High-scoring Ole Miss opens SEC at home

The University of Mississippi women’s soccer team’s high-scoring ways will be put to the test this weekend.

Through seven matches, Ole Miss has relied on an offense that has scored a Southeastern-Conference best 26 goals en route to a 7-0 record.

Alabama will look to depth as SEC schedule kicks off

University of Alabama women’s soccer coach Todd Bramble and his coaches wondered in the preseason who was going to emerge to help the team score goals.

Bramble and his coaches knew a solid group of freshman had the potential to provide a boost to a program that returned to the NCAA tournament last season.

Time is now for Patriots to step up

The time is now for the Heritage Academy football team.

Off to fast start, Bulldog soccer team hits road to begin conference play

Neil Macdonald sees the similarities.

This year, though, he wants different results.

Late inning heroics lead to defeat for New Hope softball

The screams reverberating from the bus as it left Lady Trojan Field on Tuesday night reflect the intensity of the rivalry between the Neshoba Central and New Hope high school slow-pitch softball teams.

GOING THE EXTRA MILE: Noxubee County’s Robinson paces Tigers’ surge

MACON — Darrell Robinson doesn’t mind that the tide has turned.

Richardson commits to MSU women

Breanna Richardson still has the list.

Replete with Southeastern Conference members University of Georgia, University of Arkansas, Auburn University, and the University of Alabama, Richardson’s final collection of schools had a Southern flavor to it.

Heritage Academy volleyball continues to make progress

Liz Fields and Liz Byrne aren’t allowing the Heritage Academy volleyball team to use inexperience as an excuse.

Cunningham, Tate work overtime for Rams

STEENS — K.C. Cunningham and Justin Tate had no way of knowing how long it was going to take the Immanuel Christian football team to get its first victory of the 2012 season.

Sykes’ field goal lifts Columbus past New Hope

The shoe isn’t flashy.

One look at the worn black surface and it’s easy to tell it isn’t the latest model or named after a famous kicker.

Victory against New Hope shows Columbus’ progress

Trace Lee has grown up around the Columbus High School football program.

His older brother, Tyson, was a quarterback at Columbus High before he moved on to Itawamba Community College and Mississippi State.

Despite having Tyson at quarterback, Columbus never established itself as a consistent football program that could compete with the state’s best teams.

Columbus edges New Hope on late FG

Greg Sykes kicked a 24-yard field goal with 42 seconds remaining in the game Friday night to lift the Columbus High School football team to a 9-6 victory against New Hope at Trojan Field.

Columbus will renew rivalry with New Hope

Michael Bradley hopes his team has a short memory.

Coming off one of the worst losses in his seven years as a head coach at New Hope High School, Bradley and the Trojans will return to action at 7:30 tonight to play host to Columbus High.

Heritage Academy looking for better execution

Execution.

One word describes such a complicated process that is an essential ingredient to success on Friday nights.

Texas standout Dillingham also to join Lady Bulldogs’ program

The Mississippi State University women’s basketball team’s class for 2013-14 is shaping up quite nicely.

Ballard becoming louder leader for Tigers

MACON — DeAngelo Ballard listened and watched.

‘Team Extreme’ Caledonia beats New Hope

The Caledonia High School volleyball team couldn’t help but get caught up in another night of firsts for its cross-county rival New Hope High.

Caledonia defeats Heritage Academy to go to 3-0

CALEDONIA — Ben Marchbanks doesn’t mind that his offensive line isn’t the biggest in the area.

Onterrio Lowery knows there are other teams in the state of Mississippi that have deeper and more talented backfields.

Cole Bruce understands some teams can boast they have a stronger and faster group of skill position players.

Caledonia beats Heritage Academy to go to 3-0

CALEDONIA — Onterrio Lowery rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown, and the Caledonia High School football team capitalized on three turnovers Friday night in a 20-7 victory against Heritage Academy.

Columbus, New Hope back after bye weeks

Kevin Jackson Jr. helped the Columbus High School football team forget about Damian Baker for at least one week.

Now the Falcons will have to find someone to replace Jackson Jr., who broke both of the bones in his lower ankles last week and will miss the rest of the season.