Articles by Adam Minichino
Agreessive and offensive: Cannizaro establishing new mind-set
STARKVILLE — Get used to the hearing words like “highly aggressive” and “highly offensive” from Andy Cannizaro.
Mississippi State’s first-year head baseball coach used the terms often Tuesday in discussing his philosophy and the approach he wants his hitters to take now that the Bulldogs have opened practice and are counting down the days to the season opener against 2016 College World Series participant Texas Tech at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Dudy Noble Field.
Schaefer wants to find a way to duplicate Bulldogs’ offensive execution
STARKVILLE — Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
When your job security depends largely on the number of games your team wins, no coach is above stealing a play from an opponent if it is successful.
Covington playing variety of roles for Starkville High girls
STARKVILLE — Jariyah Covington has a good memory.
The Starkville High School junior has plenty of good ones she can call on when she wants to reflect on the girls basketball team’s back-to-back runs to the Final Four of the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 6A State tournament.
Fourth-ranked Bulldogs return to win column against Aggies
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State women’s basketball team might have found someone to take a little bit of the scoring load off the shoulders of Victoria Vivians.
Texas A&M coach Blair proud of Mississippi State growth
STARKVILLE — It’s safe to call Gary Blair an icon.
MSU NotebooK: Second quarter lifts Bulldogs past Aggies
STARKVILLE — There’s something about the second quarter that brings out the best in the Mississippi State women’s basketball team.
No. 4 MSU will try to take some of load off Vivians
STARKVILLE — The slightest advantage can make all the difference in a heavyweight title fight.
Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer intends to take the lessons from his team’s 64-61 loss to No. 5 South Carolina on Monday night and find ways No. 4 MSU can create those advantages to make more plays to put it on the right side of the ledger.
MSU women get back to work after first loss
STARKVILLE — It’s time for the Mississippi State women’s basketball team to get back to work.
There won’t be any more talk of season-opening winning streaks or best starts to a campaign. Those storylines vanished Monday night when No. 5 South Carolina defeated No. 4 MSU 64-61 at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina.
Alexander: Caledonia boys are peaking at right time
CALEDONIA — Garrett Parish remembers the Caledonia High School boys soccer team talking about making the playoffs before the 2016-17 season started.
It didn’t matter to Parish or co-captain and senior classmate Quaid Phillips — or any of the other Confederates for that matter — that the team had a new coach, Louis Alexander, who was bound to change some things.
That didn’t bother Parish, Phillips, and the team’s other four seniors because they wanted to close their careers in style, so their hope was to help the team advance as far in the postseason as possible.
New Hope’s Gerhart signs with Northeast Mississippi
Kelsie Gerhart has realized her dream.
Although she had a feeling for several months where she would end up, the New Hope High School senior made her plans official Wednesday morning when she signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville.
MSU Notebook: Richardson delivers in loss to South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The blocked shot could have been a silencer.
Showdown time arrives in Columbia as No. 4 MSU faces No. 5 South Carolina
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State women’s basketball program’s journey into uncharted territory continues.
Johnson, Williams could be key pieces for No. 4 MSU women
STARKVILLE — Vic Schaefer trusts experience.
When you have been coaching for more than 30 years, you tend to develop an ability to develop talent. It helps, too, when you have someone on your staff like associate head coach Johnnie Harris who has been through the battles in the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 Conference, two of the nation’s top leagues, and can help you nurture players and bring out the best they can deliver.
Third quarter saves No. 4 MSU women
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — For 30 minutes Thursday night, the No. 4 Mississippi State women’s basketball team was immersed in one of those “knock-down, drag-out” games coach Vic Schaefer knows all too well from his years in the Southeastern Conference.
No. 4 MSU not content to be 19-0
STARKVILLE — Humble and hungry.
Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer is going to try to follow that way of thinking the rest of the season. It might sound like a difficult proposition, especially since the Bulldogs are off to a program-record 19-0 start and have climbed to all-time high rankings in The Associated Press and the USA Today polls (No. 4).
Coaches confident about Jones at Starkville
Character is important to Tyrone Shorter.
He tries to mold it into all of his football players at Noxubee County. He also tries to instill it in the Tigers by playing some of the toughest competition every season.
Pickens Academy’s White signs with Bevill State C.C.
CARROLLTON, Ala. — The pictures chart Jeff White’s maturation.
One picture — appropriately secured in a frame with a baseball motif — has White mustering all of his strength to wield a bat in T-ball. Another picture shows White standing a little taller than his age-group teammates. Another is a color one of him in his Pickens Academy uniform — No. 44 — and a black and white picture of his grandfather, Jack, poised in a catcher’s stance.
Futral’s big night lifts Starkville Academy past Heritage Academy
Codie Futral cradled the ball in his hands as the final seconds expired.
The Starkville Academy senior then turned his right shoulder and pointed to some of the remaining Volunteer faithful to acknowledge their support.
No. 4 MSU beats Ole Miss for record 19-0 start
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State women’s basketball team has had an uncanny knack for making history the past three seasons.
Whether it’s imposing its defensive will on opponents or frustrating them by taking multiple charges, coach Vic Schaefer has used toughness to transform the Bulldogs into a national contender.
