Pearl River Community College sophomore Olivia Mosley became the 5th Wildcat off the 2019-20 team to sign a women's basketball scholarship with a 4-year school.
All it takes is a 20 mile drive along Highway 28 to watch two of Mississippi’s most talented football players. Taylorsville’s Ty Keyes and Magee’s Chandler Pittman are ranked No. 6 and No. 9, respectively, among ESPN’s top Mississippi recruits in the class of 2021.College coaches from all over...
University of Southern Mississippi high jump All-American Eric Richards not only had his final year cut short, but his Olympic aspirations delayed until 2021. But Richards intends to return to Hattiesburg for a "second" senior season.
Alex and Lauren Perren are competitive.“They’d call me on weekends,’” said Oak Grove head softball coach Benji Hornsby. “’Coach can we come to the fieldhouse and hit? Coach, can you pitch to us, can we catch?’" The twins are even competitive about who was born first – Lauren wins that battle.
Anthony Dillon not only coached North Forrest football this school year, but he led the Track and Field team as well.Unfortunately, the Eagles’ season fell victim to the Coronavirus pandemic and so did the senior years of six...
Perry Central baseball is just two years removed from its first region championship.The Bulldogs’ senior class of four leaves the program after just ten games in their final season...
The Jefferson Davis Jaguars are one of many Track and Field teams that weren’t afforded the chance to see their season play out due to the Coronavirus pandemic.Head coach Coleman Price sends off seven seniors...
The Wildcats were optimistic about the 2020 season, beginning the year 8-4 until the Coronavirus pandemic cut in.Head coach Nick Chatham graduates six seniors from the Greene County program...
The Magee Trojans are just a year removed from the class 3A South State championship and were looking for another great season in 2020.However, their campaign interrupted just nine games in. Head coach Allen Eubanks sends off three seniors...
We were able to witness just a snippet of what Sacred Heart baseball looked like under longtime Petal head coach Larry Watkins.The 42-year coaching veteran with six state championships and 868 wins added nine more victories during the Crusaders’ shortened season.
Half of Heidelberg’s Rob Winpigler’s team had just traded their basketball shoes for baseball cleats a week before the 2020 season ended.The Oilers played just four games when Coronavirus cancelled the rest of the season. Winpigler’s lone senior, Jason Guston, bids adieu to the program.
Georgetown head coach Patrick Ewing, pictured here in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Seton Hall in Washington earlier this year, said in a statement Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
On the edge of Covington County, Mount Olive baseball was excited for what the 2020 season had in store.Head coach Scooter Prince and company made it just five games into the year (2-2-1) before the Coronavirus pandemic interrupted the Pirates.Six seniors leave the Mount Olive program...
Sylva-Bay Academy got just nine games into the season before COVID-19 threw a curveball.The Saints say adieu to two seniors, shortstop Cade Blackwell and first baseman Bart Hawkins.Both students head to Jones College where Blackwell plans to study horticulture and Hawkins hopes to study nursing.
Richton hoped for a lot more baseball in 2020.Instead, the Rebels watched their season come to a short end at 6-5 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.Head coach Josh Palmer sends off four seniors:Braxton Brewer – batted .375 with a team-high four doubles...
It was one of the more talented senior classes Chris McCardle had coached.The 2020 Oak Grove baseball team was on track for a terrific year before it ended at 10-2. The one silver-lining in the Warriors’ abbreviated season is all seven seniors have bright futures ahead...
“My parents said when I walked out of there I had like the biggest smile on my face,” said Mark Diers, a 2020 graduate of South Jones High School.The “there” Diers walked out of with a big grin is the United States Naval Academy.
South Jones made several deep playoff runs over the last few years. The senior class which was a part of those runs bid farewell to the baseball program.The Braves’ season cut short at 4-4 due to the coronavirus pandemic...
Wayne Academy entered 2020 winners of three of the last four MAIS 3A South State Championships.The Jaguars hoped for a fourth, but their season came to a premature end at 12-4. Head coach Justin Ainsworth bids adieu to six seniors...
The Panthers were feeling quite well about the 2020 baseball season during their 8-2 start.However, the coronavirus pandemic had other plans and Petal’s campaign came to a short end. In turn, so did the careers of seven seniors...
Taylorsville’s group of four seniors leave Smith County as the 2019 class 2A South State champions.After advancing to the school’s first state title in five years last season, the Tartars were denied the chance at an encore performance.
The Bay Springs baseball team fielded just one senior in 2020, but he happened to be one of the more important Bulldogs to don gold and blue the past four years.Krystopher Newell played third base for Destin Ellis’ baseball team.
This time last year, West Jones was in a dogpile at Trustmark Park celebrating the school’s first state championship.There’s been quite a different mood in May 2020 as the Mustangs haven’t been on a baseball field in two months.
Year two under Clay Bush was going well for Seminary with an 8-4 start.But the Bulldogs’ campaign was cut short by the Coronavirus pandemic, leaving eight seniors robbed of their final high school seasons...
Northeast Jones got off to a 10-3 start under head coach Jeremy Parker before the Coronavirus pandemic came and swept away the season and high school careers of five seniors...
Many in Marion County were eager to see what former Golden Eagle Kyle Lindsey could conjure up in his first season as Columbia’s baseball coach.The Wildcats’ opportunity cut short at 5-8, as was the careers of six seniors...
A multi-sport athlete and quarterback for the East Marion Eagles, Devin Daniels was eager to complete his high school career with one more baseball season.The Coronavirus pandemic brought coach Mandell Echols and the Eagles’ year to a halt, cutting short the prep careers of three seniors...
Columbia Academy entered 2020 with a large group of seniors and lofty goals for its baseball club.The Cougars’ season came to a short end at 5-5, leading the state with 11 homers at the time. Head coach Keith Stanley parts with nine seniors and three managers...
The Tornadoes were beginning to turn the corner before their baseball season came to a sudden halt.Purvis finished 7-4 under head coach Tony Farlow, sending off four seniors...
All is quiet in Foxworth this spring.Typically, West Marion is preparing for a deep playoff run in April and May. Instead, coach Derrick Jerkins and his four seniors see their season come to an abrupt end...
After advancing to the state championship in 2019 - a first in 23 years - Stringer was eager to build on its success.The Coronavirus pandemic had other plans and the Red Devils’ season came to an end at 5-3. Head coach Wade Weathers waves goodbye to four seniors...
Lamar Christian was off to its best start, 5-1, before the season came to a sudden stop.Head coach Drew Mattison sends off two seniors - Luke Bilbo and Wyatt Miller. Bilbo batted .267 while Miller was hitting .300 through six games.
Neil Walther always puts together a competitive baseball team at Pearl River Central.The Blue Devils don’t get the chance to see just how competitive they were as their season ended at 10-3.
The Bulldogs had something brewing up in Smith County.Mize Attendance Center’s season was cut short at 7-3, leaving head coach Adam Dyess to part with five seniors...
Lumberton just got its season underway before the Coronavirus pandemic interfered.The Panthers finished 4-6 under head coach Lance Hendrix, saying goodbye to three seniors...
Sumrall hoped to defend its class 4A South State championship in 2020.The Coronavirus pandemic stifled the Bobcats’ season at 6-6. Head coach Larry Knight says goodbye to five seniors...
There was quite a bit of excitement surrounding the PCS baseball program in coach Jarrett Hoffpauir’s second season.The former Southern Miss Golden Eagle will have to wait one more year to develop his ball club, and he will do so without six seniors who graduate this spring...
No more baseball in Brooklyn.The Aggies just got going under head coach Gatlin Steelman, finishing 2-5. Forrest County Agricultural bids adieu to five seniors...
Hattiesburg baseball’s group of seniors are just two years removed from a class 5A state championship.The Tigers don’t get the chance to see where their 9-1 season might have taken them.
Ian Sharp was excited about the War Eagles in 2020.Wayne County’s baseball season came to a halt at 8-3, also cutting short the high school careers of six seniors...
Christmas came a week early for many Pine Belt athletes and the respective universities they signed scholarships with on Wednesday’s National Signing Day.Several local players inked with four-year schools during December’s early signing period...
Longtime sports writer and executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Rick Cleveland decided to play a game with the MHSAA’s six “Mr. Football” winners of 2019.
The Golden Tornadoes were struggling to put away Pascagoula on Friday, desperate for a momentum-shifting play.Khylin Dixon seized the moment, scooping up a fourth-quarter fumble and returning it 35 yards to the house in what proved to be the go-ahead score in Laurel’s 21-18 win.
Nick Milsap carried the football just 128 times for Oak Grove last season.He’s toted the rock 200 times this year to the tune of 1,114 yards and nine touchdowns.“It’s been amazing,” Milsap said.
After spending the past year journeying through the Minor League Baseball circuit, a couple of pros were able to be kids for the day.Joe Gray Jr. and Jordyn Adams held a baseball camp at Smokie Harrington Park on Saturday morning.
Taylorsville looked well on its way to a second straight state title – 15-1 and the 2018 South State champions.However, it’s South State victory over Bay Springs didn’t come without a price.
In a game that would likely decide region 4-1A, suddenly Lumberton was without its bell-cow Robert Henry who sat sidelined with a sprained ankle.Head coach Zach Jones handed the football to sophomore Rodney Parker to lead the Panthers.
Forrest County Agricultural High School struggled in 2018 – a record of 1-10 by season’s end.No one hurt more watching the Aggies than Evan Clark, knowing he couldn’t help his team with a broken collarbone.
From Pete Taylor Park to Music City, Adam Doleac has made his name known. After hanging up his cleats, the former Southern Miss infielder moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music.
If there’s anyone who knows what a talented runner looks like, it’s Shelton Gandy.The second-year Wayne County head coach rushed for more than 6,000 yards in three years at Waynesboro Central High School.
Petal High School returned to a damp football field after a lengthy lightning delay on Friday, knotted 7-7 with rival Oak Grove.Panthers head coach Marcus Boyles put the football in the hands of senior Micah McGowan 27 times.
In its 6-0 start to the season, Bay Springs has found different ways to win ball games.At Clarke County on Friday, it was the defense that stepped up and yielded just seven points. Junior Eddie Payton had a hand in the Bulldogs’ success with 11 tackles, one sack and two forced fumbles.
After hosting the school’s first playoff game last season, Richton has gone through some growing pains in 2019.An inexperienced group of Rebels turned to senior Dylan Farve on Friday night, who helped lead Richton a 40-11 win over Sacred Heart.
Munoz, who closed with a 2-under 70, made it two straight weeks for South American winners, following Joaquin Niemann winning last week at the Greenbrier.
Since he was a freshman, Robert Henry has made plays for Lumberton High.As a junior, he seems to be making them all over the field. Henry rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries in the Panthers’ 41-7 win over Stringer.
Surveying his group of Golden Tornadoes last August, coach Todd Breland knew Xavier Evans would be a playmaker for Laurel.He just needed to find a way to get No. 10 on the field.
