Articles by Scott Walters
Prep football: For high schools, long away games present challenges
Columbus High School football coach Randal Montgomery likes rivalry games.
EMCC wraps up regular season at Delta
East Mississippi Community College found additional incentive for its final football game of the regular season Tuesday afternoon.
Columbus tops Southaven to move to 4-0 in region play
SOUTHAVEN — Columbus High School sophomore cornerback Devon King and the rest of his defensive teammates knew their margin for error was slim.
No. 8 EMCC rolls past No. 4 Northwest Mississippi C.C.
SCOOBA — Dario Robinson does a lot of things in the “spur of the moment” on the football field.
The East Mississippi Community College sophomore began the year as a wide receiver. He also has been a running back, a defensive back, and a kick returner.
On Thursday night, he became a kick blocker extraordinaire.
Robinson blocked two kicks and dotted the stat sheet in all of his usual places as No. 8 EMCC routed No. 4 Northwest Mississippi C.C. 49-16 in a Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges North Division matchup at Sullivan-Windham Field.
Copiah-Lincoln forfeits won’t affect EMCC
SCOOBA — A Wednesday ruling by the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges reinstated East Mississippi Community College’s undefeated football season.
Sort of.
In the second game of the regular season, EMCC dropped a 31-24 overtime decision to Copiah-Lincoln C.C. in Wesson. The loss snapped EMCC’s 25-game winning streak, which at the time was the second longest in the history of the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Rise of the Falcons: Columbus High football team is 3-0 in region play for first time ever
East Mississippi Community College freshman defensive back Alexander Lipscomb was in the postgame handshake line Thursday night at Holmes Community College when an unusual question was asked.
“How about those Falcons?”
Columbus softball sweeps Clinton to start postseason play
Columbus High School slow-pitch softball player Frankela McCloud has watched her program grow before her very eyes.
Ole Miss learns Tunsil’s fate as it prepares for Memphis
The Ole Miss football team is used to weekly challenges as a member of the Southeastern Conference this week.
However, this isn’t your ordinary week for the No. 13 Rebels. At 11 a.m. Saturday (WKDH-WTVA), Ole Miss will step outside of the SEC to face a formidable foe — undefeated Memphis — in the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.
In addition to playing a regional rival, Ole Miss learned Monday that starting left tackle Laremy Tunsil will miss the game against Memphis as he final game of a seven-game suspension. He will be able to return for Ole Miss’ game Oct. 24 against Texas A&M.
Tunsil sat out Ole Miss’ first six games. Those games were included in the penalty the NCAA handed down against Tunsil for receiving several improper benefits.
Gholar, Falcons improve to 3-0 in region
Columbus High School senior linebacker Mario Bradford had all but given up one of his goals for the season.
“I really wanted a pick-six,” Bradford said. “Eventually you realize you are to going to run out of games. However, when I saw that ball coming right over the middle right at me, I got real excited. This was going to be my chance.”
No. 6 EMCC rolls past Holmes C.C.
GOODMAN — East Mississippi Community College freshman running back Jacquez Horsley and the rest of his teammates were ready to get the preliminaries out of the way Thursday night.
EMCC risks 15-game North Division win streak at Holmes C.C.
East Mississippi Community College freshman running back Isaiah Wright is pretty excited about showing what he has learned.
Walters column: Thanks to fast starts, Columbus and Starkville could meet in postseason
For fans of the Columbus-Starkville high school football rivalry, you might be in luck this year after all.
Player of Week: Hill turns in second 200-yard performance to lead Columbus
Columbus High School junior running back Kylin Hill did not have to be told it was time to step up.
Columbus moves to 2-0 in region play with win at Tupelo
TUPELO — Columbus High School head football coach Randal Montgomery found motivation in an unusual place this week.
EMCC overcomes adversity, injuries to beat JCJC
ELLISVILLE — East Mississippi Community College sophomore Dario Robinson admitted he had nerves before his first plays on defense in a junior college game.
“My teammates were getting me hyped,” Robinson said. “My guys on the defense even told me I was going to intercept a pass. I didn’t believe them.”
No. 7 EMCC readies for Jones in final non-division game
East Mississippi Community College is back on the other side of the feel good meter.
Walters column: First half of season gives lots of storylines
As we officially hit the halfway point of the prep football season, it is safe to say this season will be remembered for years to come.
