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GREENVILLE, Mississippi – Funeral services for Mr. James Davis, 79, of Greenville will be held Friday, June 5, 2026 at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Greenville. He died May 26, 2026 at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Memphis, Tennessee.

GREENVILLE, Mississippi – Funeral services for Willie Dukes Jr., 56, of Greenville, will be held Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 11 a.m. at New Jerusalem Baptist Church. He died May 23, 2026, at Delta Health–The Medical Center in Greenville.

ROSEDALE, Mississippi – Funeral services for Frank Lenard Lee, 76, of Rosedale, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Beulah Community Church in Beulah. Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery in Beulah under the direction of T.L. Redmon Funeral Home of Cleveland.

HOLLANDALE, Mississippi – Funeral services for Benny Frank Gaines Jr., 61, of Hollandale, was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Mt. Horeb M.B. Church in Hollandale. Burial followed in Oakridge Cemetery in Hollandale under the direction of Redmon Funeral Home.

INDIANOLA, Mississippi – Funeral services for Margaret James, of Indianola, will be held Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 11 a.m. at Friendship M.B. Church in Indianola. She died May 26, 2025, at North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville.

West Virginia University is hosting Cal Poly this afternoon in the Super Regionals of the NCAA baseball tournament. Here's how to watch the game.WVU its spot in the NCAA tournament Super Regionals by winning the Morgantown Regional in dramatic fashion.The Mountaineers (43-15) won three straight elimination games in the loser's bracket of the Morgantown Regional, beating Kentucky 6-5 in 10 innings on Monday night to advance to the Super Regionals."It was just truly a beautiful week of baseball, and getting to spend more time with these kids is always the goal," said head coach Steve Sabins after winning the Morgantown Region, adding that he thinks that West Virginia has the best college baseball atmosphere in the country."Sing that song, West Virginia!" said, sharing a video clip Monday night that showed players and fans singing John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" song, which is the theme song for the state of West Virginia.WVU is in the Super Regional round of the NCAA tournament for the third straight season and aiming to qualify for the College World Series for the first time in program history.Game 1 of the best-of-three Super Regional series between West Virginia and Cal Poly (39-22) will air at 12 p.m. this afternoon on 2. The winner of the Super Regional series will advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which is held in a double elimination bracket format, followed by a best-of-three championship series. WPIAL well-represented on WVU's baseball rosterFour players from Pittsburgh-area high schools are on WVU's roster this season.Sophomore utility player Gavin Kelly attended Pittsburgh Central Catholic and played in 57 games for the Mountaineers this season, racking up 85 hits in 223 at-bats with 56 RBIs and 41 walks.Freshman infielder Matthew Robaugh attended Trinity and has 7 hits for WVU in 19 games this season.Sophomore catcher Creed Erdos (Seneca Valley) and redshirt freshman pitcher JD Costanzo (North Allegheny) have each made a handful of appearances this season for WVU.

What has already become the most successful postseason run in Little Rock baseball history now comes down to one final hurdle. The Trojans (39-26) travel to Troy this weekend for the NCAA Super Regional, needing two wins in a best-of-three series to earn the program's first-ever trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.Little Rock enters the weekend riding an eight-game winning streak after capturing its second consecutive Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship and then running undefeated through the Hattiesburg Regional.Standing between Little Rock and Omaha is Troy (36-30), which rallied through the Gainesville Regional by winning four straight elimination games, including two victories over national seed Florida.The Super Regional marks another historic milestone as neither Little Rock nor Troy had previously advanced to the Super Regional round.GAME INFO Who: Little Rock (39-26) vs Troy (36-30) When: 4 p.m., Friday, June 5 Where: Riddle-Pace Field (Troy, Ala.) TV: U Radio: 106.7 Buz2 Live Stats: lrtrojans SERIES HISTORY • Troy leads the all-time series 24-22. • The teams were Sun Belt Conference rivals. • Little Rock has won the past two meetings, including a victory in Troy during the 2022 season. COACH SPEAK "We need to make June baseball a tradition," Little Rock head coach Chris Curry said. "There are 300 baseball teams, and they'd all like to be playing now. We're really blessed to still be playing, and we want to set that standard in this program."TROJAN TIDBITS • In a season full of milestones, Little Rock added another Tuesday when the Trojans debuted at No. 19 in the NCBWA Top 25 Poll. It marks the first national ranking of the Chris Curry era. • The Trojans have won eight consecutive games, tied with St. John's for the longest active winning streak among teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament field. Georgia and Kansas own six-game winning streaks entering the weekend. • Nico Baumbach has moved into the team lead with a .337 batting average after hitting .385 during the Hattiesburg Regional. Kade Smith and Nolan Freund are both batting .329 entering the weekend. • Jerdy Lopez continued his breakout postseason in Hattiesburg. The Trojan leadoff hitter batted .465 with three doubles, a triple and six runs scored during the regional while earning All-Regional Team honors. Lopez leads the team with 16 stolen bases this season. • Brody Bunting has emerged as one of Little Rock's most valuable postseason contributors. After throwing just 10.1 innings during the regular season, the North Little Rock native has delivered critical outings in both the OVC Tournament and NCAA Regional. Bunting tossed eight innings in an elimination-game victory over Southern Indiana and recorded a 3.1-inning save against Jacksonville State in the regional final. • Friday starter Brannon Westmoreland has been one of the OVC's most consistent arms all season. The junior right-hander is 6-2 with a 3.12 ERA in 98 innings while striking out 81 batters. SCOUTING TROY • Head coach Skylar Meade is in his fifth season leading the Trojans and owns a 184-119 record at Troy. • Troy's 36 wins are the fewest among the Super Regional field. • The Trojans challenged themselves with one of the nation's toughest schedules, facing Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi State and Southern Miss during the regular season. • Troy went 15-11 at home during the regular season. • After opening regional play with a 10-5 loss to Miami, the Trojans reeled off four straight victories while averaging 12.5 runs per game. Troy outscored Florida 26-13 in two regional victories, including a dominant 10-1 win Monday night to the Gainesville Regional title. • Jimmy Janicki leads the Troy offense with a .349 batting average and 85 RBI. • Zach Crotchfelt has posted a 7-1 record on the mound this season. • Dylan Alonso leads the club with seven saves.

USC baseball has done something it hadn't achieved since 2005: Make an NCAA Super Regional. Here's how to watch the game just copy the below URL and paste it on your browser.https://cutt.ly/4t2e0colhttps://cutt.ly/4t2e0colThe Trojans need to win a best-of-three weekend series against the North Carolina Tar Heels to return to the College World Series. They will have their hands full, going up against the No. 5 national seed on the road just four days after winning the College Station Regional in Texas.We have been previewing this series during the week. We identified strengths and weaknesses in North Carolina. The Tar Heels have a deep and balanced batting order and have gained high-impact performances from their bullpen, but starting pitching doesn't seem to be as strong as it was earlier in the season. USC's bats got very hot in the College Station Regional after the pancake-flat first-game loss to Texas State. The most likely and direct path for USC to Omaha for the College World Series involves the bats getting on top of Carolina's starters and forcing the Tar Heels to chase the game. USC is unlikely to win this series from behind. The Trojans are not well-suited to play catch-up if the deficit is anything more than two runs midway through or later in games.Follow along with our live coverage entering Game 1 on 2, with Game 2 set for Saturday and Game 3 (if necessary) on Sunday. Middle first, 0-0North Carolina starter Ryan Lynch retires the Trojans in order, with a slider that has late, biting movement out of the strike zone. No balls hit out of the infield for USC.NCAA Super Regional. The Trojans need to win a best-of-three weekend series against the North Carolina Tar Heels to return to the College World Series. They will have their hands full, going up against the No. 5 national seed on the road just four days after winning the College Station Regional in Texas.We have been previewing this series during the week. We identified strengths and weaknesses in North Carolina. The Tar Heels have a deep and balanced batting order and have gained high-impact performances from their bullpen, but starting pitching doesn't seem to be as strong as it was earlier in the season. USC's bats got very hot in the College Station Regional after the pancake-flat first-game loss to Texas State. The most likely and direct path for USC to Omaha for the College World Series involves the bats getting on top of Carolina's starters and forcing the Tar Heels to chase the game. USC is unlikely to win this series from behind. The Trojans are not well-suited to play catch-up if the deficit is anything more than two runs midway through or later in games.

Canada and Ireland are set to face off in an international friendly match ahead of the World Cup this evening.Fans can catch the action from Montreal at 7:30 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 2, with streaming options availabl eCanada, along with the United States and Mexico, will host the upcoming World Cup, which is set to begin on Thursday, June 11. Canada will play its first match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto on Friday, June 12.Ireland did not qualify for this year’s World Cup after a close loss to Czechia on penalty kicks in their qualifying match. MEN’S INTERNATIONAL SOCCER FRIENDLIESCanada vs. Republic of IrelandWhen: Friday, June 5, 2026Where: Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaTime: 7:30 p.m. ETChannel: Fox Sports 2

It’s an all-SEC super, with Auburn (42-20) hosting Ole Miss (39-21) in a best-of-three battle with a College World Series appearance at stake.“Power legs, power bats, power fastballs, power stuff,” Thompson said of the Rebels. “That’s why you play the 10 weeks. It’s prepared them as well. Last Thursday compared to this Thursday, we have a stronger, more convicted team. There’s no doubt. Going through something like we just did makes you stronger.”Ten-game winner Andreas Alvarez will start Friday’s 7 p.m. CT super regional opener against the power-hitting Rebels.“They’re a good offense, they have a lot of power,” Alvarez said. “They do strikeout a lot. They do walk a lot. We’re going to attack them with our best stuff. We’ve faced a lot of the best offenses in the country this year so far so we’re just going to attack them.”As a true freshman in last season’s super regional, Alvarez pitched 4.0 scoreless innings against Coastal Carolina.“Having a team beat you on your own field to go to Omaha, that hurt,” said Alvarez, who takes a 10-3 record, 3.52 ERA and 103 strikeouts into Friday’s game. “We’re looking to take the next two out of three and hopefully get to Omaha. Our pitching staff has been special. We’ve proven that all year and we have all the confidence in the world in our staff.”Alvarez and the Tigers can count on support from Auburn fans, who set a Plainsman Park attendance record of 8,228 in Monday’s regional final and have sold out Samford Stadium for the super regional.“That was awesome,” third baseman Guevara said. “That was electric from the Auburn family. They showed up and they stayed. Being on the field for that was very special for us and we appreciate that very much.”All three games will be broadcast on the Auburn Sports Network and can be heard locally on Wings 94.3 FM on nationally on SiriusXM 191. Friday’s game will be broadcast nationally on 2 and Saturday’s on .PROBABLE STARTERSFriday – So. RHP Andreas Alvarez (10-3, 3.52) vs. Sr. LHP Hunter Elliott (5-3, 5.21)QUICK HITTERSAuburn is one of two programs to host a super regional each of the last two years (UNC).Prior to last season the program had never hosted a super regional.The Tigers are one of five programs to play in five super regionals since 2018 - Auburn, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.Auburn led the NCAA with 16 home runs in regional play, a program record.The Tigers also ranked third with 50 runs and fifth with 50 hits.Chase Fralick set a program record with six home runs and 15 RBI in five regional games.He homered more times than 35 teams that made the field and drove in more runs than 21 teams scored in regional play.The Tigers allowed 26 runs in the first two games before allowing seven in the final three.Five pitchers combined to record the final 81 outs, all occuring from 5 pm Sunday - 11 pm Monday.The regional championship marked Auburn’s first when losing the opening game.It marked the fifth under head coach Butch Thompson, two more than any other Auburn head coach.SCOUTING THE REBELSOle Miss enters the super regional with a 39-21 overall record and went 15-15 in SEC play. The Rebels swept through the Lincoln Regional, defeating Arizona State in extra innings by one run twice and also defeating host Nebraska.Offensively, the Rebels are hitting .265 as a team with 411 runs scored on 519 hits, including 86 doubles and 103 home runs. Two players in Tristan Bissetta (22) and Judd Utermark (21) have 20+ home runs.On the mound, Ole Miss has turned in a 4.40 staff ERA, good for fifth in the league, with a league-best 672 strikeouts and 201 walks in 524.0 innings pitched. Senior lefty Hunter Elliott (5-3, 5.21) will make the start in game one after allowing four runs on six hits with four walks and four strikeouts in 5.0 innings last week.AUBURN SUPER REGIONAL CENTRALThe all-encompassing Auburn Super Regional Central page, including opponent and game info, links to tickets, ballpark policies and more, can be found here.EXPANDED SEATING AT PLAINSMAN PARKIn order to expand Plainsman Park capacity to enable as many fans as possible to watch the Auburn Regional, three expanded seating options that were introduced prior to the regional are back for super regional weekend.Atop the YETI Yard will be a new multi-tiered terrace featuring 320 reserved chairback seats with a general admission standing terrace above, designed to accommodate approximately 200 additional fans. Additionally, chairs will be pre-placed throughout the YETI Yard terrace to maximize seating capacity, providing general admission seating opportunities for approximately 800 fans on a first-come, first-served basis.In addition to the normal general admission tables and chairs, the Plainsman Patio will also a five-tiered structure with 48 reserved chairback seats, including access to the new Donahue Club, located next to the Donaldson Hitting Lab. Atop the reserved seating structure will be two tiers of general admission standing terrace, available on a first-come, first-served basis.The Back Forty located in right field has also been expanded with three additional standing terraces, providing general admission access for approximately 1,000 students and fans. Outfield general admission tickets are discounted and do not provide ballpark access.PLAINSMAN PLAZAPlainsman Plaza is back for postseason at Plainsman Park. The plaza will open beginning Friday and will be open throughout the weekend. The space will food trucks, i atables, live music, a large video screen and more.Plainsman Plaza will open two hours prior to first pitch through the weekend - Friday at 5 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday, if necessary. In order to prepare for the pregame festivities, Donahue Drive from Samford Avenue to Heisman Drive will close at 3 p.m. Friday.TICKET INFORMATIONAll reserved and general admission tickets for the super regional are sold out. Fans interested in purchasing tickets are encouraged to do so through SeatGeek.PARKING INFORMATIONParking passes for the Neville Arena, Coliseum and Athletics Complex lots are available for purchase at AUBTIX.Free parking lots on campus include Ag Heritage, Aquatics Center, Campus Safety, Extension Loop and McWhorter Center along with the Stadium Deck.