Itawamba Times http://itawambatimes.com Itawamba County | Mississippi News Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 School district lines redrawn http://itawambatimes.com/2013/05/18/school-district-lines-redrawn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-district-lines-redrawn http://itawambatimes.com/2013/05/18/school-district-lines-redrawn/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:11 +0000 Adam Armour http://itawambatimes.com/?p=2995

Just like the county, the district lines for the Itawamba County School District have been redrawn to compensate for population shifts. Although not a mirror image of the county’s new district map, the school district’s map follows fairly closely. Both Districts 1 and 4 now cross the Tenn-Tom Waterway, biting into former portions of Districts [...]

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By Marina Cherednichenko Special to The Times Each year, more than 120 Itawamba Agricultural High School senior students present their unique ideas in the form of a project. This year’s presentation took place in the IAHS library on Thursday, May 2. Approximately 44 students participated this semester, adding to the 100 students who completed their [...]

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• This year’s switch to longer class periods has been largely positive, according to Superintendent Michael Nanney. Itawamba County’s change to block scheduling for its high schools has proven successful, according to the superintendent of education. Looking back over the school year — the first in which district high schools used the longer period block scheduling [...]

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FULTON – It’s hard to tell a lot about the state of a high school program from spring football. Guys are still learning the system, there are injuries and the practices carry an overall lighter tone than the those in the fall. However, with the departure of Ashton Shumpert, Charles Moore, Tyler Dossett and a [...]

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By HAILSTATE.COM NORMAN, Okla. – History was made, records were broken and the Mississippi State women’s golf team is headed to the NCAA Championships at the UGA Golf Course in Athens, Ga. Unranked and seeded 19th out of 24 teams, MSU was a heavy underdog in the NCAA Central Regional hosted at the par-72, 6,298-yard [...]

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MANTACHIE – Last season, the Mantachie football team surprised a lot of people. With a new coach, new facilities and a new style, the Mustangs made the 3A playoffs for the first time ever and defeated rival Mooreville for the first time since 2006. Now, in the second year of the Lynn Moore era, the [...]

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By ADAM GORE LetsGoICC.com TUCSON, AZ – Sophomore Anna-Blair Hunt (Senatobia) help lead the Itawamba Community College’s charge through the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Women’s Tennis National Championship at the Reffkin Tennis Center in Tucson, Arizona. On Sunday, Hunt dropped her opening round match 6-1; 6-2 to Anri Ueno (St. Petersburg College) to [...]

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FULTON – Surrounded by friends and family, IAHS point guard Laura Coker took the next step in her basketball career last Wednesday when she inked a letter of intent to remain in Fulton next season to play for the ICC Lady Indians. Coker averaged 3.2 points and 2.4 assists per game for the Lady Indians [...]

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By STEVE RUTHSATZ Southern Polytechnic State University MARIETTA, Ga. – Phillip Shumpert has joined the Southern Polytechnic State University Department of Athletics as an assistant men’s basketball coach. As head coach Jeffrey Pourchier’s top aide, Shumpert assists in all aspects of the Southern Polytechnic men’s basketball program, serving as the recruiting coordinator and focusing on [...]

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Amory assistant named Tremont head coach Brian Pearson, Amory assistant boys basketball coach, was confirmed last week to succeed Brady Ramey as the head coach of the Eagles. Ramey was recently named principal at the school. More on this story in the next edition of The Itawamba County Times. Eagles, Lady Eagles named Division 4-1A [...]

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