Articles by Scott Walters
No. 1 EMCC plays for national title today
Since it has been 36 months without a football national championship, players and coaches are ready to get to work at East Mississippi Community College.
No. 1 EMCC set to arrive in Perkinston for Mississippi Bowl
When the calendar hits December, it usually means the East Mississippi Community College football team is ready to play for a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship.
McCowan has big night in Jackson
JACKSON — Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer really enjoyed Wednesday night.
There were a lot of numbers that made post-game box score notations last longer than usual.
Local teams dominate state title matchups
What started in the long, summer hours of July will end this weekend at Ole Miss’ Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
The Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) is ready to close the 2017 football season with six state championship games on Friday and Saturday in Oxford.
Columbus sweeps Noxubee County in basketball doubleheader
Columbus High School senior Casey Smith had a feeling it might be his night when he hit his first 3-pointer.
When his second 3-pointer hit the iron, bounced in the air, hit the iron again, bounced high one more time, bounced off the glass, and then rolled for a few seconds before finding home, he knew for sure.
Final set of questions for state title games
In July, we asked several questions prior to the prep football season.
Twenty weeks have passed and we are set for Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) State championship weekend.
Brownlee helps balance West Point attack
WEST POINT — West Point High School football coach Chris Chambless feels a little twinge when his team passes the football.
Chambless isn’t worried about the outcome of the play because his top-ranked team is strong in the passing game. Instead, it is the veteran coach’s dislike of passing the ball in general that causes the reaction.
Quinndary Weatherspoon’s 3-pointer lifts MSU
STARKVILLE — While the Mississippi State men’s basketball team continues to languish at the bottom of the Southeastern Conference 3-point statistics, Quinndary Weatherspoon hit the one that mattered Sunday afternoon.
Weatherspoon’s off-balanced 3-pointer from the left side of the lane with 0.7 seconds remaining lifted MSU past Jacksonville State 59-56 at Humphrey Coliseum.
Defense continues dominance for West Point
WEST POINT — West Point High School junior defensive back Tyler Rupert had been waiting patiently for his first two-interception game.
The time finally arrived Friday night at Hamblin Stadium.
Brownlee’s receiving complements ground game
WEST POINT — West Point High School coach Chris Chambless doesn’t call it “opening up the playbook.”
However, he knows his squad has talent and lots of options on offense.
Brown sets record in Ole Miss’ victory
STARKVILLE — It took almost two full seasons before Starkville native A.J. Brown played a collegiate game at Davis Wade Stadium.
The Ole Miss sophomore wide receiver made up for lost time Thursday night.
Defense has helped pave way for West Point to reach North State title game
The mind-set was established early.
“From the beginning of the season, it has been about pride,” West Point senior lineman Terence Cherry said. “We won the championship (in 2016) and that made us want another one. You can really establish yourself as being the best ever by winning two championships. For the seniors, this is very important to us.”
West Point will try to keep doing what it does
West Point High School football coach Chris Chambless does not overthink games this late in the season.
For a second-straight week, the undefeated Green Wave will face a rematch in the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 5A playoffs.
Rematches dominate local playoff schedule
Many football fans don’t like rematches.
It’s best when two teams play each other one time per season.
The disdain for rematches only intensifies when it looks like a rivalry game will be played for the second time in a season.
Walters column: West Point, Noxubee County, Starkville in familiar territory
Many of you will be sitting down with family members for a Thanksgiving feast Thursday.
Brownlee making big impact on West Point
When West Point senior Jason Brownlee is asked whether he prefers playing offense or playing defense, he takes a long pause before answering.
EMCC mourns loss of Clemons
East Mississippi Community College is mourning the loss of one of its most popular football players today.
Sophomore Tyone Clemons was killed in a one-vehicle accident late Saturday morning in Jones County. A former All-State lineman at West Jones High School, Clemons died shortly after a wreck on Summerland Road, close to the West Jones High campus.
MSU football scores late to nip Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Nick Fitzgerald has established himself as nothing short of one of the Southeastern Conference’s top quarterbacks, if not the best, in his two seasons at the starter at Mississippi State.
Starkville girls use big second quarter to top Columbus
When the shots were not falling Tuesday night, the Starkville High girls’ basketball team went in another direction.
Four local soccer teams place at state and regional tournaments
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