‘Hooping with First Responders’: SPD hosting annual basketball tournament to benefit National Night Out
STARKVILLE — The Starkville Sportsplex will host the Starkville Police Department’s annual basketball tournament on Saturday at the Outlaw Center, featuring teams of first responders from across the Golden Triangle playing to raise money for Starkville’s National Night Out festivities.
At 18, Konnor Griffin prepares for biggest day of his life: MLB Draft Day
Put yourself, just for the moment, in Konnor Griffin’ size 13 baseball spikes. Just imagine:
Office Hours: The real story. No bull
In this space last week, I gave you a primer on MSU’s new conference mates, Oklahoma and Texas. But, as a couple of loyal readers reminded me, Mississippi State and Texas actually have a history on – and off – the gridiron.
Office Hours: Meeting the new neighbors
Where were you on July 1, 2012? That’s the day Missouri and Texas A&M became official members of the Southeastern Conference.
Office Hours: Stuck between a rock and a hard place
Before Monday’s College World Series final pitting Texas A&M against Tennessee, someone asked me who I was rooting for. I didn’t have an answer for them.
Office Hours: A dumb rule is still a rule
Like lots of people across the Golden Triangle, my family and I spent last weekend shuttling back and forth to a Mississippi Dizzy Dean State Tournament.
Office Hours: The end of college sports is just the beginning for college sports
It finally happened.
After decades of inaction, wishful thinking or just plain ignorance, the NCAA, long a relic of the past, is finally facing its future.
Office Hours: Baseball is hard. It’s even harder when you beat yourself.
You’ve probably heard the old adage – hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports.
FLY & STY Hustle tourney will bring more than 75 basketball teams to Golden Triangle
COLUMBUS — The Golden Triangle will play host to a big Amateur Athletic Union basketball tournament next week as the “FLY & STY Hustle” tournament comes to town. The June 8-9 tournament will be held across multiple locations in Columbus and New Hope.
Outdoors column: Outdoor competitions offer new college angles
Bringing the outdoors into our nation’s schools has been a brilliant success on many fronts, one with even brighter days still ahead. From archery to trap and skeet, the opportunity to compete on a team in a pursuit oriented to the outside has meant wonders to many.
Two-time Super Bowl champ Willie Gay Jr. to host free youth football camp
STARKVILLE — Super Bowl champion linebacker Willie Gay Jr. is hosting his first youth football camp at his alma mater on June 8. The Juiceman Football Camp is a free, non-contact camp that will take place at Starkville High School’s Yellow Jacket Stadium and be split into two sessions.
Area scouts to host youth fishing derby June 1 at Camp Seminole
Starkville’s Cub Scout Pack 14 is starting its summer on the water, hosting a “Fishing with Friends” youth fishing derby June 1 at Camp Seminole.
Office Hours: Beach games means fun in the sun
What do you do when you’re outside with nothing better to do? For many of us, the answer is “play something.”
Elvis returns: Popular state park lake opening after 3-year hiatus
Elvis Presley Lake will host a youth fishing day tomorrow, open to youth anglers age 15 and under and the adults 21 or older who must accompany them. The lake will reopen to the general public May 22 at 6 a.m.
Outdoors column: Spring in the high country a journey of body, mind
We walked through semi-packed snow, enjoying a great swath of the West set aside for Scouting a long time gone. Leaving civilization behind, we were arriving at strengths within ourselves, the sort of journey to nowhere that moves maturity a long way forward nonetheless.
‘You teach them how to be disciplined on and off the court’
STARKVILLE — Starkville High School has a new boys basketball head coach.
The district announced the appointment of Anthony Carlyle on Friday, ending a search that began after the divisive decision last month to move on from Qu’Varius “Woodie” Howard.
The decision to bring in Carlyle fits the ambitions of a program like Starkville that hopes to be a perennial contender, but more than that, Carlyle’s track record fits the desire from both the district and community for a coach who specializes in developing young men.
Outdoors column: Don’t let imagined expectations drive you crazy
The Boy sat in a metal chair on the Old Man’s porch. Bright sunshine looked down on an early spring day. A cool wind rustled the last of the past season’s dead leaves, brushing over rows of dark green corn, stalks just sprouted waving six inches high. School was almost over for the year, but his mind wasn’t on the coming summer. Instead, it was on yesterdays, on friendships he’d grown out of, on expectations and complicated plans whose outcome he couldn’t see.
Office Hours: Saturdays in the park (and Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays)
As April turns to May, an evening ritual is in full swing for many area families.
Columbus Lake hosts Bass Federation state championship
COLUMBUS — Some of the finest bass fishermen and women in Mississippi will gather in Columbus this weekend for the 2024 Mississippi Bass Federation State Championships.
Columbus Soccer becomes associate member of Mississippi Soccer Association
COLUMBUS — The Columbus Soccer Organization board of directors voted on Monday to approve joining the Mississippi Soccer Association as an associate member.