Sports

Wave archers set new mark but still fall

The West Point High archery team inched closer to the goal of 3,000 points in a match, but it still wasn’t enough to take down the Houston Hilltoppers Monday night as Houston defeated the Green Wave 3.128-2,903.

Young Wave softball makes impressions

Heavy rains put a damper Tuesday on what was supposed to be the West Point High School Softball Classic, but the rain out gave Lady Green Wave softball coach Casey Finch a chance to reflect on the weekend scrimmages against quality opponents in Caledonia and New Hope.

Lady Wave wins, heads to Germantown

A young team worries about possibly it’s last game. And then it all goes away.

The West Point Lady Green Wave turned a 21-21 halftime tie into a 54-34 blow out over visiting Lake Cormorant in the first round of the Class 5A girls state high school basketball tournament Monday night.

Wave baseball wins jamboree games

Solid pitching and timely hitting produced a pair of wins Saturday as the West Point High baseball team got its final tune up for the start of the regular season.

The Green Wave shut out East Webster 3-0 and then downed Starkville 5-2 in a jamboree at New Hope.

Lady Wave host Cormorant in playoffs

The West Point High girls basketball team fell 62-46 Friday night to Lafayette County in the championship game of the District 1 tournament.

Wave takes third, advances to state


Junior point guard Dishoune Cooperwood exploded for 22 points, including 10-for-10 from the free throw line, to lift West Point to a 47-27 high school basketball win over Lafayette County and the final district slot in the first round of next week’s state playoffs.

Raider girls win, take on Central Holmes

They played their best quarter of the year, then got knocked down, and responded with their best overall half of the year. For the Oak Hill Academy girls basketball team, it added up to a 61-47 victory over Marshal Academy in the opening game of the district tournament at Marshal.

Wave split with Saltillo, eye tourney

A swarming defense helped turn things around and the most balanced scoring they’ve had all year helped make it stand up as the West Point High girls basketball team took a 54-50 win Friday  over visiting Saltillo on Senior Night.

Raiders fall in season finales, ready for tourney

Marshall Academy had no real answer for Oak Hill’s Rachel McLain. Unfortunately, the Lady Raiders also had no real answer for Marshall Academy’s dynamic pair of Kay Kay Parks or Peyton Stephenson.

Losses put damper of OHA senior night, Bales tribute

Senior night didn’t shine on Oak Hill Academy’s basketball teams Tuesday.