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Greenwood High School’s Jaiden Jenkins, center, signed to play basketball at Hinds Community College on Tuesday inside the Bulldogs' gym. Jenkins is joined by his father, Jeremy Jenkins, left, and his mother, Jennifer Venable. (By Jared Conerly, Copyright 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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GHS’ Jenkins takes talents to Hinds CC
By JARED CONERLY - Sports Editor
Wed,03/26/25-2:00AM , 1267 Reads
All season, Jaiden Jenkins provided fans and students of Greenwood High School with highlight moments of angry blocks, aggressive rebounds — and a few rim-rattling dunks.
Now, Hinds Community College gets to see his talents.
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Will Menendez, who played on Mississippi Valley State’s baseball team last year, now is serving as a graduate assistant hitting coach while working on a master’s degree. (By Jared Conerly, Copyright 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Your Neighbor: Will Menendez: Valley graduate assistant focused on baseball
By JARED CONERLY - Sports Editor
Tue,03/25/25-2:00AM , 3910 Reads
When Will Menendez sits down and thinks about it, it can be hard to comprehend that he’s now a Division I baseball coach.
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Devils take one of three at A&M
By JARED CONERLY - Sports Editor
Tue,03/25/25-2:00AM , 1178 Reads
Mississippi Valley State’s baseball team lost two close games at Alabama A&M over the weekend before closing the series out with a 9-4 win on Sunday — the Devils’ first SWAC win of the year.
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One of the logos for the Mississippi Delta Lucky Ducks is shown. (By Kendrick Bradford)

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Belzoni native is bringing the Lucky Ducks, a new pro hoops team, to the Delta
By JARED CONERLY - Sports Editor
Sat,03/22/25-2:00AM , 2379 Reads
Professional basketball is coming to the Delta, bringing high-flying slam dunks, deep-range 3-pointers and clutch overtime moments.
At least, that’s the vision of Kendrick Bradford, a Belzoni native who put down the money to buy a team in the American Basketball Association and bring it to the Delta.
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