The Amite Warriors ten game win streak and a shot to move on to the Boy’s Top 28 all came to an end last Friday Night as visiting North Desoto pulled off a big upset over the district 9-3A Champions. 
The Warriors got off to a slow start in the game and had to play catch-up ball all night long and they just ran out of time as the visitors came up with a 63-61 win over the Warriors.  Amite’s solid season came to an end with a 23-9 overall record.

Signup for the Amite Little League Baseball will be held Saturday, March 13 at 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and Sunday, March 14, from 3:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Amite North Park.
The ages for signup are 6-14 years old. For more information contact Roy Warford at 985-222-0838, Eve Wilson at 215-1614, Montray Walker, 510-9936.

LORANGER – Some are counting them out. Some have already said that they can’t win the district again this season. And some are saying that the Wolves' run at the top is over. The Loranger Wolves Baseball team is out to prove those folks wrong.
“We have certainly lost a lot of great baseball players over the course of the last two seasons. But, this group of young guys is hungry and they know that they have the responsibility of keeping our program going in the right direction,” said Loranger Coach Jason Helmstetter.

AMITE – After a good run in 2009, the Oak Forest baseball team is excited about the challenge of moving up to Class 3A. The 2010 Jackets also have a new coach this season in Stephen Cooksey.
Cooksey comes to Oak Forest from Brookhaven, where he was a head coach for nine seasons. "I was glad that Coach Brabham gave me an opportunity to be here at Oak Forest. We have a good group of players and we are looking forward to the season," he said.

AMITE – Amite High basketball Coach Ron Cox will look back on his first season as coach of the Warriors one day and realize how special this season was. With that said, Cox and the Warriors are not ready to begin talking about the season and they still have work to do.
"We are probably a little ahead of schedule of what I expected, but we have a chance to really improve our status in the playoffs," said Cox. The Amite Warriors have not lost a game in two months and they walked through district play undefeated.

BATON ROUGE – They say in sports it’s all about match-ups.  Last week when 17th seeded Sumner traveled to Baton Rouge to face 16th seeded Redemptorist, the match-up favored Jewel Sumner big time. 
     Sumner’s fast pace style was too fast and way too much for the Lady Wolves as Sumner came up with a 62-41 blowout win over Redemptorist.  Sumner set the tone early in the game and their ability to make the Wolves play catch-up the entire game was key in their win.

INDEPENDENCE – For the second straight season, the Loranger Lady Wolves have dominated the competition in district play. Last week, the Lady Wolves captured their second straight district 9-3A Title with a 68-33 win over Independence.
The Lady Wolves needed to win just one of their last two games to secure their second straight title. Loranger wasted no time last week as they claimed the title outright and they came out against Independence looking like a team on a mission.

The Amite Lady Warriors were looking to play more consistent heading into the Class 3A playoffs while the Warriors Boy’s Team needed to maintain a very small lead over the Bogalusa Lumberjacks.
Mission accomplished! Both the Warriors and Lady Warriors came up with two big wins as Amite earned a clean sweep over Albany High School. The Lady Warriors notched a 61-46 win over Albany while the Warriors got a career night from Todd Mabry to hand Albany a 69-42 loss.

On Monday, March 1, softball tryouts will be held by the Amite Area Youth Sports Organization. Tryouts will begin at 5:30 p.m. and are expected to last until 8:30 p.m. at the Amite Fair Grounds.
All female players who turned seven years old before January 1, 2010 will be required to tryout this year. Also, any female players who turned six years old before January 1, 2010 will have the option to play Tee Ball or move up and play in the machine pitch softball league. If they choose to move up, they will be required to participate in tryouts.

World Champions
By Charles W. W. Palmer, III
What does the word champions stand for?
And what do it's letters mean?
The letters are listed below,
And they are such as seen.
W - is for "Who dat!"
O - is for "overcoming obstacles" (Katrina).
R - is for "running the race."
L - is for "Louisiana."
D - is for "destiny."

C - is for "courage".
H - is for "heart"
A - is for "all" you've got, and then some.
M - is for "method" for winning.
P - is for "pouring" every ounce of fiber in you for victory.
I - is for "invincible."
O - is for "one" heartbeat.