the game up with a two-run RBI, and Walt Mc-Cullough sealed the win for the Rangers, as he hit an RBI single to left cen-ter, to make the score 7-6 and a win over Arkansas Baptist. Freshman Mitchell Flowers picked up the win for the Rangers, improving his season record to 1-0. Sophomore Chris Casto started the game for the Rangers, striking out two batters. Freshman Jim Tom Copeland also saw action on the mound for the Rangers, striking out two batters. Meanwhile, Dyllon Brownmiller received the loss for Arkansas Baptist. The Rangers now pos-sess a 5-5 record and will face Ellsworth (Iowa) on March 8 at home, before traveling to East Central, East Mississippi, and Itawamba over spring break.

D1 • March 8, 2012 Senatobia, Miss. THE RANGER ROCKET D2SPORTSRanger softball splits wins with Southwest, HindsBy: Brian Lentz

Northwest Rodeo to compete April 19-21By: Shelby Louwerens

The Northwest ro-deo team will compete against roughly 200 oth-ers from 15 colleges and universities at the North-west Ozark Region rodeo,

to be held on April 19-21. The event will take place at the Northwest Multipurpose Arena, beginning each night at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $10 at the gate and $8 for an advance ticket. ID night will be April 19, where students can gain entrance to the

event by providing a valid Northwest ID. The rodeo will feature events such as bareback and saddle bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, as

well as women’s barrel racing and women’s goat tying. Lucas Boatwright, Ben Cullum, Michael Cren-shaw and Brian Dowdy will be participating in bull riding. In addition, Jake Keith will participate in bull riding and calf roping. In the women’s division, Racheal Speltz, Taylor Inglish and Morgan Winters will participate in women’s barrel racing. In addition, Lauren Sanders will participate in barrel racing and goat tying. The students show enthusiasm for the up-coming event. “I’m nervous and ex-cited,” Winters said. The male competitors agree with Winters. “I’m feeling good about it,” Boatwright said. “I’m ready for it to get here.” The proceeds from

the rodeo go toward scholarships and travel expenses to help the ro-deo team. Overall, Bruce Lee, coach of the rodeo team, has solid expecta-tions for the team mem-bers. “I think they’ll do pretty good,” Lee said. “The hometown crowd really helps.”

After starting the season with three wins in five games at the North-east TigerFest in Boon-eville, the Rangers took their 3-2 season opening record home to face non-conference opponents Southwest Tennessee and Hinds. In their first game against Southwest, the Rangers got on the board quick, starting with an RBI double by Codie Jones. Casey Baddley’s two-run RBI would give the Rangers a 3-0 lead at the end of the first in-ning. That would prove to be the only runs scored in game one as Baddley shut down the Southwest batters, as the Rangers took game one 3-0. Baddley picked up the win for the Rangers, strik-ing out three batters and giving up four hits, improv-

ing her record to 4-0. Game two would get a little more interesting for both teams. The Rangers got on the board in the bottom of the first inning, as Linsey Hebert was caught stealing at second base. However, during the put out, Hillari Plummer snuck home from third base, giving the Rangers a 1-0 lead. Southwest would tie it up at 1-1 in the third in-ning and took a 3-1 lead later in the sixth inning, thanks to a two-run RBI from Rhonda Willis. However, the Rangers came back in the bottom of the sixth inning, with two RBIs from Jones and Plummer, to tie the score at 3-3. After Southwest regained the lead at 4-3 in the top of the seventh, the Rangers would force

extra innings, after Natalie Smock’s RBI single tied the game at 4-4. After Southwest took a 5-4 lead in the top of the

eighth, the Rangers would tie the game again with Hebert’s RBI grounder, forcing another extra in-ning. The game remained tied until the tenth inning, when Southwest took a 7-5 lead from a two-run RBI from Haylee Power.

The Rangers tied the game yet again in the bot-tom of the tenth, with two more RBIs from Jones and Hebert. After the Rangers were held scoreless for the re-mainder of the inning, the umpires made a decision to postpone the game due to darkness, with the score knotted at 7-7. No word yet on when the game will be finished. The Rangers would play again the following day, hosting the Hinds Lady Eagles. Both teams remained scoreless until the bottom of the fifth inning, when Hebert’s RBI bunt scored Vicky John-son and gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead. The Rangers extended their lead with Lauren Riley’s two-run RBI and another RBI from Jones, pushing the score to 4-1.

Hinds would get one run in the top of the sev-enth, but it wasn’t nearly enough for a comeback, as the Rangers rolled to a 4-1 victory. Emily Hatcher picked up the win for the Rangers, striking out two batters and giving up just one run. Hinds would jump out on top early in game two, as Dominique Corona and Elizabeth Heigle hit two RBIs to give Hinds a 2-0 lead. Hinds would extend the lead in the third in-ning, following a two-run RBI from Corona and a one-run RBI from Lindsay Harper, pushing the lead at 5-0. After Hinds scored once more in the top of the fourth, the Rangers finally got on the board with an RBI from Summer Steakley to cut the lead down to 6-1. The Rangers

would mount a comeback in the bottom of the sixth inning, with three RBIs from Vicky Johnson, Anna Barham, and Lauren Riley to cut the lead at 6-4. Hinds extended the lead at 7-4 in the top of the seventh, and despite the Rangers getting in one more run off an RBI from Amanda Bies, Hinds came away with the 7-5 win. Casey Gibson received the loss for the Rangers. The Ranger softball team will host Coahoma on March 9 before travel-ing for a series of road contests at North Arkan-sas and Northeast. The Rangers will return home to host Holmes on March 24.

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Chase Lyle, 18, from South Panola High School, seeks direction from the judges in the Automotive Tech division of SkillsUSA. (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)

High school students compete in SkillsUSA on Northwest campus

Christopher Williams, 16, from Rosa Fort High School, competes in the Automotive Tech division of SkillsUSA. (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)

Robert Maharrey from Amory High School competes in the Welding division of Skill-sUSA. (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)

Ross Jordan from Pontotoc Ridge Career Tech cleans off a milling machine in the Tool and Die division of SkillsUSA. (Photo by Shelby Louwerens)