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Dogs face one of toughest stretches in 2017
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sat,07/01/17-10:00PM , 147 Reads
Mississippi State will be a much better football team this year, but that may not necessarily translate into a bunch more wins.
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Josh Lampley of Gulfport, the 2016 Greenwood Country Club Invitational champion, is returning to defend his GCC Invitational title this week. The three-day tournament starts Friday.

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Gulfport golfer gunning for back-to-back titles
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sat,07/01/17-10:00PM , 149 Reads
Gulfport’s Josh Lampley will be back to defend his crown.

The former South Alabama golfer won the rain-shortened Greenwood Country Cub Invitational last year and will look to become just the ninth golfer to win back-to-back titles in the 70-year history of the tradition-rich golf tournament.
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Former Mississippi State star Brent Rooker has become only the second SEC player to win the triple crown, leading the league in batting average, home runs and RBIs.

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MSU's Rooker wins SEC triple crown
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Thu,06/29/17-1:44PM , 240 Reads
Even after turning pro, Mississippi State’s Brent Rooker continues to make news in college baseball.

With the season ending Tuesday night, Rooker wrapped up history’s second SEC batting triple crown — joining former Bulldogs All-American Rafael Palmeiro, who led the league in batting average, home runs and RBIs in 1984.
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Devils face brutal stretch to open up 2017 football season
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sun,06/25/17-1:00AM , 136 Reads
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With a change in the SWAC schedule this year, Mississippi Valley State will play four non-conference games instead of two.
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