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FOOTBALL ALL-STARSGame tonight at Northeast. 4B

Baseball blitz

SMITHVILLE VS. CATHEDRALWHAT:MHSAA Class 1A playoffs, Game 1WHEN: Today, 10 a.m.WHERE: Trustmark Park, PearlTHE BUZZ: Smithville rested up over the weekendwhile Cathedral only clinched its berth on Mondaynight. Game 2 will be Thursday at 10 a.m.

GAME PREVIEW, 3B

KOSSUTH VS. SUMRALLWHAT:MHSAA Class 3A playoffs, Game 1WHEN: Today, 4 p.m.WHERE: Trustmark Park, PearlTHE BUZZ: The Aggies beat Sumrall last yearto win their first state championship. Game 2 will beFriday at 1 p.m..

GAME PREVIEW, 3B

OLE MISS VS. ARKANSASWHAT: SEC tournamentWHEN: Today, approximately 1 p.m.WHERE: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.THE BUZZ: The Rebels earned a first-day bye withthe SEC west title. Ole Miss could play either LSU onVanderbilt on Thursday.

GAME PREVIEW, 3B

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BUZZMAKERCleveland Cavaliers generalmanager David Griffin, left, andminority owner Jeff Cohen cele-brate after winning the NBA lot-tery for the second year in a row– and third time in foue years –on Tuesday night.The Cavs, who went 33-49

this season, had the ninth-bestodds to win the first pick. Theyhad just a 1.7 percent chance ofwinning the top selection.“It seems surreal,” Cohen

said. “We pulled it off again.”The worst team, Milwaukee,

will get the second pick. TheBucks were 15-67.

Draft order, 2B

BY LOGAN LOWERYDAILY JOURNAL

HOOVER, Ala. – MississippiState may have underachievedduring the regular season afterbeing ranked as high asNo. 2 inthe preseason.But the Bulldogs have beenfar from a disappointment.MSU (35-20) sported a 18-12record inconferenceplay show-ing a two-game improvementfrom 2013 and finished a gameout of first place in the SECWest. The Diamond Dogsended the regular season bywinning 13 of its final 18 gamesand four of their final five seriesincluding road sweeps at Mis-souri and Auburn.

“We’ve had a good SEC sea-son this year going into thetournament,” MSU secondbasemanBrett Pirtle said earlierthis week, as his teampreparedfor the SEC tourney. “We justneed to keep that momentumgoing.We just have to keep try-

Winor lose,DiamondDogswill play on

APTURN TO DOGS, 3B

Minneapolis selectedfor 2018 Super BowlATLANTA –Minneapoliswill host the 2018 SuperBowl after a vote byNFLowners onTuesday re-warded the city for its new

stadiumdeal.The own-ers choseMinneapolisand the $1billion sta-dium

planned for the site of theoldMetrodome to host thechampionship over NewOrleans and Indianapolis.“We can rejoice forbeing rewarded, but thehardwork comes now,”Vikings owner ZygiWilfsaid in a statement.The city last hosted aSuoer Bowl in 1992.NewOrleans ownerTomBenson, 86, fell as he leftthe podium after his city’spresentation and hit hishead. Hewas examined ata local hospital but was re-ported to beOK.

QB Brooks, PK Carneyjoin Saints Hall of FameFormer quarterbackAaron Brooks and kickerJohn Carneywere elected

to theNewOr-leansSaintsHall ofFame forthe Classof 2014 onTuesday.Brooksbecame

the Saints’ starting quar-terback inNovember 2000and is among the team ca-reer leader in touchdownpasses (120, second) andyardage (19,156, third).Carney spent eight sea-sons (2001-06, 09-10) withthe Saints in a 23-year NFLcareer. He’s one of sevenplayers to scoremore than2,000 career points.

Daily Journal, wire reports

Big slate of tourney games today for high schools, colleges

LATE GAME IN HOOVERMSU and Georgia played Tuesday

night in an SEC tourney game thatended too late for our deadline.With a win, the Bulldogs will play

South Carolina tonight.Read more about it at djournal.com

and our blog, InsideMSUSports.com.

Brooks

MSU GOLFFulton junior Ally McDonald

leads the way as MississippiState opens NCAA tourney play.

Story, 4B

LucasLaster gotthe start onTuesdaynight forMississippiState.

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