Cathedral pitcher Daniel Jenkins brings the ball to the plate in Game 2 of the MHSAA Class 1A South State championship series Friday evening at East Webster. The Green Wave committed seven errors and lost 10-1 to the Wolverines. The third and deciding game of the series will be played this afternoon at Canton Academy.

Trinity sophomore Carolyn Mullins chips to the green Friday afternoon during the Trinity Golf Tournament.

Ferriday Lower Elementary School second graders Justin Leonard, Brandon O’Connor, and Maxx Harstad clap for their classmates at the school’s awards ceremony Friday morning. Each of the boys received an award of their own too.

Morgantown Elementary students Nathaniel and Hannah Mullins’ work practice assignments on computers in Lauren Mullins class after school Thursday. The two are a part of a group of students who have been staying after school to sharpen skills in preparation of the Mississippi Curriculum testing which begins next week.

Jasmine Winding, 11, works on an assignment in Mullins’ class after school.

Local high school seniors Amberlee Collard of Huntington High school, David L. Turner of Ferriday High school, Jonathan Lipsey of Monterey High school and Bradley Martin of Vadalia High school recently were the winners of the Concordia Parish Ben K. Green Rotary scholarship.

Graduates applaud during the nursing school’s ceremony in Lorman Thursday afternoon.

Alcorn State University President George Ross gives a greeting during the School of Nursing’s pinning ceremony. Inset, graduates applaud during the nursing school’s ceremony in Lorman Thursday afternoon.

Hank Bounds, superintendent of education for Mississippi, describes a level of achievement that schools should meet during a Committee for Better Public Schools meeting at the City Council Chambers Thursday afternoon. The committee invited Bounds to speak.

East Webster runner Bart Stewart cannot beat Cathedral third baseman Dylan White to the bag during Thursday night’s game at Chester Willis Field.

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