Daily Journal Assistant Sports Editor Brad Locke talks with Mooreville head coach Kevin Austin about the Troopers chances at the playoffs and a big game Friday night with North Pontotoc. It has been a big season this year in Mooreville. Don’t forget to read all about the football action the next few days in the [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 31, 2007
Tip Off to the Slam: Revised Schedule
A slight change to the Tip Off the the Slam schedule. It’ll be played Saturday at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo. Also, the Daily Journal basketball preview comes out Friday. Yay!
2 p.m. – Olive Branch vs. Tupelo (girls)
All remaining games are boys:
3:30 – Piney Woods vs. Grenada
5 – St. Stanislaus vs. Olive Branch
6:30 – Alcorn [...]
October 31, 2007
Predictions – Week 10
It’s Halloween, so I’ve got some scary games to pick. Could make for some ugly records. Was pretty ugly last week, but reb7 was victorious once again. Here are the results:
• reb7: 8-2
• djt27: 7-3
• dsu21: 5-5
• tc fan: 5-5
• tupelopix: 5-5
Now, for this week’s games:
• Starkville (6-3) at South Panola (9-0)
• Pontotoc (6-3) at [...]
October 30, 2007
Late Hits – Week 9
Notes, numbers and sidelights from Week 9 (Week 10 for academies):
• Itawamba AHS had best guard against the proverbial letdown. Coming off a huge win over Shannon on Friday, the Indians must next face a red-hot Pontotoc squad. Of course, this game means nothing for IAHS as far as the Region 1-4A standings – the [...]
October 29, 2007
Annotated Rankings
Sorry I was late with this post. Been hitting it hard this morning on the basketball preview, which comes out Friday, by the way. So to recap the Large School rankings: 1. West Point; 2. IAHS; 3. Tupelo; 4. Starkville; 5. Shannon.
I wasn’t going to punish West Point for that one-point loss to Shannon on [...]
October 27, 2007
NeMiss Rewind Oct. 27, 2007
Brad Locke and John Pitts look back at big night of high school action in Northeast Mississippi. Read all about it in Saturday’s Daily Journal. Thanks for joining us.
October 27, 2007
Who’s No. 1?
OK. Now what? With a 29-28 defeat of Shannon, Itawamba AHS has shaken up the Daily Journal’s Large School rankings. Should the Indians be the new No. 1? Or should that honor go to No. 2 West Point? The Green Wave’s lone loss was to Shannon – 36-35 in the season opener.
If you want to [...]
October 26, 2007
No.1 Goes Down!
Shannon, the Daily Journal’s No. 1 large school, was beaten by Itawamba AHS 29-28 tonight. Congrats to the resurgent Indians, who captured the Region 1-4A title. This season just gets wackier! Stay tuned for NeMiss Rewind in a little while.
October 25, 2007
Blog Bonus – Eupora at Bruce
Friday: Eupora (8-0, 3-0) at Bruce (7-1, 3-0), 7 p.m.
Read more about this game and others in Friday’s Daily Journal.
Bruce’s offense is no longer a one-man show.
It was never supposed to be, but first-year quarterback Shuanvanta Ingram didn’t progress as quickly as coach James Ray had hoped. That’s part of the reason Richard Freelon, [...]
October 25, 2007
Newsome Saga: A Clarification
I owe a clarification to Ralph Green, Shannon’s junior high principal. I mentioned in my column Thursday that Jeremy Newsome had contacted Green in the spring about transferring to Shannon. Green told me today that he has never talked to Newsome.
“He never came to our school in our building to try to enroll,” Green said. [...]
