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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – It was a festive morning Wednesday at Oak Grove High School as three Warrior seniors signed college scholarship offers to continue their football careers. J.Q. Gray, Jaylen Aborom and Johnnie Evans fixed their names to National Letters of Intent on the first day of early signing for …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – A team can only give a talented opponent so many chances before that talent finally breaks through. That was the case for the Petal boys against Oak Grove Friday night in a Region 6-6A soccer showdown. For 60 minutes, the Panthers hung in the game, keeping the …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – Oak Grove simply had too much firepower for Petal in Friday night’s girls soccer showdown. The Lady Warriors scored early and often, especially in the first half, as they built a 4-0 halftime lead and coasted to a 7-0 victory on Senior Night at Warrior Field. …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – When the Class 6A playoffs began in November, not many people outside Oktibbeha County gave Starkville much chance of going very far. But with junior standout quarterback Trey Petty healthy and at the top of his game, the Yellowjackets made an emphatic statement Saturday night in the …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – Scott Central was simply too much for Charleston Saturday in the Class 2A State Championship Game. A year after putting up a record 72 points in last season’s 2A final, the Rebels made it a repeat with an efficient 42-12 victory over the Tigers in the Blue …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – Scott Central was simply too much for Charleston Saturday in the Class 2A State Championship Game. A year after putting up a record 72 points in last season’s 2A final, the Rebels made it a repeat with an efficient 42-12 victory over the Tigers in the Blue …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – When it comes to state championship games in Mississippi, it always pays to bet on Louisville. Once again, the Wildcats found a way to win Saturday afternoon in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Gridiron Classic at M.M. Roberts Stadium on the University of Southern Mississippi, edging …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – For the second year in a row, Dante Dowdell and Picayune made West Point pay in the Class 5A state championship game in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Gridiron Classic. Dowdell powered the Maroon Tide to their second straight 5A title with a big second half …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – Bay Springs used its defense and special teams to blank McEvans 22-0 Friday afternoon in the Class 1A State Championship Game at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Gridiron Classic at M.M. Roberts Stadium. The Bulldogs (14-1) scored a repeat as 1A champions after winning last season …
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By Stan Caldwell stanmansportsfan.com HATTIESBURG – Suntarine Perkins may have been wearing white, but he may as well have been wearing a red, white and blue Superman outfit. Friday in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Gridiron Classic, Perkins was first among equals for Raleigh, leading the Lions past Noxubee County 55-52 in …
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