TWENTY YEARS AGO — Clinton Heard breaks a tie ball game with an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning and then scores on an error as Coca-Cola defeats Stallone 4-2 to take a 1-0 lead in the Natchez Dixie Youth 10-12 League City Championship series.

TEN YEARS AGO — Buster Brown of Fort Smith, Ark., battles the heat and the humidity as well as some ups and downs to narrowly edge past Max Miley 4:14.45 to 4:15.03 to win the Senior 1, 2, 3 Division during the final day of competition at the Natchez Bicycle Classic.

FIVE YEARS AGO — Winning pitcher Matt Barnes and Luke Brumfield combine to strike out 16 batters while allowing just three total hits as Huber Construction rallies to defeat Coca-Cola 5-2 to win the Natchez Dixie Youth Major League championship.