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  • Joe Montana and his wife block attempted kidnapping of grandchild from their home

    Joe Montana and his wife block attempted kidnapping of grandchild from their home

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a home intruder who attempted to kidnap their 9-month-old grandchild over the weekend, law enforcement officials confirmed on Sunday.

    According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Montana told deputies that his grandchild was sleeping in a playpen on Saturday when an unknown woman entered their home in Malibu and grabbed the child. Montana and his wife, Jennifer, confronted the woman, whom authorities later identified as Sodsai Dalzell, tried to “de-escalate the situation” and asked her to give back their grandchild.

    After a tussle, law enforcement officials say Jennifer Montana pried the child out of Dalzell’s arms.

    “Thank you to everyone who has reached out,” the former San Francisco 49ers star tweeted. “Scary situation, but thankful that everybody is doing well. We appreciate respect for our privacy at this time.”

    The sheriff’s office says that Dalzell fled the home but was later arrested. She faces kidnapping and burglary charges.

    It wasn’t immediately known if Dalzell had a lawyer who could speak on her behalf.

    The sheriff’s office declined to release anymore information, citing that the case was still ongoing.

    Montana, 64, retired after the 1994 season, playing 13 years of his 15 year-career with the San Francisco 49ers, which won four Super Bowls with him as starting quarterback.

  • Mississippi football practice can start Aug. 10 and events can start Aug. 17

    Mississippi football practice can start Aug. 10 and events can start Aug. 17

    Mississippi high school sports officially have a schedule.

    The Mississippi High School Activities Association voted on Tuesday to begin the process of scheduling fall 2020 sporting events. Per the vote, practices for high school football can begin on Aug. 17 and games can begin on Sept. 4. Volleyball, cross country and swimming can begin practicing on Aug. 10 and start events on Aug. 17.

    This announcement delays the start of the season by two weeks but still allows for events to happen for most of the fall. The delay, of course, comes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic which has caused widespread shutdowns and rescheduling for business and sports leagues across the country.

    The coronavirus pandemic ended the MHSAA spring athletics schedule early on top of the limitations it put upon public schools for general educational purposes.

    For football, Classes 1A, 5A and 6A will play 10-game seasons and 2A, 3A and 4A will play nine-game seasons. Football teams can host a scrimmage between two teams on Aug. 28 but will not be permitted to host a jamboree in that first week before the regular season begins.

    The playoffs are not being rescheduled. Teams in 2A, 3A and 4A will begin their playoffs on Nov. 6 and teams in 1A, 5A and 6A will begin the postseason on Nov. 13. The North State and South State championships are still scheduled for Nov. 27 for all classifications and the state championship games will be held on Dec. 4 and 5.

    Postseason schedules for volleyball, cross country and swimming remain on dates as scheduled as well. Meets or events that are being lost because of the two-week delay can be rescheduled if both schools can agree on an appropriate date.

    Original Article At: The Clarion Ledger

    Contact Nick Suss at 601-408-2674 or nsuss@gannett.com. Follow @nicksuss on Twitter.

  • Mississippi High School Football Player Dead After Collapsing On Field

    Mississippi High School Football Player Dead After Collapsing On Field

    SHANNON, Miss. (AP) — A high school football player in Mississippi died after collapsing on the field at practice.

    Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green identified the student as Jakobe Kyshon Cooper, news outlets reported.

    Cooper, 16, collapsed “during a routine football practice” Tuesday morning, the Lee County School District said in a statement to news outlets.

    The teen was pronounced dead at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, according to news outlets. His body was sent to the state crime lab to determine his official cause of death.

    Cooper was a running back and linebacker at Shannon High School, news outlets reported.

    “The Lee County School District and the Shannon Red Raider Family extend our deepest sympathy to this young man’s family,” district spokesman Robert Byers said in the statement.

  • LSU Football Head Coach Ed Orgeron Signs Six-Year Contract Extension

    The extension is worth $7 million a year and runs through 2026

    Coach Ed Orgeron

    BATON ROUGE, La (AP) —LSU coach Ed Orgeron has agreed to a new contract extension worth more than $7 million annually and which runs through the 2026 season, the university announced on Friday.

    The new six-year agreement comes on the heels of the Tigers’ 15-0 national championship season that concluded earlier this month with a 42-25 victory over Clemson in the national title game in New Orleans.

    Contract language, which remains subject to approval by the board of supervisors, calls for a base salary of $6 million plus various performance-related bonuses.

    “Coach O has set a new standard at LSU,” athletic director Scott Woodward said. “He has proven that he is not only a championship coach, but also a leader of a program committed to doing things the right way. He has represented our institution and our state with great pride, on and off the field of play.”

    Woodward added that the new contract “should make clear our commitment to Coach O and the direction of our football program.”

    The 58-year-old Orgeron was the consensus 2019 national coach of the year.

    He has led LSU to a 40-9 mark since initially taking over on an interim basis in 2016. Of his 40 wins at LSU, 12 have come against teams ranked in the top 10 at the time of the match-up, including seven in 2019, which stands at the most in college football history for a single season.

    His 40 wins through the first 49 games of his career ties for the most by any coach in LSU history.

    Orgeron grew up in Larose, Louisiana, about 60 miles southwest of New Orleans, and passionately followed LSU football as a child.

    “I’m happy to represent LSU and this great state,” Orgeron said. “My family and I are very grateful, and I look forward to working as hard as possible to continue to win championships at LSU.”

    Orgeron was an LSU assistant and recruiting coordinator when he took over as interim coach after Les Miles was fired four games into the 2016 season. He was retained on a permanent basis before LSU’s bowl game that season.

    His promotion represented a lifelong dream for Louisiana native who won a state title as a player at South Lafourche High School and received a scholarship to play for LSU, only to drop out of school briefly before resuming his college playing career at Northwestern State.

    Following that, he embarked on a long, winding coaching career that included stops as an assistant at Syracuse, Miami, Tennessee and USC, as well as an unsuccessful stint as head coach at Mississippi. He also briefly serves as a defensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints.

    This past season, he oversaw the greatest season in the 126-year history of LSU football, spearheaded by a nation-leading offense that broke a slew school records. Joe Burrow became just the second Heisman Trophy winner in LSU, and the school’s first quarterback to receive college football most prestigious individual award.