A nice read in USA Today about sons of former NBA stars. Michael Curry Jr. and Shawn Kemp Jr. are both rising seniors and pretty good college prospects. I’m always fascinated by how the children of pro athletes do in their athletic endeavors.
Entries from June 2008
June 30, 2008
Stratton Commits to State
Tupelo pitcher Chris Stratton made a verbal commitment Sunday to play baseball for Mississippi State.
The 2008 Daily Journal Player of the Year posted a 10-1 record with a 1.95 ERA in leading Tupelo to the Class 5A state finals. The rising senior struck out 98 batters in 75.1 innings, and he hit .367 at the [...]
June 28, 2008
2008 Football Schedules
I’ve gathered up most of the area teams’ football schedules, with the exceptions of Holly Springs and Starkville. Here’s a PDF version (along with some college schedules). Hope you can read that; if not, you can find them in Sunday’s Journal.
So after combing through the schedules, I came up with 29 games to watch, games [...]
June 26, 2008
Link of the Day
Found an inspiring story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It’s about the East St. Louis athletics program, which is thriving despite sub-standard facilities. How do they do it? Through coaches “who excel at improvised training methods and, most importantly, refuse to allow their athletes to believe they can’t do something because they lack resources.”
The school [...]
June 25, 2008
Thrasher Football
Photo by Shelby Daniel
With less than six weeks until August drills begin, Thrasher has little time to get a new football coached hired and settled into place.
James Moore resigned last week after one season to take an assistant’s job in Alabama. Prentiss County superintendent Matt Smith has moved quickly and hopes to have a [...]
June 25, 2008
Link of the Day
As the San Antonio Express-News reports, the Texas state football championships will rotate to different venues, starting this December. This makes sense in such a large state, but I think it would make sense in Mississippi, too. The MHSAA is going to have to come up with some sort of solution for a venue if [...]
June 24, 2008
Correction
My bad. Thrasher’s weightlifting program was started not by James Moore, as I wrote in today’s story, but by previous head coach Andy Richey and his assistant at the time, Shane Sanderson. Sanderson took over the head post when Richey went to Wheeler and stayed on two years before going to New Albany last year [...]
June 24, 2008
Link of the Day
This story from the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader is more than a week old, but it’s worth reading. It addresses how the Kentucky High School Athletic Association handles athlete transfers. The transfer rules are strict, and critics have complained that the rulings are inconsistent and often unfair to the athletes.
Very good in-depth reporting on this story.
June 24, 2008
In Today’s Journal
I had a little bit of everything today. There was, of course, the story on Thrasher football coach James Moore leaving. I also did a piece on local bowler Rudy Kasimakis, and they let me publish my variety column.
Hey, it’s the summer. Potpourri time.
June 23, 2008
Moore Leaves Thrasher
I caught wind of this last week while on vacation, and I confirmed today that James Moore has resigned as Thrasher’s head football coach. He’ll be defensive coordinator at Curry High School in Jasper, Ala. He’s a native of Vernon and played at North Alabama.
Moore emphasized that his leaving had nothing to do with Thrasher, [...]
