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Championship Season
By Cole Hutchinson
The Lady Colts’ softball
team entered the North State
tournament with an amazing record of 30-5. Tri-County was the
first opponent, and starting pitcher
sophomore Ashley Vickers did not
need much run support to defeat
the Rebels 2-0. Next, Ashley fired
up against Leake Academy. Although Leake scored three runs in
the first inning, Ashley did not allow another run in the game. The
Lady Colts scored 2 runs
each in the second and fourth
innings to defeat Leake 4-3. In
the third game, the Canton
Academy Panthers were no
match and lost 7-1 to the
Lady Colts.
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE:
Floats
2
Spirit Week
2
High School Football
3
Pee-wee Football
3
Junior High Football
4
Basketball
5
Soccer
5
Community Service
6
The Lady Colts were
3-0 heading into the championship game to face Leake
Academy for the second
time. The team was on its
“A” game and defeated the Rebels
9-2 to win the North State championship for a #1 seed in the State
tournament. Starting first baseman sophomore Brantley
Hutchinson said, “It was great win-
ning North State, but we were not
done yet. We still had State to
win.”
On the first day of the
State tournament, the Lady Colts
faced Adams County Christian
School who were blown away 12-0
by the energized Lady Colts. The
Lady Colts then put away early
their next victim, Canton Academy
Panthers, by scoring 4 runs in the
first inning. The Lady Colts prevailed with a 9-5 win.
The next opponent was
the well coached and dreaded Silliman team. Silliman was the only
team to defeat the Lady Colts
twice in regular season. However,
for the first time this year, the Lady
Colts broke the Silliman streak
with a 2-1 win. Starting pitcher
Ashley Vickers allowed Silliman
only one run and led the team
into the State championship to
face Leak Academy for the third
time. Starting second baseman,
freshman Kailyn Lofton, hit a 3run homerun to spark the Lady
Colts 4-0 victory in five innings.
The only senior on the Lady
Colts team, Taylor Newton, said,
“It feels great to win the State
championship. It feels like all
the hard work in the past has
finally paid off.” The Lady
Colts ended the season with
an impressive 38-5 record
and were proud to be the
team holding the 2013 State
Championship trophy.
The Lady Colts are
already looking forward to
the 2014 season. Next year,
junior Taylor Ann Bailey,
starting short stop, will be the
only senior on the team. Bailey
stated, “Being the only senior
means we have a young team, and
I will have to step up and be a
leader for the team.”
Homecoming Queen Crowned
By Hannah Crick
The annual homecoming
court was held Friday, October 4,
and the 2013 Homecoming Queen
Molly Bassie was crowned during
the halftime festivities.
The
Homecoming Court included
freshman maids Lauren Lamb and
Chrissy Tubbs; sophomore maids
Brantley Hutchinson and Ashley
Vickers; junior maids Haley Sbravati and Jessica Tedford; and seniors maids Caroline Salley and Anna Grace Cummins.
The maids’ flower girls
were Romie Caston, Addie Jane
Reed, Alli Kyle Cunningham, Lindsay Harris, Caroline Towles, Kate
Norquist, Karlee Ware, Maggie
Sherwood, and Ryleigh Grace Rybolt. The queen’s flower girl and
crown bearer were Lexi Claire
Herring and Brant Chandler.
The 2013 Homecoming
Queen Molly Bassie stated, “I was
shocked and super excited when
they called my name.”
Senior Molly Bassie,
Homecoming Queen
Floating Through the Decades
1st Place
Sophomore
By Hannah Crick
Class
Bayou Academy
students chose “Decades”
as their Homecoming
theme for this year. The
senior class chose the 20s
and used The Great Gatsby
as its inspiration; the juniors chose the 80s and
opted for Top Gun for its
theme; the sophomores
captured the spirit of the
70s with Saturday Night
70s Decade
Saturday
Night Fever
2nd Place
Junior Class
Fever; the freshmen adopted
the “new Millennium” of the
2000s decade; the eighth
grade singled out “Blue
Suede Shoes” for the 50s;
and the 7th grade tagged
“Life Alert” for the 90s.
The winners of the
float competition were first
place sophomore class, second place junior class, and
third place eighth grade class.
80s Decade
Top Gun
3rd Place
Eight Grade
Class
50s Decade
Blue Suede
Shoes
Spirit Week
By Hannah Davis
day.
Homecoming week is
anything but a normal school
week. In keeping with the
homecoming festivities, the
students dressed each day
according to the theme of that
day. The days included pajama/
t-shirt signing day, superhero
day, camouflage day, decade
day, and homecoming t-shirt
The enthusiasm was
kicked up a notch at the first
annual powder-puff game on
Thursday. The sophomorejunior team handily beat the
freshman-senior team 18-8.
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Friday, the cheerleaders of both high school and
junior high school held a pep
rally on the football field. The
squads practiced all week to
ensure a great pep rally. During the pep rally, the senior
football players dressed up
and strutted onto the field for
the annual Romeo Court. The
maids were escorted by the
senior cheerleaders. The
Court included Chantz Arbuckle, escorted by Molly
Bassie; Christian Collins, escorted by Anna Grace Cummins; Blaine Cooper, escorted
by Madison Williamson, Jor-
dan Coopwood, escorted by
Caroline Salley, and Tyler
Kitchings, escorted by Taylor
Newton. The flower girls were
eighth graders Anna Pierce
Hackney and Anna Grace Tingle, freshmen Lauren Lamb and
Adyson Starnes, and junior
Hannah Davis.
The Romeo Court
“Queen” was David “Tubby”
Marlow, escorted by Olivia
Ouzts. The “Queen’s” flower
girl was 7th grader Erin Herbison.
Colts Come up Big in Homecoming Game
By Weber Herbison
The Colts came up with a big
win during its homecoming game with
Lee Academy-Arkansas. The win was
the Colts first home victory with a final
score of 53-0.
The game began with the
Colts driving down the field and giving
the ball to junior William Hood who
ran up the middle for a 35-yard touchdown. The PAT off the foot of junior
Weber Herbison was good for a 7-0
lead. After a Lee turnover, senior Tyler
Kitchings connected with senior
Chantz Arbuckle for a 51-yard touchdown pass. Chantz intercepted a pass
on Lee’s next drive and took the ball
down the sideline for another Colt
touchdown. Herbison’s PAT was good
raising the score to 20-0. The Colt
defense would cause another turnover
on downs and bring about even more
momentum as the defense drove the
ball and ended with a 10-yard touchdown run by sophomore John Thomas
Davis. This would end the first quarter
with the Colts on top 26-0.
the ball down the field for a 45-yard
touchdown. With a good PAT, the
Colts increased their lead to 33-0. The
Colts defense, led by junior Andrew
Rogers with six tackles and a blocked
punt, continued to set up the offense
for success. Seniors Blaine Cooper and
Jordan Coopwood got their first
touchdowns of the season to end the
first half with the Colts up 46-0.
After the crowning of the
Homecoming queen, the Colts came
back in the second half and caused a
Lee fumble which was recovered by
junior Griffith Roberts. The Colts
turned the ball over on downs, but the
special team responded by blocking a
Lee punt in Colt territory. The Colts
attempted a field goal but were unsuccessful. After the kickoff, the Colt defense stopped Lee inside the Colt 20yard line setting up sophomore Lex
Horn for a blocked punt with Andrew
Rogers recovering for the final touchdown for the night. The Colts were
victorious 53-0.
The Colts started the second
quarter with junior Davis Dalton taking
Bayou Colts Win Two, Lose One
By Andrew Rogers
The Bayou Academy
Colts played North Delta
Green Wave for its fifth game
of the season. Constant rain
caused both teams to adapt and
to play to the best of their ability. Coach Jimmy Hicks was
asked, “How did you think the
game would turn out?” He answered, :Depending on how
hard we played, I knew that we
would have a great chance
against North Delta. Despite
the optimism, the game ended
in a 34-12 loss for the Colts.
Coach Hicks said after the
game that he knows the Colts
will improve because the players are beginning to trust each
other and play as a team.
Hard work and dedication paid off for the Colts
with the next game against Kirk
Academy. Although Kirk had
more experience playing 2A
teams, the Colts had a better
line with more skilled players.
The Colts’ offense was led by
junior Davis Dalton, who had
24 carries, and junior Weber
Herbison, who had
three
catches totaling 100 yards. The
defense was led by sophomore
Ashton Ouzts, who had seven
tackles, and sophomore Josh
Willingham, who had six tackles. Senior Chantz Arbuckle
made a key interception, and
the Colts ended the game with
a 13-10 win.
“Let your light
shine so people
everywhere may
see your good
actions and praise
God in heaven
because of it.”
Matthew 5:16
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Jr. High Colts
Look to the Future
By Weber Herbison
Following a bye the previous week, the Jr.
High football season came to a close last Thursday
with a loss to Winona Christian School 36-8. Seventh grader Spence Martin scored the only touchdown for the Colts in this game.
Despite the young Colts’ efforts all season,
the team finished with a 1-6 record. The team’s
only win was a 35-0 victory over West Memphis
on Colt Field. Although the Jr. High Colts ended
with a losing record, the young players are looking
forward to next year’s season.
Pee-Wee Football
Approaching Final Game
By Jordan Coopwoodv
This year’s Bayou Academy Pee-Wee football season is drawing to an end after the team played its seventh
out of eight games. Coach David Crowe and Assistant
Coach Ryan Short look forward to the team’s final game
against Winona. The team won its last two games against
Indianola Academy 28-0 and Kirk Academy 14-8. The team
has been led by several players including 6th graders Lance
Dalton as fullback, Brett Burrel as running back, Reed Upchurch as quarterback, and Keller Otts as middle linebacker.
Coach Crowe has been pushing fundamentals,
such as everyone doing one job together as a team, not as
individual players. Crowe claims, “We’re a young team,
but everybody bought in, [and they are] getting better and
doing their jobs. The team is learning to be tough and
[learning] the game of football.”
This year’s team, a total of 26, is the largest peewee team to play at Bayou. Crowe emphasized, “They have
had long practices that are improving the team, especially
with everyone realizing football is a team sport with all
players doing their job.”
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Pee-wee players left to right: Park Smith, Cole Harthcock,
Jackson Connerly, Davis Carver, and Jack Jones
New Faces, New Year Highlight Basketball Season
By Tres Heinsz
This year the basketball coaching staff has expanded to include some familiar
faces and some new faces.
Robert Foust, who coached
the high school girls’ team last
year, will now coach the high
school boys’ team. He will be
assisted by Wesley Aldridge,
who will also coach the junior
high boys’ team.
Dave Granville will
be the new high school girls’
coach, and he will be assisted
by Casey Arbuckle. Coach
Granville said, “Our goal is to
compete for the district
championship and win, play in
North State, then hopefully
make it to State.” The girls
have a good team with mixtures of both youth and experience which is important to
keeping a good program in
any sport. Coach Granville
also stated, “Our focal point
this season is good defense,
rebounding, and limiting turnovers. Double A basketball is
the most competitive division
in the state, so we are going
to need to be very prepared
to be able to compete.” Assistant Coach Arbuckle said,
“I’m really anxious about this
year. I’m very excited but also
nervous because this is my
first year to coach.
The high school boys
will try to follow up a great
season from last year. It will
be difficult, but they have the
talent and coaches to do it.
Coach Foust said, “The expectations should always be
to win the conference tournament for seeding purposes,
and you never know what
could happen after that. We’ll
hopefully play little more man
to man, more fast breaks, and
a mixture of motion offense
and set plays.” Coach Aldridge
stated, “I am very excited to
be a coach. I haven’t coached
a game before, so I will get
better as the year goes on.”
Phil Adams returns as
the coach for the junior high
girls’ basketball team. Coach
Adams is also looking forward
to a great year and a successful season.
Soccer Team Improves
By Taylor Ann Bailey
Coach Glaser instructs the players on
fundamentals during practice
Sophomore Carley Hicks
goes after the ball
Juniors Hannah Crick and Jessica
Tedford watch the action
A season of improvement and the Bayou
Academy Lady Colts soccer
team ended the year with
more than double its wins
from the previous year. Beginning its year with a double
overtime win over Marshall
Academy showed the heart
and determination of the
team. Although a winning
season eluded the team, the
Lady Colts improved with
each game. Head Coach Maggie Glaser stated, “It was
hard this year because I
moved to Cleveland only
three short weeks before the
season started. This coming
season we will begin training
when school is out for the
summer, building off of this
season and improving focus
at practice.”
The Lady Colts are
losing three seniors, Molly
Bassie, Olivia Ouzts, and Tori
Satterfield. Molly was selected as MAIS 2A soccer all
star. Preparing to participate
in the game, Molly stated,
“It’s an honor. It made a
great ending to my soccer
career. I am very excited to
represent the school, and I
hope I represent it well.”
The All Star game
was played October 9 at
Jackson Preparatory School
in Jackson.
Sophomore Alex Parker
runs for the ball
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Bayou Students Serve Their Community
By Samuel Cooper
The Bayou Academy Community
Service Club has begun another promising
year with several helpful, yet fun-filled
events on the schedule. To Kick off the
year, the recently added sixth grade club
members recognized grandparents of students in honor of Grandparents’ Day. This
was great start for the sixth grade members.
The month of October already
has a few events scheduled. For the high
school, the twelfth grade members paired
up with the sixth grade members and visited the Beverly Nursing Home and its residents this past Friday. They entertained the
residents with arts and crafts. Several pets
were also taken to assist with pet therapy
at the home. These activities provided a
great experience for the residents and create good memories for the students. After
the visit, the students went to a local restaurant for lunch.
One of Bayou Academy’s most
anticipated event each fall is the annual
haunted house sponsored by the Community Service Club members. The juniors and
seniors coordinate this activity every each
year, and the haunted house has a theme
which is acted out by the members. Students wishing to be frightened have never
left disappointed.
The 2013-2014 Community Service Club hopes to build upon the successes of previous years’ clubs. The club leader
and sponsor, Claire Marquis, has a full year
of service-oriented events planned. The
high school group, as well as the new sixth
grade club members, is looking forward to
helping the Cleveland community.
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Hannah Crick, Editor
S N A C K H S X A A A E H J J
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Jordan Coopwood
Hannah Davis
Tres Heinsz
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Cole Hutchinson
Andrew Rogers
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