Mooreville Star Heads to North Pontotoc

Lakyn Nelson, the 2007 Daily Journal Player of the Year in slow-pitch softball, is transferring from Mooreville to North Pontotoc.
Nelson, who was also averaging 20 points per game for Mooreville’s basketball team, is returning to her roots. Her father, Kerry Nelson, is a North Pontotoc graduate. His parents still live in Ecru, and he is [...]

Holiday Hoopage

Here is the basketball schedule for this week. Enjoy.
THURSDAY, Dec. 27
Belmont girls at Lauderdale Co., Ala., Tournament
Northwest Rangers Invitational
Lewisburg Tournament
Starkville at Hattiesburg Christmas Classic
Starkville Aca. at University Christian Tournament
FRIDAY, Dec. 28
Tremont at Amory
Kossuth at Biggersville
Baldwyn Rotary Classic
10 a.m. – (G) Booneville vs. Saltillo
11:30 – (B) Booneville vs. Saltillo
1 p.m. – (G) West Union vs. Hatley
2:30 [...]

2007 All-Area Football

OK, here it is, the 2007 Daily Journal All-Area Football first team. If you want to see the second and third teams, look in the Sunday Journal. Please keep in mind that some coaches did not submit nominations, which means some deserving players probably got left off. They had ample time to get that stuff [...]

Region 2-4A Team

You can find the rest of it in Thursday’s Journal.
Offensive MVP: Derrick Herman, Cleveland
Defensive MVP: Charles Mitchell, Clarksdale
First Team Offense
QB: Matt Shaw, Oxford
RB: Kendrick Dickson, Greenwood; Buddy Toles, Lafayette Co.
FB: Tim Jackson, Clarksdale
WR: R.J. Roberts, Hernando; Horatio Williams, Oxford
TE: Reed Falkner, Oxford
OL: Paul Lyles, Clarksdale; Louis Gillom, Oxford; Alexander Matthews, Clarksdale; Ben Shackelford, Lafayette Co.; [...]

All-Region 2-3A Football Team

Been posting most of these, so here are the 2-3A all-stars, as selected by the coaches. Marcus Hinton as a punter? That’s like putting Darren McFadden on an all-star team as a quarterback. Yeah, he can do it, but …
Player of the Year: Dennis Thames, Louisville
Offensive Player of the Year: Clayton Moore, Louisville
Defensive Player of [...]

All-Staters

Hey, I’m back. Been busy with this All-Area team – it comes out Sunday – so I won’t be blogging much this week. Congrats to Mississippi for sticking it to Alabama, and to Itawamba AHS quarterback Bret Jefcoat for playing so well.
Kind of amazing he wasn’t named all-state, at least not at QB. But plenty [...]

Newsome Rewind

Correspondent Jay Tidwell did a fine job covering the return of Jeremy Newsome last night in Houston. To recap, he had 9 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks, 1 steal and 2 assists in 20 minutes of play. The Chieftains won 66-61.
Would’ve been there myself, but had to help oversee a slumber party (we’re still cleaning [...]

Players Plus

Congrats to our Players of the Week, Shaunvanta Ingram of Bruce and Yalonda Davis of Biggersville. Two other guys were nominated, and here’ the line on them.
• Dorian Berry, Baldwyn basketball: Averaged 25.5 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, had 6 total steals in two games. He’s averaging 21.0 ppg, 11.3 rpg, 3.7 apg and 2.3 [...]

All-Region 1-1A Football Team

Wow, I didn’t know you could put 15 players on the field at one time. I’m not even going to bother listing the second team.
MVP: Jonathan Banks, East Webster
Most Valuable Back: Reginald O’Briant, East Webster
Most Valuable Lineman: Tanner Roberson, East Webster
Coaching Staff of the Year: East Webster
First Team Offense
QB: Santonio Wilson, West Lowndes
RB: O’Bryan Taylor, [...]

Newsome to Play for Okolona

Read more about this story in Thursday’s Daily Journal.

Jeremy Newsome is back at Okolona and ready to play basketball.
The 6-foot-7 senior re-enrolled at Okolona High School on Wednesday, and he could play as soon as Friday, when the Chieftains travel to Houston. He practiced with his former teammates Wednesday afternoon.
“With him having the opportunity to [...]