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FIRST ROUND SCORES Girls Class 6A North State Tupelo 4, Southaven 0 Germantown 1, Madison Central 1 (Germantown wins shootout 5-4) Oxford 1, Lewisburg 0 Clinton 1, Starkville 0 South State Brandon 3, Oak Grove 2 Ocean Springs 1, Hancock 0 George County 1, Northwest Rankin 0 Gulfport 3, Biloxi 0 Class 5A North State …
By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com OAK GROVE – If Hollywood had been writing the script Tuesday night, then Josh Goodwin would have been the hero for Oak Grove. The freshman back-up goalkeeper for the Warriors was pressed into service after starter Zach Metz left the game with an injury early in the second half …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com By any measure, Sunday was a sad day for sports, one of the saddest in years, maybe decades. The mind tries to think back to a sports tragedy to rival the sudden catastrophic death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash outside of …
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FIRST ROUND Tuesday Girls Class 6A North State Southaven (15-6-1) at Tupelo (10-8-1) Madison Central (12-4-3) at Germantown (14-5-1) Lewisburg (14-4) at Oxford (14-2-2) Starkville (7-8-2) at Clinton (14-2-2) South State Brandon (12-1-2) at Oak Grove (17-5) Hancock (9-10-2) at Ocean Springs (14-2-2) George County (14-6) at Northwest Rankin (14-3-1) Biloxi (10-5-3) at Gulfport (17-0-4) …
QUARTERFINAL ROUND Regions 1-4 Itawamba Community College, Fulton Thursday, Feb. 27 4 p.m. – Class 1A Girls; 5:30 p.m. – Class 1A Girls; 7 p.m. – Class 1A Boys; 8:30 p.m. – Class 1A Boys. Friday, Feb. 28 4 p.m. – Class 3A Girls; 5:30 p.m. – Class 3A Girls; 7 p.m. – Class 3A …
By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com PURVIS – It’s been a banner season in basketball so far at Purvis High, with both the Tornadoes and Lady Tornadoes enjoying excellent years. But both Purvis teams had some cold water thrown on their success Friday night at the hands of Stone High, which came away with dominant …
By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – Dalton State College of Georgia came into Clinton Gymnasium Saturday afternoon carrying a No. 6 ranking in this week’s NAIA Top 25 poll, and looked every bit like a Top 10 team. The Roadrunners stormed out of the locker room for the second half and ran past …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com OAK GROVE – What was billed as a Region 5-6A showdown between two of the top boys basketball teams in the state turned into a one-man show. Oak Grove senior guard Jay Barnes poured in 39 points and fellow senior Blake Roberts added 23 as the Warriors raced past …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com Most of the postmortems are in for the New Orleans Saints and their sudden dismissal from the National Football League playoffs. It’s kind of long, but here’s mine. The Saints, who entered the 2019 season as one of, if not the, favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, …
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