The NBA G League season that didn’t have an end, thanks to the virus, still passed out end-of-season awards Friday with the naming of the all-G League teams.
When the Olive Branch High School girls’ basketball team won their second straight state championship on March 7, it was expected they would be celebrated for their accomplishments, and they would receive championship rings they would have as a tangible reminder of a special season.
DeSoto Central volleyball setter Gracie Tacker has announced that she has committed to play college volleyball after her senior season at Union University. As a junior for the Lady Jags last season, Tacker averaged 5.1 digs per match and has a career 7.2 assists per set average. Union is coa…
DeSoto Central libero Megan Harris has announced her commitment to play college volleyball after her senior season by attending Southeast Missouri State University. In her junior season last year with the Lady Jags, Harris had an 83.3 serve percentage and averaged 12.7 digs per match. The Re…
DeSoto Central infielder Blaze Jordan Thursday was selected by the Boston Red Sox as the number 89 selection in the Major League Baseball Entry Draft, reduced from 40 rounds to just five rounds this year. Jordan, introduced as a third baseman, was chosen by the Red Sox in the third round. Th…
Any faint hope that the Memphis Hustle’s NBA G League basketball season was going to continue this year was officially squelched last Thursday when the league announced that the remainder of the 2019-20 year had been canceled.
Lydia Moyer, a graduating senior at Hernando High School, Tuesday signed a scholarship offer with Northwest Mississippi Community College. In Senatobia, Moyer, daughter of Bill and Terri Moyer of Hernando, will be studying business but will also be part of the Rangers’ cheerleading squad. Fa…
The Boys (and Girls) of Summer have come back to Southaven and everybody is happy baseball and softball in DeSoto County have returned.
There’s been a changing of the guard at the top of the Horn Lake High School football program as veteran head coach Brad Boyette has announced that he's retiring and departing from the school. At the same time, offensive coordinator Mitchell Harville was announced as the team’s new head coach.
Northwest Mississippi Community College sophomore outfielder Brayland Skinner will get his chance to shine in the SEC next season as the Lake Cormorant native has maintained his commitment to Mississippi State baseball.
In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company has announced Blaze Jordan of DeSoto Central High School as its 2019-20 Gatorade Mississippi Baseball Player of the Year.
Ole Miss lost one of the university’s groundbreaking students and iconic football players with the passing of Robert Jerry “Ben” Williams, Jr., 65, on Monday of natural causes at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital in Jackson.
Hernando High School senior volleyball player Taylor Smith has signed to play for Northwest Mississippi Community College this fall. Smith (second from right) was joined by (seated from left) Lynda Shannon, Cathy Smith and Drew Smith, along with (standing from left) Hernando coach Jayme Vins…
The Greenbrook Indoor Softball Training facility in Southaven officially opened on Monday, May 18. The facility is a 1.2 million dollar softball only building and is part of the Greenbrook Softball Complex. It was funded as one of several projects in the city’s Parks Enhancement and Expansio…
Flanked by father Phillip Duncan and mother Melissa Duncan, Hernando baseball infielder Jacob Duncan on Saturday, May 16 signed a letter of intent to play at Holmes Community College next season. The signing was held in the Hernando High School library and shown on video conferencing as only…
After completing a standout playing career, former Georgia State (GSU) quarterback Dan Ellington joins the GSU staff as an assistant coach, head coach Shawn Elliott announced Friday.
As Mississippi moves toward reopening many nonessential businesses, baseball organizations and facilities remain hopeful for their season.
Liberty University women’s basketball coach Carey Green revealed two games of his team’s 2020-21 non-conference schedule which will make seniors Bridgette Rettstatt, Ashtyn Baker, and Emily Lytle happy. The Lady Flames will play in Rettstatt’s home state at Ohio on Nov. 24 and will visit Bak…
There are some DeSoto County high school soccer players who will have an extra game to play in early June and this one will give them a chance to connect with a future college soccer home.
New Northwest Mississippi Community College women’s volleyball coach Allison Burchyett has released the 2020 schedule for the Lady Rangers, set to start competing in the sport for the first time this fall.
Klein Morrow, a senior offensive guard/defensive tackle for the Lewisburg High School football team this past fall, is shown with coach Matt Gehrke as he signed to play at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The Bears, an NCAA Division III program, finished with a 7-3 record last s…
Northpoint Christian School football senior Cam Holman has signed to play next season at Benedictine University, Illinois. From left are NCS head coach Tyler Gold, Holman, and wide receivers coach Johnny Loper. Holman will be playing for the Eagles, located in Lisle, Illinois, an NCAA Divisi…
Itawamba Community College sophomore basketball player Kealy Wilson, a former Olive Branch High School standout, has announced on social media that signed to continue her career as a student-athlete at Alabama State University next season.
Set to play Division I women’s basketball for the next two years is East Mississippi Community College (EMCC) guard Tye Metcalf of Southaven, who last Friday, April 17 signed to play next season at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Southern plays in the Southwestern Athletic Con…
Nikki McCray-Penson, considered one of the top rising stars in women’s college basketball having both playing and coaching experience in multiple Final Fours, has been named Mississippi State’s eighth head coach, Director of Athletics John Cohen announced Saturday.
Two big sports stories this weekend involved former Olive Branch High School athletes at Mississippi State University.
Two big sports stories this weekend involved former Olive Branch High School athletes at Mississippi State University.
The question entering this space this week is certainly about what to write about sportswise in a period where there are no sports taking place.
A happy week without sports week! That certainly doesn’t sound good but it appears to be the “new normal” as they say right now as we continue to work through this coronavirus threat across the country. Sports activities have pretty much been set aside as a measure to keep us safe from the v…
On the heels of the NBA suspending its season due to the coronavirus concerns, the NBA G League Wednesday night added that its season would be suspended. The decision includes the Memphis Hustle and home games at Southaven’s Landers Center.
The Memphis Hustle (26-15) dropped a 120-112 decision against the Sioux Falls Skyforce Saturday night inside Sanford Pentagon. The teams split the regular season series and tonight’s game marked the fourth straight loss for Memphis.
If Olive Branch’s Endya Buford needed to reassure her future coach Melissa McFerrin at the University of Memphis about signing her to a scholarship, Buford’s final high school performance likely took care of that.
Center Hill's attempt at a repeat state MHSAA 5A boys' basketball championship was thwarted by the team many considered to be the best boys' basketball team in Mississippi Friday night, March 6.
The Olive Branch girls basketball team is heading back to the Mississippi state high school basketball championship game after the Lady Quistors’ 65-49 victory over Harrison Central Wednesday afternoon in Jackson.
The Memphis Hustle fell to the Oklahoma City Blue 121-113 on Wednesday afternoon, March 4, inside Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma.
MHSAA 5A state boys' basketball semifinals at Jackson
Tuesday night at Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Center Hill advanced to the state 5A boys championship game with a 57-40 victory over Forest Hill in a game that featured a tenacious defense by the Mustangs.
A scan of the 2020 Lewisburg High School football schedule will be a huge eye-opener for fans when the full schedule comes out. That’s because the second game of the year for the Patriots will be against Wayne Hills High School of …… wait for it ……. New Jersey.
It was quarterfinal Saturday for five DeSoto County high school basketball teams in the MHSAA state tournament and when it was over, two teams had survived and will be moving on to the state semifinals this week at Jackson’s Mississippi Coliseum.
The Memphis Hustle (26-13) dropped its second game in as many nights to the Salt Lake City Stars (27-12) by a score of 113-110 Saturday night inside Landers Center. Salt Lake City now owns a one game lead in the Western Conference standings and swept the regular season series 3-0.
NBA G League basketball
With bragging rights at the top of the NBA G League Western Conference standings on the line, the Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz) defeated the Memphis Hustle 112-91 Friday night at Southaven’s Landers Center.
The Memphis Grizzlies Thursday, Feb. 27 announced the team had signed forward Jarrod Uthoff to a 10-day contract as a call-up from the NBA G League’s Memphis Hustle. Uthoff will wear jersey number 19 for the Grizzlies. In addition, the Grizzlies waived guard Dusty Hannahs.
It seems hard to believe that just four short seasons ago Olive Branch High School football went 0-11 under former head coach Pete Hurt.
Two members of the Horn Lake High School baseball team signed commitments to play next season at Coahoma Community College. They are (seated, from left), Sam Fountain and Jalon Wright. They are joined by coaches (standing, from left) Ivan Nails and Tucker Smith.
Ray Laughter with the DeSoto County Touchdown Club (right) presents Lake Cormorant athletic director/football coach Nick Nester the award as the club’s annual DeSoto County High School Football Coach of the Year. Nester’s Gators finished the 2019 season with a record of 8-5 and advanced to t…
Lewisburg senior linebacker-tight end Cole Simmons Monday, Feb. 24 signed a letter of intent to play football next season at Mississippi College. Simmons was second for the Patriots in tackles with 118 this past season. The Choctaws finished the 2019 season with a record of 5-5 and were 4-4 …
The Memphis Hustle (26-11) defeated the Rio Grande Valley Vipers 116-113 Saturday night inside Bert Ogden Arena. The Hustle swept the three-game regular season series with the Vipers and will finish the regular season undefeated (10-0) against teams from the state of Texas.
Three of the four DeSoto County boys’ basketball teams still alive in the MHSAA postseason have advanced to the state quarterfinals after second-round games played Saturday night.
Both remaining DeSoto County girls basketball teams left in the postseason advanced to the MHSAA 6A state quarterfinals next weekend after victories Friday night on their home floor.
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