Sports

Crowley gets Vandy release, weighs options

West Point native Austin Crowley has obtained his release from his basketball scholarship to Vanderbilt and now is weighing offers from several other universities.

But he’ll wait until this week’s Geico National Challenge in New York City is over.

Wave archers improve, take AIMS North State

West Point High’s archery team saved its best for last.

After shooting mediocre scores for much of the season, the Green Wave archers spent the last two weeks practicing hard.

Unearned runs spell loss for Wave

Two unearned runs cost West Point in a 7-5 extra-inning high school baseball loss Saturday to traditional power New Hope.

Dash for home lands win for Raiders

Oak Hill built a big lead, watched it slip away and then survived a wild extra inning to claim a 12-11 high school baseball win Saturday afternoon over visiting Lee Academy.

Melton takes two firsts at track meet

West Point High’s boys track team brought home several honors from Saturday’s 49 th annual Daily Journal Relays that drew more than 20 teams from Mississippi and Tennessee to Tupelo High.

Senior Ryan Melton had a near-career day.

Crowley, team headed to national showdown

A West Point athlete will get a chance to show off his skills on a national stage next month when his basketball team competes in the prestigious GEICO High School Basketball Nationals in New York.

The event, April 4-6, features eight of the top high school teams in the country.

Wave scores two in seventh to take win

West Point broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the top of the seventh and then hung on for a 4-3 high school baseball victory Wednesday night over West Marion as part of a two-day spring break swing to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Raiders’ baseball drops one, ties

A tight pitcher’s duel ends in a 3-3 tie after Amite Center rallies with three runs Tuesday to tie Oak Hill Academy in a spring break match up in Jackson.

Lady Wave fall to Texas team

A big inning dooms West Point as Arlington, Texas High School takes a 15-0 high school softball victory Wednesday in the Gulf Coast Classic I in Gulf Shores, Ala.

Beach tourney offers lessons for Lady Wave

West Point High’s girls softball team broke through on the scoreboard Tuesday, but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Green Wave continued to learn some lessons from some of the best teams in the Southeast in the Gulf Coast Classic I in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Ala.