Sports

Bulldogs advance to third-consecutive Sweet 16

Leadership and maturity were two of the qualities that coach Vic Schaefer said would be vital for his Mississippi State team to do special things in 2018.

Monday night’s second-round match up with a resilient Oklahoma State team made those qualities all the more important.

West Point fishing duo wins Aliceville tournament

One of North Mississippi’s best high school fishing duos lands another title.

West Point’s Jordan Camp and Seth Edwards won the high school fishing tournament at Aliceville Saturday, boating five fish weighing 10.34 pounds. Camp and Edwards are the defending state champions.

Waverly, Mossy Oak a rare chance for prep golfers

Some of the top high school golfers in the state will converge Monday on Old Waverly and Mossy Oak golf courses for one of the state's unique tournaments.

Magnolia Rehabilitation’s Player of the Week: Collins Trolio

Oak Hill Academy seventh-grader Collins Trolio plays #3 on the Raiders’ varsity golf team. Trolio shot a 79 at Deerfield in the Simpson Academy season opener for a top 10. Congratulations to Collins for being named Magnolia Rehabilitation’s Player of the Week.

Oak Hill sees lead vanish in an 8-5 loss to Heritage

It was about as good of a situation the Oak Hill Raiders could ask for after two innings for the Oak Hill Raiders on Wednesday.

Wave comes up short to Caledonia, Cleveland Central

West Point 8, Caledonia 9

The West Point High School Green Wave baseball team scored eight runs in the last two innings, but failed to get the offensive production needed in a 8-9 loss to Caledonia on Wednesday in the Oxford Spring Break Tournament.

West Point drops tourney game to Houston

A couple of missed opportunities cost the West Point Green Wave baseball team Tuesday night in a 9-4 loss to perennial power Houston.

Wave wins thriller over Amory

West Point took advantage of an error for two runs of their own and then made the plays when they had to to hang on to a 3-2 high school baseball victory over Amory Tuesday afternoon in the first of what will be four games in a tournament in Oxford.

Raiders split pair of blowouts on Tuesday

The Oak Hill Academy Raiders struggled at the plate and in the field Tuesday morning, suffering a 13-2 loss to visiting Kirk Academy.

The game was the first in a two-game home stretch for the Raiders on Tuesday as part of the Golden Triangle Spring Break Classic.

County revenues show slow but steady growth

If the previous three years hold true, Clay County's property tax revenues could top $6 million for the first time.