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Surrounded by family and friends, Yazoo City High School senior Maurice Booker announced his plans to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community on a football scholarship next season.
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Ladaisha Taylor dribbles against Lakyra Bankhead.
The annual Yazoo City-Yazoo County rivalry opened last week and saw the Lady Indians take a 44-31 game-one road victory.
The two teams meet again this Friday at Yazoo City.
“It’s always good when you can win the one on the road in this rivalry,” said YHS head coach Joffre Washington. “When it’s City vs. County, records go out the window. You have to be on top of your game to drown out all the noise if you want to win. It’s very exciting and pressure-packed. We were able to stick to our game plan and come away with a win.”
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Amari Southern races past Jacorion Taylor.
It’s been six seasons since the Yazoo County Panthers found themselves on the winning side of the ledger in a basketball game against rival the Yazoo City Indians.
This past Friday night, the Panthers snapped the Indians’ 12-game winning streak with a thrilling 57-55 win that, in traditional City-County fashion, went down to the wire.
Yazoo County stormed out of the gate and outscored Yazoo City 18-10 in the first quarter.
The Indians bounced back with a 17-13 second quarter and the Panthers took a slim 31-27 lead into the intermission.
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