Columbus Nationals will find out today who they will play at World Series

Chad Moody and the Columbus Nationals are moving blindly into the Dizzy Dean World Series.

ALL-AREA TEAM: Holifield led New Hope softball team by example

Dedicated. Driven. Determined.

Patience valuable ingredient to tournament survival

Patience is an essential ingredient to baseball and softball enlightenment.

It also helps to have a healthy does of patience when you’re dealing with Mother Nature and her ability to alter the schedule for a tournament.

Former NHHS football player dies in accident

Park Stevens wasn’t someone who flaunted his good fortune.

Columbus High’s Stanford to be inducted into MAC Hall of Fame

Acclaimed is a word that seems to fit Tony Stanford after 37 years as a football coach.

Golsan’s showing in Oklahoma helps him earn shot at Ole Miss

Will Golsan can thank his grandparents and his parents for “the fever.”

Columbus High’s McCullough, Lee shine in Oklahoma

Chris McCullough and Trace Lee already have proven themselves as two of the top junior baseball players in the state of Mississippi.

New Hope’s Payne will get chance to play baseball at Belhaven

Tee Payne has a flair for the dramatic.

The New Hope High School standout has earned a reputation for being one of the strongest and hardest-working players on the school’s football team. His tape-measure home runs also secured him a place in the baseball team’s record books.

Four of MSU women’s basketball team’s recruits enrolled in summer school

STARKVILLE — Vic Schaefer is excited that the indoctrination process has started.

The start of the 2013-14 season is still about four months away, but the Mississippi State University women’s basketball coach and his coaching staff aren’t waiting to introduce their new players to a more demanding set of expectations.

Starkville High introduces Garner as new baseball coach

STARKVILLE — Coming home isn’t always a no-brainer.

Coaches have to consider the tradition of a program and whether their families and children will be able to make a smooth transition if a move is made.

MSU hammers Virginia in Game 1 of Super Regional

The Mississippi State University baseball team is one victory away from getting back to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., for the first time since 2007.

All-State baseball players going to Oklahoma

The Golden Triangle is sending three of the state’s best baseball players to the state of Oklahoma.

Columbus High School’s Trace Lee and Chris McCullough and New Hope High’s Will Golsan left this morning with some of the top juniors from the state of Mississippi for the 17th annual Junior Sunbelt Classic tournament in McAlester, Okla. Led by Brandon High and former New Hope High coach Stacy Hester, Columbus High coach Jeffrey Cook, and Caledonia High coach John Wilson, the team will kick off a 10-game schedule against teams from across the country Friday.

Lowrey looks forward to next step after resigning as West Oktibbeha coach

Adam Lowrey isn’t sure where his next step will take him.

Lowrey also isn’t certain if his next job will be as a head coach, a coordinator, or as an assistant coach.

New Hope needs one more win to secure state title

PEARL — Lee Boyd knows it isn’t going to be easy.

If Wednesday is any indication, the New Hope High School baseball team just might need to post a few more crooked numbers to win its first state championship in 10 years.

New attitude helps New Hope’s Earhart

Relax.

It sounds easier than you would think. After all, when you’re playing in front of a packed stadium and you have hit at the top of the lineup for most of your career and you expect to do well and you are raring to go in your first full season with the varsity, things can easily get jumbled in a hurry.

Stafford’s complete game pushes New Hope past Hernando

Taylor Stafford didn’t have time to be nervous.

A single, a bunt single, and a walk in the top of the first inning Sunday took care of any butterflies the New Hope High School junior might have had to start game two of the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A North State title series against Hernando.

Boyd’s home run provides spark for Trojans

Landon Boyd has earned a reputation for being a big-game pitcher.

In his final game at Trojan Field, Boyd proved he can do damage at the plate, too.

Birth of son, victory cap wonderful week for Boyds

Sunday was the ideal way for the Boyd family to cap a week.

Now maybe Lee Boyd and his wife, Allison, will be able to get a little more sleep.

Pieces come together to push New Hope to title series

Like many coaches, Lee Boyd had a plan.

In putting that plan into action, the New Hope High School baseball coach faced the usual decisions about playing upperclassmen and underclassmen, who would start at what position, and how he would manage his pitching staff.

But an assortment of injuries, illnesses, and ups and downs this season has forced Boyd to re-assess and to reconfigure that puzzle.

New Hope gets contributions up and down lineup in victory

PEARL — The New Hope High School baseball team has followed a winding road with more than its shares of ups and downs this season.