Articles by Adam Minichino
A look into Golden Triangle rivalry games
Don’t call Tyrone Shorter crazy.
That might be your first inclination if you’ve seen the schedule Shorter assembled for his Noxubee County High School football team this season.
Heritage Academy boasting powerful rushing game
Barrett Donahoe never has professed a love for being a coach who loves a game plan that involves “3 yards and a cloud of dust.”
Heritage Academy shuts out Leake Academy in softball
If you follow fast-pitch softball in the state of Mississippi, you know Leake Academy has set a standard many attempt to emulate.
Ledbetter, Patriots outlast Raiders
With quarterbacks leaving the field due to injury and only three points scored through three quarters, you had the feeling special teams play was going to play a decisive role in the Oak Hill Academy-heritage Academy football game Friday night at C.L. Mitchell Field.
Michael Ledbetter was only too happy to oblige — even if he had to improvise to make something happen.
Afterward, the Heritage Academy senior running back showed he was equally adept at thinking on his feet as he was as making something happen with them.
Schaefer finds right fit with Jackson
STARKVILLE — Dionnah Jackson understands what goes into being a “master teacher.”
Jackson earned that distinction when she was a player for coach Sherri Coale at Oklahoma. Coale bestowed that title on her players when they earned the responsibility to be instructors at the women’s basketball team’s camp.
Now Jackson hopes her decision to join Vic Schaefer’s coaching staff at Mississippi State will help her continue on the path so she ultimately will be recognized as a “master coach.”
MSU soccer wants to sharpen scoring touch
STARKVILLE — Aaron Gordon has seen the improvement.
Gordon and his coaching staff have reconfigured the Mississippi State women’s soccer program to add depth, to improve conditioning, and to bolster the overall skill level in their first two full seasons so that the Bulldogs look completely different from when he arrived in Starkville from Texas Tech in 2012.
Prep football: Private schools make it work with slim rosters
Going “all out” in pads is a thing of the past for Hearne Foster.
MSU vs. Southern Mississippi: Five Things to Watch
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen is excited to start the season with in-state foe Southern Mississippi.
Oak HIll Academy looks to stop skid in series with Heritage Academy
WEST POINT — Chris Craven knows the enormity of the task that his Oak Hill Academy football team faces Friday night.
New Hope looks for continued improvement against Columbus
There’s no disguising the pain of a loss your coach calls “heartbreaking.”
Noxubee County packs focus for long road trip to Texas
MACON — Focus has been a word that has been on Tyrone Shorter’s mind a lot this week.
Ford’s hands help Caledonia overcome Mooreville
CALEDONIA — Zion Ford was just trying to make something happen.
But don’t let Ford’s use of an innocuous phrase diminish the impact of the game-changing moment he delivered Friday night.
All the Caledonia High School junior running back needed to do was use his fingertips — not once, but twice.
Ford’s juggling act on a pass from quarterback Spencer Unruh went from a possible missed opportunity to a 53-yard touchdown pass in the snap of the fingers and helped push Caledonia to a 31-7 victory against Mooreville in its home opener.
Pickens Academy playing for assistant coach Copland
Between the weather and the emotion surrounding the squad’s season opener, Josh Thacker and the Pickens Academy football team had one of the longest Friday nights of Week 1.
In addition to waiting out a lightning delay and a power outage, the Pirates had to deal with the fact they were without assistant coach Ted Copland, who is battling cancer and was forced to miss his first Friday night in 46 years as a coach.
Heritage Academy ready for tough road test
Barrett Donahoe scheduled preseason scrimmages and jamborees to prepare the Heritage Academy football team for the 2015 season.
Following games against Pillow Academy, Raymond High School, and Simpson Academy, Donahoe hoped the Patriots were primed and ready to face good competition in the regular season.
That move paid off last week against Columbus Christian in a 48-0 victory in the season opener for both teams.
New Hope wants to bounce back after losing opener
If you didn’t know any better, the statistics surely would have corresponded to a victory.
New Hope High School football Kris Pickle even sounded like he didn’t believe what happened as he ticked off the numbers — 350-360 total yards, more than 200 yards passing, 100 yards rushing, 18 first downs — from his team’s 20-3 loss to Louisville in its season opener last week.
Ford carries load as Caledonia wins football season opener
CALEDONIA — In 2014, a game of word association involving the Caledonia High School football team was easy.
Starkville duo, New Hope striker relish all-star opportunity
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