08-17-09 Looking back

Published 12:00 am Monday, August 17, 2009

TWENTY YEARS AGO — Port Gibson athletic director and coach Mason Denham, who led the girls basketball team to four straight Class 3A state titles, dies of a massive heart attack at the age of 58.

TEN YEARS AGO — Jessica Barrett hits three triples, including a key RBI triple in the bottom of the fifth inning, as the Cathedral Lady Green Wave hold off a late rally by Bogue Chitto to defeat the Lady Bobcats 7-6.

FIVE YEARS AGO — Leslie Butler goes 3-for-3 with a triple and Tracy Davis has four hits to lead Natchez High’s 22-hit attack as the Lady Bulldogs defeat Cathedral 16-1 for their second win over the Lady Green Wave in six days.

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