Isaiah Graves is doing his best to ensure this football season is one to remember for Sylva-Bay Academy. One of just four seniors, Graves is a veteran first-year coach Mo Dale can rely on.
Ankr PBC stated that it made the loan in September 2021 to Williamson and family members while in the midst of trying to establish a marketing relationship with the Pelicans’ All-Star power forward.
Rockco has more perspective than most high school seniors. After tearing his ACL in week three of last season, Rockco realized how quickly something you love can be taken away.
It’s Ladarien Haynes’ final season of high school football. So he’s not taking any hot, miserable, sweaty summer workout for granted – especially as one of the few seniors among a young flock of East Marion Eagles.
As Jack Hankins enters year three as the head coach at Wayne County, he’s counting on guys that are going to step up and help complete his vision for the War Eagle program. Paris Evans is exactly what coach Hankins was looking for going into the season.
Joel and Seth Albritton were born and raised in Virginia and ever since the brothers moved to Mississippi to play soccer, they have enjoyed every second.
He's the smallest guy on the field but makes the biggest impact for Bay Springs. Senior Anthony Newell plays with a chip on his shoulder, much like the rest of his team.
Each season East Marion seems to quietly sneak into the playoffs and make some noise. Well, seniors like Jadarrius Mallard would like to finish their high school careers with a bang.
Picture a 6-foot-2, 225-pound Ty Jones headed toward you with a full head of steam. That’s what teams have to deal with on a weekly basis around the Pine Belt.
A national search is underway at Mississippi State University for a new athletic director after John Cohen resigned from the position to accept the role of athletic director at Auburn.
It was a slow start to the season for Perry Central but coach Craig Cluff expected some growing pains with eleven of his starters being sophomores. The young pups are starting to become Bulldogs.
It seems like it’s been a different guy each week step up for the Tigers. When fullback Kye Braddock couldn’t go last Thursday, sophomore Jadden Roberts got the call and answered the bell...
Amarion Fortenberry didn’t see his first action at running back until the first round of last year’s playoffs. He looks like a natural at the position now, rushing for 182 yards and four touchdowns in Friday’s win over Sumrall.
Unfortunately, Hattiesburg knows the feeling of starting 0-4. That’s how last year went before the Tigers won five of six to make the Class 5A playoffs.
Sumrall lost 21 seniors from a season ago, with 18 new faces taking the field this year. But the Bobcats are 3-1, thanks in part to leaders like Jordan Ware stepping up on both sides of the ball.
Larry Dolan is back in Brooklyn and has Forrest County Agricultural off to a strong start at 3-0. “It’s very different and it feels way better,” said FCAHS senior running back Keeghan Rodgers. “Actually knowing that we can win and we actually have a chance this year, it just feels so much better.”
Wayne County waltzed into Friday night’s intermission with a 20-0 lead over visiting Oak Grove. The Warriors finally awoke from their slumber, clawing back to tie the game at 23-23. As intensity built in the fourth quarter, junior kicker Luke Stewart’s nerves remained surprisingly calm.
There’s a long list of Laurel running backs who were bruisers. Caden Arrington is shaking it up a bit in the Golden Tornadoes’ backfield, but just as effective.
The rain put a damper on high school football practices around the Pine Belt his week. Luckily for the West Jones Mustangs, they got most of their work done in the spring and summer.
After going 2-7 last season, Purvis looks to improve in 2022. To do that, Head Coach Brad Hankins will lean on wide receiver and corner Mason Beverly to lead the charge for the tornadoes.
Isabella Rowell, an 8th grader at Columbia Academy, won the title of Female Athlete of the Year for Youth Archery last month from the State Games of Mississippi.
There’s been an energy around Oak Grove this summer – a group of football players eager to get back on the field. Jeramie Posey plans to leave it all out there for his senior season, embodying the attitude needed in a defensive end.
It was a tough start to the year for Laurel High School when a January fire left its fieldhouse heavily damaged. But the Golden Tornadoes football team was resilient throughout the summer, with seniors like Terrion McCullum leading the way.
With three station championships in five years, Jefferson Davis County is beginning to get used to the feeling. But 2022 is an entirely new year with new challenges for the Jaguars.
Second-year Wayne County head coach Jack Hankins feels good about what the War Eagles can do offensively this season – returning starting quarterback Carter Hankins and running back Isiah Boyd. But the key piece in allowing those guys to flourish is senior offensive guard/tackle Brenden Roscoe.
A state championship appearance from Wayne Academy back in 2020 was enough to convince basketball and track star Daxton West that he might also belong on the football field.
