The Dizzy Dean baseball World Series, beset in recent days by at least three consecutive days of rainouts, has finally crowned its champions. The tournaments have been hosted by Snowden Grove Park in Southaven.
Benjamin Cope is a young hockey player who continues to play the game with hopes of taking his talents to higher levels.
The North All-Stars, with a lineup of mostly players from DeSoto County, swept their South counterparts 3-0 in the Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star Volleyball Games at the Millsaps College Hangar Dome. Raegan Stafford of DeSoto Central was the Game Ball Winner and Isabella Beasley…
Mother Nature, or more correctly Tropical Storm Barry, has not been a baseball fan around here the past few days, as the storm washed away three days of action in the Dizzy Dean World Series at Snowden Grove Park in Southaven.
The Dizzy Dean Baseball World Series heads into its final days this week at Snowden Grove Park in Southaven.
Caroline Aldridge signed to play volleyball at Blue Mountain College during a signing party at Lewisburg High School on Friday. Aldridge was a captain for the Lewisburg Lady Patriots during her senior season. She will be playing on the first volleyball team in Blue Mountain's history.
DeSoto County continues this weekend to host the Dizzy Dean baseball World Series in Southaven, attracting young diamond teams, players and parents into the area. Softball finals were played last week, and the baseball divisions wrap up their play this weekend at Snowden Grove Park.
Blue Mountain College recently held a volleyball camp for girls, a camp held with the direction of head coach Reid Gann. Participants in the camp included two girls from DeSoto County. They are Kendall Woods (Lewisburg) and Abbie McBride (Northpoint Christian).
Mississippi State, playing as Team USA, and Olive Branch’s Myah Taylor, came up eight points short of a gold medal, falling to defending champion Australia 80-72 Wednesday afternoon at the World University Games women’s basketball finals in Naples, Italy.
Bubba Skelton, former head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Northwest Mississippi Community College, has assumed similar duties at Magnolia Heights School in Senatobia.
The boys (and girls) of summer are back in DeSoto County with last weekend’s start of the Dizzy Dean World Series at Snowden Grove Park in Southaven for baseball and at Greenbrook Softball Complex in Southaven for softball.
With the holiday weekend, we get a chance to catch up on some of our favorite athletes and check the wires on what they are doing.
In late August, Hernando’s Tanner Madison will head north of the border with hopes of becoming a world champion.
Sand volleyball is starting to make some inroads as a sports option for DeSoto County youngsters. Two young area girls recently set their way toward a national tournament in just their first year of competitive sand volleyball.
Brian Oakes has been appointed as Northwest Mississippi Community College's (NWCC) new director of athletics, NWCC President Dr. Michael J. Heindl announced Thursday afternoon.
Ole Miss basketball's Terence Davis of Southaven will have a chance to earn a roster spot on the Denver Nuggets after signing with the team for the upcoming NBA Summer League (July 5-15) in Las Vegas.
Myah Taylor of Olive Branch and the rest of the Mississippi State Bulldogs women’s basketball team are set to wear Red, White and Blue, instead of Maroon and White, for the next few weeks.
Peyton Logan (with football) looks for room in a game last season for the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks. The former Horn Lake Eagle is on the CFB Network All-Ohio Valley Second Team, along with former Itawamba Community College player Terry Williams of Southaven.
He was a quarterback and defensive back for the Horn Lake Eagles in high school. Now, Darius Harris could be taking the field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. this season for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.
Olive Branch native Rachel Sternisha of Itawamba Community College has signed to continue her softball career at the University of West Alabama. Sternisha was part of an Indians team that won 40 games, a state title and the school’s first NJCAA Division II national tournament appearance.
Following a storied coaching career which yielded 404 wins, Northwest head softball coach Mike Rowan has announced his retirement after 16 seasons in command.
After 32 seasons in charge of the Northwest women's basketball program, head coach Don Edwards has stepped away from his role with the Lady Rangers effective immediately.
The ring finger of some DeSoto County high school athletes is certainly glittering more than usual. The added jewelry comes from rings they have earned by their achievement as state champions.
In a place where there’s growing excitement about tennis, especially with the expansion of the Southaven Tennis Complex at Snowden Grove, now comes a net game option for those of us who can’t run up and down the baseline like Serena Williams or charge the net for a smash like Roger Federer.
There is going to be more than a passing interest for the baseball College World Series in DeSoto County when the annual tournament to determine the best college team in the country starts.
The sports department email was abuzz with news of junior college baseball players being noted for their exceptional efforts on the diamond this past spring season.
The sports department email was abuzz with news of junior college baseball players being noted for their exceptional efforts on the diamond this past spring season.
Lewisburg basketball players recently took part in the Blue Mountain College girls’ basketball camp on the school campus. With (from left) Blue Mountain coach Lavon Driskell are Karmyn Payne, Bam Robinson, Alexis Taylor, Carissa Horton, Norma Rodgers, Raylin Starks, Matavia Cox, Jada Taylor,…
Cameron Goodwin is the fourth graduated senior member of the MHSAA 5A state boys’ basketball championship Center Hill Mustangs heading to play in the collegiate ranks.
Blake Jones, who coached an Olive Branch girls’ basketball team to a pair of MHSAA 6A state runner up finishes while coaching someone who would become a three-time Gatorade Mississippi Player of the Year in Myah Taylor, will return to the coaching wars in a new role and in a new location.
NASCAR came back to the Mid-South over the weekend with its only visit to the region at the Memphis International Raceway in Millington, Tenn.
Kaitlyn Bednarek of DeSoto Central was named the North MVP at this weekend's Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star Fastpitch Games at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville. In the two games played against the South All-Stars, Bednarek hit a total of three home runs, one Friday even…
He’s now 80 years old, but PGA Golf Instructor Dave Dixon still likes to provide a pointer or two to an aspiring young golfer.
Northwest Mississippi Community College has announced the hiring of former Alabama High School Player of the Year and Ole Miss Rebel Nick Williams as an assistant on Shane Oakley's men's basketball coaching staff, the school confirmed on Wednesday.
A young man who loved the game of golf is being remembered for his golf passion through the start of a scholarship to a deserving young DeSoto County player.
Center Hill boys’ basketball coach Newton Mealer joins Kevin Henry on Henry’s signing day to play for Mississippi Delta Community College. Henry was a part of the Mustangs’ team that won the MHSAA 5A state championship in March. This past season, Henry averaged 11.5 points seven rebounds and…
Itawamba Community College’s softball program will compete in its first National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II Softball Championship beginning Wednesday in Clinton.
Two members of this year’s Lewisburg High School baseball team will be playing college baseball next season. Seated from left, Cooper Smith will play at Christian Brothers University and Luke Treadway will play at Coahoma Community College.
Ken Lewis arrived at a new school the first day of classes this year not knowing anybody and needing to prove himself to his classmates, teammates, and to what would become his Center Hill coaching staff.
On May 1, Mikaila Coleman served up her second state win at the MHSAA 5A individual tennis championships in Oxford.
Gabriella Massey, a DeSoto County resident and senior at Harding Academy, will be competing in the Tennessee TSSAA state high school track meet May 22. Massey (shown here) won the Division II-A West Region title in pole vault with a height of nine feet. Her personal best this year has been 9…
Winning state baseball crowns is still an exciting thing for DeSoto Central coach Mark Monaghan, now that he has won two in a row and three as the Jaguars' coach.
DeSoto Central's baseball team is one win away from its second-straight state championship, after stopping St. Martin of Ocean Springs 3-1 Wednesday night in Pearl.
Just call them back-to-back champs.
DeSoto Central wins North Half title while softball Lady Jags force deciding game in softball title chase.
DeSoto Central infielder Alex Frillman has signed to play next season for Holmes Community College. Frillman (seated) is joined by coaches Zach Miller, Jeremy Simpson and head coach Mark Monaghan.
The Northwest Mississippi Community College Cheerleading Squad for 2019-2020 has been announced by college officials. They are: (front row from left) Katie Abernathy of Southaven, Audry Tapp of Oxford, Erin Douglas of Enid, Rainy Bordelan, Caroline Smith, McKenzie Riley, Kaleigh Keel and Hay…
Prep baseball
It has become a washout sweep for Mother Nature against DeSoto Central in the Mississippi High School Activities Association postseason softball playoffs, and she also doused any hope of getting a second game of the MHSAA 6A North Half baseball finals in before Monday.
Hannah Willard of Center Hill will be attending Blue Mountain College on an archery scholarship. Archery is a club sport at the small Christian college in Blue Mountain. Willard is Center Hill’s top female archer and was the second-best archer the state Class III tournament. Willard (seated …
Will Ross, a Hernando native playing for East Central Community College, stretches to make a play at first base during this spring season. East Central played in the NJCAA Region 23 playoffs Thursday and Friday in Poplarville, but Pearl River eliminated the Warriors in three games. Ross was …
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