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Varsity Boys Basketball Coach Dan Fife, his coaching staff, and players teach all they know at the 29th Annual McGrath League. The Saturday league is open to boys in 3rd to 8th grade and will run for 11 weeks beginning Dec....more >>

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Cervantez to showcase talents for college coaches

Sophomore Autumn Cervantez burst onto the Oxford Varsity softball scene as a freshman last year. Now she gets to feature her talent to numerous collegiate coaches at the Queens of Diamonds Showcase North at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio on January 8-9, 2011....more >>

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Born June 18th

1877: James Montgomery Flagg, American artist and author.

1896: Blanche Sweet, film actress.

1937: Gail Godwin, writer (The Perfectionists, The Southern Family).

1942: Paul McCartney, songwriter and singer, member of the Beatles.

1949: Chris Van Allsburg, children's author and illustrator (Jumanji, The Polar Express).

June 18th
in history

1667: The Dutch fleet sails up the Thames River and threatens London.

1778: British troops evacuate Philadelphia.

1812: The War of 1812 begins when the United States declares war against Great Britain.

1815: At the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon is defeated by an international army under the Duke of Wellington.

1863: After repeated acts of insubordination, General Ulysses S. Grant relieves General John McClernand during the siege of Vicksburg.