Glasgow, O’Neil spark Caledonia High baseball team

CALEDONIA — Jantsen Glasgow and Zach O’Neil like to keep it simple.

While other players might twist themselves up in knots tweaking swings or deliveries, Glasgow and O’Neil have learned to embrace the tenets of hitting the ball the other way and throwing strikes.

Running helps Franks juggle busy life

Running is still fun for Meggan Franks.

From 5-Kilometer races to half marathons to marathons, Franks enjoys the high she gets from pushing herself and competing. Even after completing a career as a cross country runner and a track and field athlete at Mississippi State in 2006, Franks has found a way to keep running as an integral part of her life. It doesn’t matter that work, teaching, family life, and motherhood sometimes make finding time to run challenging because Franks’ competitive fire still drives her to find time to run.

Minichino column: MSU women needing adjustments going forward

What a ride.

The Mississippi State women’s basketball team arrived back in Starkville on Saturday with the carnage of a 98-38 loss to three-time reigning national champion Connecticut fresh on its mind.

MSU women set for next season

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The next step.

Minichino column: Riley changes landscape for Columbus basketball

The target was on the back of the Columbus High School boys basketball team from the day Luther Riley was hired.

MSU overwhelmed by top-ranked UConn in Sweet 16

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — It took 3 minutes, 14 seconds for Vic Schaefer and the Mississippi State women’s basketball team to realize it wasn’t their day.

MSU staff has perspective on challenge of facing UConn

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Skylar Collins knows how challenging it can be to play the Connecticut women’s basketball team.

As a senior at Texas A&M in 2012, Collins and the Aggies traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, as the reigning national champions. But the Jimmy V Classic game at the XL Center between the No. 2 Huskies and the No. 8 Aggies quickly turned into a forgettable affair.

Dailey has helped UConn women establish their greatness

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Things do change in the Connecticut women’s basketball program.

For years, associate head coach Chris Dailey’s signature drink was Diet Coke. While Dailey admits she still drinks the carbonated beverage during games, her tastes have turned to a different option. These days, Dailey, who is in her 31st year as a member of Geno Auriemma’s coaching staff, prefers freshly brewed idea tea from Panera.

Bully ready for UConn challenge

JoJo Dodd has known Bully, the Mississippi State University mascot, since he was little.

Schaefer becomes second women’s coach to lead MSU to Sweet 16

STARKVILLE — Martha Alwal had no idea what the Mississippi State women’s basketball team could accomplish.

MSU women’s basketball team wants proper mind-set

STARKVILLE — It’s all in the mind-set for the Mississippi State women’s basketball team.

Caledonia’s Pace signs offer with Blue Mountain College

CALEDONIA — Alexis Pace knows what it is like to be part of a team.

Stage set for MSU women to face sport’s gold standard

STARKVILLE

Has the ringing in your ears stopped?

The cheers of 7,094 fans are still reverberating in Humphrey Coliseum two days after the Mississippi State women’s basketball team defeated Michigan State 74-72 in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Pounders shines in first varsity starts for New Hope

Drew Pounders received word to be ready a few days prior to the New Hope High School baseball team’s doubleheader Saturday against Winfield (Ala.) and Lamar County (Ala.).

Pounders had a feeling he might get a chance for his first varsity start against Winfield because Koby Harcrow, the team’s starting shortstop, was scheduled to pitch, so the heads up from New Hope coach Lee Boyd helped Pounders get his mind right.

Maroon Madness

“Maroon Madness” is made in March.

How else could describe a game in which one team built and lost a 13-point lead, saw the other team go on a 20-0 run, and ended in a scramble for the basketball under one of the goals?

Opportunities were there for Michigan State in second round

STARKVILLE — The opportunities were there.

Buoyed by a few rows of fans behind their bench in an otherwise hostile environment, the Michigan State women’s basketball team did the unthinkable Sunday afternoon. After falling behind by 13 points (51-38) midway through the third quarter, the Spartans used a 20-0 run to turn the tide and all but silence the crowd of 7,094 in Humphrey Coliseum.

Richardson, MSU women show toughness worthy of trip to Sweet 16

STARKVILLE — There is no greater intangible than toughness.

Through all of its ups and downs and scoring droughts and youthful mistakes, the Mississippi State women’s basketball team has built an identity on tenacity, floor burns, and physical play. It hasn’t always been pretty, but coach Vic Schaefer’s squad has worked itself into the hearts of a record number of Bulldog fans and found a way to win basketball games on the biggest stages.

There was no greater example of all of those factors than Sunday in one of the best atmospheres in the history of basketball at the Hump.

Nevitt continues trend of next player up for Bulldogs

STARKVILLE — Next woman up, part deux.

If Kayla Nevitt has learned anything this season, it is to be ready on the bench.

The 5-foot-10 sophomore has one of the sweetest shooting strokes on the Mississippi State women’s basketball team. But it can be a challenge to find playing time when you’re behind a lunch-pail player like Dominique Dillingham and a scorer like Victoria Vivians.

Michigan State wants offensive dominance

STARKVILLE — Suzy Merchant knows what it is like to be a part of an “ugly” game.

MSU eager for chance to play for Sweet 16 berth

STARKVILLE — Victoria Vivians knows the effect she has on the Mississippi State women’s basketball team.