Articles by Adam Minichino
Sharp helps lead Victory Christian to CFA championship
Anthony Sharp hasn’t had much time to think about the final football game of his prep career.
MSU’s Richardson could see bigger role at new position
STARKVILLE — As a point guard, Jerica James knows how to direct traffic.
The senior is familiar with all of the hand signals and the subtle eye maneuvers that allow teammates to work their magic without using words. If there is one signal James and all point guards know, it is when a player grabs the ball and uses one arm to wave everyone off to one side of the floor as if to say, “Get out of my way. I got this.”
MSU women start by sharing ball
STARKVILLE — Vic Schaefer feels his 2014-15 Mississippi State women’s basketball team has enough weapons to make opponents pay inside, outside, or against any kind of defense.
Defense helps Victory Christian swarm to CFA title
COTTONDALE, Ala. — Seventy.
In Eight-Man football, that’s not such a big number.
But when your archrival puts that number up against you in rallying from a 29-point deficit for a victory, that can lead to frustrating times.
Potential key word for MSU commitment Campbell
Sam Caldwell believes Zion Campbell has the potential to help his Riverdale Baptist (Md.) girls basketball team build on its national championship from last season.
Vic Schaefer and the Mississippi State women’s basketball coaches have seen that potential, too, and they hope Campbell can continue to develop and push the Bulldogs closer to championships of their own.
Noxubee County focuses on little things as it opens Class 4A playoffs
MACON — Approach. Focus. The little things.
Caledonia ready for playoff opportunity at Ripley
CALEDONIA — Brandon Henry knows how far the Caledonia High School football program has traveled in the past two seasons.
Rams look to build on historic playoff victory
STEENS — On the road to a season filled with firsts, Columbus Christian football coach Greg Watkins has watched his team mature.
Patriots look to end season with victory
Barrett Donahoe doesn’t have any problem putting David Herrington in a conversation with the state’s best football players.
New Hope celebrates senior night, looks ahead to playoffs
The mark of a good team is its ability to bounce back from a tough loss or to recharge after an emotional high.
Hill, Payne have Columbus one win from playoffs
Randal Montgomery’s facial expression says all you want to know about Leon Payne.
Even though it’s a small smile, one that barely moves his lips, the question about his senior defensive lineman gets the first-year Columbus High School football coach to reveal how much Payne has meant to the team’s success this season.
Victory Christian eager to craft new ending to CFA rivalry
There’s just something about Tuscaloosa Christian that gets to Bo McCrary and Shane Bradford.
The Victory Christian football players don’t know exactly what it is about their archrivals that they dislike so much. Upon further review, McCrary and Bradford know hyperbole and bombast typically are associated with heated rivals. They want to assure you there is no need for those things in this rivalry because the teams know how serious matters are when they meet.
Columbus Christian sets stage for more history
STEENS — Years from now, Thomas Dantzler and Ben Campbell can say there were there.
They will be able to remember if others who claim they were in Steens on a windy Halloween night in October in 2014 are telling the truth or if they are spinning a tale.
Dantzler and Campbell will remember Friday night because they were on the sidelines watching the Columbus Christian Academy football team beat DeSoto School (Ark.) 34-14 in the school’s first Mississippi Association of Independent Schools 11-man home playoff game.
Victory Christian opens CFA playoffs tonight
Anthony Sharp doesn’t want his football career to end at Victory Christian with any unfinished business.
Columbus hopes to keep playoff hopes alive versus Murrah
Randal Montgomery isn’t a what if kind of guy.
Dillingham trying to build consistent shooting stroke
STARKVILLE — “Inconsistent at best.”
That’s how Mississippi State women’s basketball Vic Schaefer described the shooting form of Dominique Dillingham in the 2013-14 season.
Noxubee County getting healthy at right time
MACON — Dr. Shorter will see you now.
After fighting for the past few weeks to get all of his players healthy, Noxubee County High School football coach Tyrone Shorter finally feels his team is back to 100 percent. The return to health comes at just about the perfect time, as Noxubee County will play host to Houston in its Class 4A, Region 4 regular-season finale.
