Covering sports in South Mississippi
By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – The William Carey University soccer teams were like sharks in the water. When they smelled blood, they went for the jugular. The Crusaders and Lady Crusaders scored goals in clusters Saturday afternoon in the opening round of their respective NAIA National Tournament at Crusader Field to advance …
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MHSAA PLAYOFFS Quarterfinal Round CLASS 6A Horn Lake 35, Starkville 14 Madison Central 26, Northwest Rankin 10 Brandon 34, Pearl 33 (OT) Oak Grove 48, Petal 35 CLASS 5A West Point 27, Lafayette 20 Olive Branch 21, Holmes Central 0 Picayune 41, Laurel 22 West Jones 37, Hattiesburg 14 CLASS 4A Louisville 56, Pontotoc 7 …
By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – When the chips were down early in the fourth quarter, and Oak Grove staring at an epic collapse, the Warriors turned to their senior leader, and John Rhys Plumlee answered the call. Plumlee guided Oak Grove to three fourth-quarter touchdown drives – scoring himself on two of …
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Tuesday Oak Grove at McComb, Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. Petal at Magee, Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. Hattiesburg at Meridian, Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. Sumrall at Columbia Academy, Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. North Forrest at Seminary, Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. Simpson at Lamar Christian, Girls 5:30 p.m./Boys 7 p.m. St. Patrick …
MHSAA PLAYOFFS All MHSAA playoff games kick off at 7 p.m. Friday: Quarterfinal Round CLASS 6A North State Starkville (11-1) at Horn Lake (12-0) Madison Central (9-3) at Northwest Rankin (11-1) South State Pearl (8-4) at Brandon (12-1) Petal (6-6) at Oak Grove (10-2) CLASS 5A North State Lafayette (9-3) at West Point (11-1) Olive …
MHSAA Playoffs CLASS 6A First Round North State Horn Lake 19, Warren Central 0 Starkville 37, South Panola 7 Northwest Rankin 52, Tupelo 13 Madison Central 35, Oxford 3 South State Brandon 31, St. Martin 28 Pearl 28, Ocean Springs 12 Petal 34, Gulfport 0 Oak Grove 45, Harrison Central 14 CLASS 5A First Round North State West Point 55, …
By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – Happiness for a football coach is watching your backups on the field in action with nine minutes remaining in a playoff game. That was the luxury Tony Vance enjoyed Friday night as he watched his Hattiesburg Tigers open the postseason with authority, drubbing Brookhaven 52-6 in the …
By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – LaRon Brumfield was confident about Oak Grove’s chances coming into the Steve Knight Classic, but even he was a little taken aback at how well his team performed. The Warriors blistered the nets at Clinton Gym and dominated Harrison Central 75-59 in the inaugural event at William …
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MHSAA PLAYOFFS CLASS 6A First Round North State Warren Central (5-5) at Horn Lake (11-0) South Panola (7-5) at Starkville (10-1) Tupelo (7-4) at Northwest Rankin (10-1) Madison Central (8-3) at Oxford (10-1) South State St. Martin (7-4) at Brandon (11-1) Pearl (7-4) at Ocean Springs (7-4) Petal (5-6) at Gulfport (10-1) Harrison Central (8-3) …
Thursday’s Scores Regular Season Byers 32, Ashland 20 Falkner 56, Thrasher 16 Nanih Waiya 28, Noxapater 6 Northwest Rankin 47, Murrah 0 Oak Grove 48, Jim Hill 28 Olive Branch 28, Center Hill 21 Petal 42, Terry 7 South Jones 42, Wingfield 36 Friday’s Scores Regular Season Brandon 14, Pearl 10 Canton 42, Cleveland Central …
