W07BN All-Area Team

Adam Gore of W07BN has released his All-Area Teams. We cover a lot of the same schools. Now there are two of us to fuss at. Yay!

Today’s Schedule

Here’s today’s schedule of sporting events in NeMiss:
Fast-pitch softball
Tremont at Baldwyn
Tishomingo Co. at Belmont
Mooreville at Booneville
Hamilton at Bruce
Mantachie at Houlka
Wheeler at Pine Grove
Vardaman at Smithville
Biggesrville at Thrasher
Walnut at West Union
Golf
Baldwyn, Kossuth, Saltillo, Thrasher, at Natchez Trace
Tennis
Tupelo at Grenada

Prentiss-Union Clash

Here is the link to my story about the Prentiss County-Union County Clash, which is set for Jan. 31 at Baldwyn. They’ll match up the teams in December. I’m supposed to be on the committee. Hope they have free doughnuts or something.
Today’s question: Which county do you think will win the one-day tourney? Or will [...]

2008 All-Area Basketball Team

Good afternoon. Here is where you can find all the All-Area stuff. Enjoy.
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Well, it’s near midnight, so I’ll go ahead and release this. You can find more details, plus stories, in the Sunday Journal (or at djournal.com). Our Coaches of the Year: Roy Hazzle of Aberdeen and Jason Thompson of H.W. Byers. Our Players of [...]

Reggie Kelly & Roy Hazzle

Found a cool story on the Cincinnati Bengals Web site about former Aberdeen standout Reggie Kelly. Aberdeen basketball coach Roy Hazzle was heavily quoted. Great stuff:
Hometown call 

All-Area Hoops Coming

The Daily Journal All-Area basketball teams will be revealed in Sunday’s editions. I’m still trying to hammer out some third-teamers, but it’s pretty well set. There will be 15 boys and 15 girls selected – five first team, five second team, five third team.
The boys first team was especially hard to pick. I had about [...]

From Friday’s Journal

Lots of good stuff today. Here’s a sampling:
Unbeaten Wave avoids 2-5A nemesis one more time 
Austin’s near no-no boosts Lady Cougars in 1-3A softball race 
Prep notebook 
Today’s question: Can Tupelo’s baseball team go undefeated, a la the 1996 New Hope Trojans? 

Chris Garrett & LSU

Oh, the vitriol adults will spew at teenagers they’ve never met. Happens every time someone like Chris Garrett reneges on a commitment. To check out some of the griping, visit Gregg Ellis‘ blog: djbulldogs.wordpress.com.
To review: Garrett, a junior quarterback at Tupelo, had committed to Mississippi State. Then yesterday, he changed his mind and committed [...]

From Wednesday’s Journal …

Here’s the baseball action we covered Tuesday night:
Streak now at 17 for Tupelo
Welcome Matt: Ace leads Tishomingo Co. past New Albany
Nettleton stays atop 2-3A race

Tuesday Night Baseball

I just got done with the Nettleton/South Pontotoc game. Tigers take it, 6-5. South committed five errors, four of them over the first two innings, and fell behind 5-0. Hunter Richardson had 12 strikeouts and got the win for Nettleton.
And according to tcfan, Tishomingo County pummeled New Albany 12-1. Ten-runned ‘em! Wow.
Tupelo remained undefeated with [...]