Sports

Battle of defending champs has West Point at Horn Lake

West Point head coach Chris Chambless and his staff got out the cleaning utensils this week.

Cohen Trolio reaches semis of U.S. Amateur

Cohen Trolio’s run at the U.S. Amateur may have come to an end Saturday afternoon, but not before the West Point teenager made quite an impression at at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina.

West Point hosts North Panola for jamboree

Football is back for the defending Class 5A State champions tonight.

Although it will come in the form of a jamboree, the West Point Green Wave will surge on to McAllister Field as they play North Panola at 7 p.m.  

Oak Hill to scrimmage Pickens Academy as part of ‘Meet Raiders’

It will be a chance for the Oak Hill Academy Raiders to see how far they’ve come in the preseason.

When the Raiders scrimmage against the Pickens Academy Raiders at home on Friday night, it will be like looking in a mirror.

MSU's Stockett steps in as caddie, proves helpful in title run

Gabriela Ruffels was getting some good advice down the stretch of the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship match Sunday afternoon at the Old Waverly Golf Club.

Photos: HOLDING ITS OWN CHAMPIONSHIP

A week before some of the best young golfers in the world descend on the course for the week-long U.S. Women's Amateur, the Old Waverly Golf Club is hosting its own championship.

Fans gear up for USWA; volunteers still needed

In just three weeks, some of the world’s best amateur women’s golfers will descend on West Point and the Golden Triangle.

Ballard makes it to ‘Cooperstown’

Most baseball players can only dream of getting to Cooperstown, New York and the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ellis to take over as Lady Wave softball coach

West Point native Nathan Ellis has a way of being at the right place at the right time.

Early in his coaching career, he was able to step right in and fill a vacancy at Oak Hill Academy, becoming the school’s softball coach in 2013 while he was still a senior at Mississippi State.

Son’s hard work make every day a gift for father

Oak Hill Academy football coach Chris Craven was headed out to mow grass at the football field Monday and stopped to give a visitor a fist-bump.

Later baseball coach Mitch Bohon stopped in the field house to talk about a weekend golf tournament. He got a high five from the visitor.