05-09-08 Looking back

Published 12:00 am Friday, May 9, 2008

TWENTY YEARS AGO — District 7-1A champion Cathedral will host a team it has never faced before in District 4-1A runner-up Choctaw Central in the first round of the MHSAA Class 1A playoffs.

TEN YEARS AGO — Chad Vaught strikes out 10 batters and Curtis Martin hits two home runs as the Huntington Hounds defeat Claiborne Academy 7-5 to win the MPSA Class A South State Championship two games to one.

FIVE YEARS AGO — Reid Simpson hits a home run that bounces off the top of the fence and Barry Bowden strikes out 10 as Vidalia defeats Riverside 3-2 to advance to the Class 2A semifinals for the second straight year.

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