Articles by Adam Minichino
Epiphany helps Holman return to New Hope
Taylor Baudoin couldn’t help but smile.
Asked if New Hope High School girls basketball coach Laura Lee Holman was prone to harp on the “little things” in practice, Baudoin smiled and looked to teammate D.J. Sanders. She and Sanders could afford to laugh about Holman’s tendency to go over and over things in practice until the Lady Trojans get them right. On this night, a 46-38 victory against Oxford in the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A, Region 2 title game, New Hope listened to Holman in the second half and put those details into action.
Pickle takes over as New Hope football coach
Kris Pickle always believed he was going to be a head coach.
The way Pickle sees it, every good football coach has a desire to be a head coach.
After getting a chance to experience his first taste as life as a head coach, Pickle will get a second chance to do it a little closer to home.
Shaw has too much for West Lowndes
JACKSON — The Shaw High School boys basketball had too much of everything for West Lowndes on Saturday morning.
Whether it was on the offensive boards, on the 3-point arc, in the passing lanes, or out in transition, Shaw asserted control early and never let off the gas en route to a 64-31 victory in the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 1A state semifinal game at Mississippi Coliseum.
Alwal, Richardson earn All-SEC honors
Shock was the operative word Tuesday for the Mississippi State women’s basketball team.
Martha Alwal and Breanna Richardson had places at the front of the line.
MSU opens SEC tournament vs. Missouri
Vic Schaefer has talked numerous times about how much progress the Mississippi State women’s basketball team has made from last season.
Schaefer hopes the Bulldogs continue to prove him right by not duplicating the finish to the 2012-13 season.
West Lowndes recovers from slow start to reach state tournament
Don’t let the record fool you.
Roosevelt Bridges knows an 11-11 record won’t strike fear into the hearts of any opponents. But the West Lowndes High School boys basketball coach realizes eight of those losses came to larger classification schools.
More input needed to determine state’s ‘best’
Jamierra Faulkner is a great player.
The same can be said for Martha Alwal and Tia Faleru.
For arguments sake, you could throw in Valencia McFarland and no one would argue she isn’t one of the best women’s basketball players in the state of Mississippi.
Which player is “the best?”
Change helps Calmes play key role for New Hope girls
Nobody said change is easy.
Even seniors sometimes get caught up in looking at things other than the bigger picture and losing sight of what is best for the team.
MSU women finish regular season at Georgia
STARKVILLE – The rat-a-tat tap of Vic Schaefer’s finger and pen echoed throughout the interview room.
Starkville’s playoff run ends with loss to Grenada
STARKVILLE — Hit open shots, finish at the rim, and defend.
West Point season ends with loss to Callaway
WEST POINT — The West Point High School boys basketball team was living up to its billing.
No. 12 Kentucky survives MSU in OT
STARKVILLE — The inability to make one more play Thursday night resulted in another painful overtime loss for the Mississippi State women’s basketball team.
MSU women’s basketball faces nationally-ranked Kentucky
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State women’s basketball has established an identity.
West Point beats Lake Cormorant to get its wish
WEST POINT — The chant — “We want Callaway” — started with 59 seconds remaining.
The fans couldn’t help it. After all, the West Point High School boys basketball team raced out to a 27-8 lead after one quarter en route to a 77-51 victory against Lake Cormorant in the opening round of the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A North State playoffs.
Baudoin, New Hope girls apply lessons learned
The lessons come a little faster at this time of the year.
But Taylor Baudoin is doing everything she can to help make sure the New Hope High School girls basketball team is up for the challenge.
Williams, Calvert energize West Point boys
SALTILLO — Trey Williams and Demarius Calvert can make things happen.
While Williams prefers to do his damage by lifting off from the perimeter and raining 3-pointers, Calvert is more at home on the baseline, where he patrols the area around the paint waiting for his moment to spring into action.
MSU’s Alwal earns SEC honor
The numbers still stun Martha Alwal a day later.
Even though the Mississippi State junior center had a little more than 24 hours to grasp the notion she scored 25 points and grabbed 23 rebounds in a victory against Ole Miss on Sunday, Alwal still thought the idea was “surreal.”
