The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announced the finalists in the competition for the state’s best basketball players on Monday.

Mississippi State teammates Jamont Gordon and Charles Rhodes and Ole Miss’ Dwayne Curtis are the finalists for the Howell Trophy. This trophy is given to the best men’s player in Mississippi.

The trophy, sponsored by Cellular South, is named after Bailey Howell, a former All-American at Mississippi State and a six-time NBA All-Star.

Jennifer Rushing of Delta State, Pauline Love of Southern Miss and Shawn Goff of Ole Miss are the finalists for the Gillom Trophy, which goes to the best female player in the state. The trophy is named for former Ole Miss standout Peggie Gillom.

The trophies will be presented next Monday at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo

Trophies News from Salisbury, Massachusetts

Hundreds of people were in line in front of the Winner’s Circle yesterday as eager fans waited to have their picture taken with the World Series trophies from 2004 and 2007.

The 2-foot-tall, 30-pound baseball trophies were displayed on a table in the restaurant’s billiards room. The line had already formed two hours before the trophies were scheduled to arrive.

Young Colin Murphy, age 5, watched eagerly as Red Sox officials announced the start of viewing. After the Winner’s Circle management had their photos taken, Murphy and Colin were the first to get up close to the baseball trophies.

Yesterday some fans waited more than an hour to have their pictures taken by Lottery officials before the trophies had to leave to make another scheduled stop.

Kingston, N.H., Little League pitcher Logan Gordon was elated to see the trophies for the first time in person. His favorite Red Sox player is David Ortiz.

It was only natural he visited the Winner’s Circle with his mom to see the trophies in person. “It was good,” Logan said after having his picture taken. “I only ever saw them on TV.”

After the 2004 Red Sox World Series win, the baseball trophy was shown at several local locations.

Nearly 1,000 people went to Newburyport High School to view it in April 2005, when some waited in line for more than 30 minutes to get their picture taken with the baseball trophy.

Trophy news from Concord, MA

The Sudbury “Big Red” C team represents Sudbury and Lincoln 13-year-olds in summer Lou Thompkins All-Star baseball league against communities throughout Eastern Massachusetts.

The Big Red team completed its first three-week Round one with an overall record of 7-1 and captured the C Division Gold Trophy by defeating last year’s champions Boston South End.

The season opener vs. Acton was a pitching and defensive struggle. Eric Reale and David Hall teamed up on the mound to hold Acton scoreless through six innings. However Acton’s Larry Chan was equally effective pitching holding Sudbury scoreless as well. After Acton scored to open the seventh inning, Sudbury rose to the occasion.

Sudbury entered Round one Trophy Weekend paired against Medford. This game was a gem and ended in dramatic fashion. Both squads held each other scoreless in the regular seven-inning game. Thanks to several putouts by Ryan Wolfsberg in the outfield, key Medford runners were thrown out trying for extras bases.

In the eighth inning, after holding Medford scoreless again, Sudbury leadoff batter Eric Reale got on base. Henry Cousins was able to bunt for a single and advance Reale into scoring position. Jeremy LeBlanc lined a key single up the middle to score the walk off run and send Sudbury Big Red into the Trophy weekend finals.

Colton Hiler laid down a key bunt to bring in another run. Jeremy LeBlanc playing in the third base hot corner, snagged several hard South End shots down the line. Eric Reale pitched to hold a powerful South End offense nearly scoreless for the four final innings. In dramatic fashion, Cam Waggener dove for a line shot at shortstop and was able to regain his stance to throw the South End batter out. Hiler ran down another drive deep into left field to seal the Sudbury Gold Baseball Trophy victory.