Adair Named Ripley Coach

Trent Adair was approved as Ripley’s new boys basketball coach today. He replaces the legendary Harvey Childers, under whom he was an assistant for the past three seasons. The Tigers reached the MHSAA State Tournament each year.
The Ingomar native inherits a team that’s losing four of its top six players. Adair’s also stepping into some [...]

Football Spring Games & Jamborees

I’ve got a pretty good list of spring games and jamborees, though there are some for which I have only the date and host but not the other participants or start time. If you can fill in some blanks, help a brother out!
May 8: at Falkner
May 9: Baldwyn at Ripley
May 9: East Webster at Eupora
May [...]

Baseball Playoffs: North Semifinals

The North semifinals begin Friday, and they continue Saturday and Monday. We’ve got 13 NeMiss teams still alive, which is a very good number. I’m especially looking forward to that Tishomingo Co.-Lafayette Co. series, which oughta be a doozy.
Here are the game times for NeMiss teams. As for the Monday games, some coaches are waiting [...]

NEMCABB Baseball Rosters

Here are the rosters for the annual NEMCABB All-Star Baseball Games, to be played May 31 in Corinth. Thoughts?
Class 3A/4A/5A East Roster
P/OF Jesse Butler, Amory
SS/P Brett Grantham, Corinth
C/P Sam Summerford, Itawamba AHS
P/OF Cody Franks, Mooreville
OF Ladarrius Cole, Nettleton
P/3B Jami Boland, Nettleton
P/3B Austin Burns, Saltillo
C/IF Adam Hill, Saltillo
C/P Josh Saylors, Shannon
P/3B Brett Morgan, Tishomingo Co.
SS/1B Joseph [...]

Where Have I Been?

In Talladega, of course. And I just got in to the office. But I’m about to set to work on a notebook for Tuesday’s paper. I have NEMCABB All-Star rosters in hand and will get those to y’all via this blog or in the paper, not sure which yet (probably both).
I’ll try to set up [...]

Live From Talladega

OK. Here’s your top 10: Busch, Montoya, Hamlin, Ragan, Vickers, Kvapil, Mears, Newman, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr. Look for my exciting column in Monday’s Journal.
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Well, crap, I got so caught up in the end, I forgot to update with the finish. Busch won when Michael McDowell spun out at the start/finish line on the white flag [...]

Baseball Playoffs: Game 3s

It was another good night for NeMiss baseball teams, with nine of them finishing off sweeps in the second round of the playoffs. Here’s what we covered:
• New season’s first win for Golden Wave
• Falcons’ hitters power up sweep
• Hot-hitting Seminoles complete St. Joe sweep
• Playoff roundup
Here’s today’s schedule. I don’t have the starting time [...]

Amory Hires Riddick, Other Coaches

Amory has hired for Alcorn Central coach Louis Riddick to lead its girls basketball team. Four other coaches – assistant football, boys and girls swimming, and soccer – also received school board approval earlier today.
Riddick will be the Lady Panthers’ fifth coach in three years. D. Bryant coached the 2005-06 season but left just before [...]

Playoffs Breakdown

First, here’s what we packed into today’s Daily Journal:
• Nerves be gone: Tish Co. drops New Hope
• Lone run enough for Nettleton win
• Itawamba’s Miller among new QBs ready to take reins
• Collins on tennis title road again
• The Coaching Q’s: Jason Cobb, Hamilton softball
I also did a story about coaches having to flip a [...]

Spring Football Notes

James Ray thought quarterback was one of the least of his worries. Now it’s his biggest.
Bruce’s third-year head coach has lost rising senior Shaunvanta Ingram (pictured above), who quit football to focus on basketball. Ingram averaged 29.8 points per game and was a Daily Journal All-Area first-team pick this past season. He’s better on the [...]