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Three Olive Branch High School players were recently picked to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Classic to be played this month.  The annual game, normally played in late spring, has now been scheduled for the month of December each year.  The game, between talented high school seniors from Alabama and Mississippi, will take place at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama on Saturday, December 13th beginning at 1 PM.

OBHS defensive backs Rod Woodson and Keshun Cowan along with offensive lineman Aubrey Phillips will be three of the players on the 37 man roster chosen by the Mississippi All-Star coaching staff and selected media members in November.  Including this year's selections, there have been a total of eleven Conquistador seniors picked during the past five years for this prominent Classic.

OBHS players chosen for the past four Classics were: Sylvester Hemphill, Marlon Walls, K. J. Wright, Anthony Summers, Markeith Summers, Allen Walker, Victor Thomas and Ryan Hoormann.

To view the roster of the 2008 Team Mississippi and its coaching staff click here: www.sunherald.com/sports/story/934022.html

Olive Branch High School would appreciate your donation to help with the renovation to Leslie Pool Field.  All Olive Branch High School students, alumni, Boosters, former Lettermen, parents, friends and neighbors are invited and encouraged to participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity.

The Spirit Brick program will establish a "Bricked Courtyard" at the main gate into Pool Field.  Your customized Spirit Brick will be placed in the Pool Field Courtyard to become a permanent piece of OBHS legacy.  We want you to have an opportunity to commemorate a special event in someone's life, honor a friend or family member or memoralize someone special to show your Conquistador spirit.

With OBHS Spirit Bricks, you can be one of the first to forever immoralize your school spirit and show your support for Olive Branch High School and the Pool Field renovation project.  Donate a piece of history with your personalized brick and for Conquistadors past, present and future.

Click on the banner above for additional information.

The Conquistadors debuted their new uniforms in week 4 against the Sheffield Knights.  The green bay gold jerseys and navy blue pants color scheme was worn by Olive Branch players for the first time since the 1975 season.

The book was released on August 15th and are now available locally at two Olive Branch locations.  Copies of Y'all vs Us may be purchased for $34.95 each from:

1)  Olive Branch High School - 9366 East Sandidge Road - through OBHS Principal Kyle Brigance (Phone 662-893-3344).

2)  Jackibel's - 9094 Goodman Road west of the Old Towne Square off Pigeon Roost Road (next to the Sonic Drive-in) in Olive Branch (Phone 662-890-4686).

The authors of the highly successful book Gridiron Gold released in 2007, X.M. Frascogna Jr. and his two sons, Mike III and Marty, recently announced they have begun interviews for their new book, Y’all vs Us – "Thrilling Tales of Mississippi’s Hottest High School Football Rivalries".

Continuing to tap into Mississippi’s rich high school football culture, the Frascognas’ next book will explore the dynamics driving fifteen of Mississippi’s hottest football rivalries.  By relating the many untold stories behind these annual gridiron contests, the authors will explore how and why these games have become so important to their respective communities.

Told from the various perspectives of current and former players, coaches, cheerleaders and school administrators, together with insights from mayors, sports journalists and fans connected to each of the teams, Y’all vs Us will provide readers with a colorful backdrop on fifteen of today’s big games in the Magnolia State.

 Y’all vs Us is sure to capture the reader’s attention and imagination with insights about the people, the pageantry and the pride of towns and communities engaged in the fiercely competitive gridiron wars waged on Mississippi’s high school football fields.

The Olive Branch – South Panola series has been selected as one of the rivalries to appear in the book which is expected to be released this August.  For the first 60 days it will be available exclusively through the booster clubs of the schools featured in the book.  Thereafter, it will be available at bookstores and gift shops in your area. You will also be able to purchase copies through the book's official website: www.yallvsus.com/

A recent article on the book appeared in the DeSoto Times newspaper and can be found here: www.desototimes.com/articles/2008/06/05/sports/doc48452e8fe51d9552738673.txt

The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently ruled that artifical turf fields are safe for kids to play on.  USA Today writer Michael McCarthy provides two articles regarding the commission's findings, which can be found here:

www.usatoday.com/sports/2008-07-29-turf-makers_N.htm?csp=34

www.usatoday.com/sports/2008-07-29-artificial-turf_N.htm

Since 1989, The Clarion-Ledger newspaper from Jackson, Mississippi has picked a Dandy Dozen, what is considered the top twelve high school football players in Mississippi heading into the season.  Staff writers Todd Kelly and Rod Walker, after interviewing high school coaches and college recruiters, consider the best in the state.

On Wednesday, July 16th, Olive Branch Defensive Back Rod Woodson was selected as one of the twelve Dandy Dozen players for the 2008 season.  obhsfootball.com would like to thank The Clarion-Ledger for its consideration.

Woodson is the fifth Dandy Dozen football player from Olive Branch High School to be selected by The Clarion-Ledger since the selection process began in '89.  He joins 2005 choices QB Anthony Summers, WR Markeith Summers and DB Allen Walker and 1999 pick OL James Campbell.

Check out the C-L article here: http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/SPORTS06/807170382/1117

Another article regarding the C-L's interview with Rod:  http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20081112/SPORTS06/811120328/1117/SPORTS06

The Olive Branch High School Conquistador Football Website has won a webpage award.   eteamz recently selected the obhsfootball.com website as the Spotlight Site Winner for the month of January, 2008.

Since 1998, eteamz has been connecting coaches, players, families, friends and fans of teams in over 120 countries.  Their resources and customer focus have enabled them to become the Team Sports Website Leader.  eteamz is home to over 2.5 million teams worldwide.

Here at obhsfootball.com, we are very honored to have been chosen for this award and we would like to thank eteamz for its consideration and selection.  Go Conquistadors !

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Olive Branch High School Conquistadors
"eteamz Spotlight Site Winner"
January 2008

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