Area basketball standouts make state all-star rosters
The Mississippi Association of Coaches announced the rosters for the Mississippi/Alabama and Mississippi North/South All-Star games on Monday, naming local talents from Starkville and Columbus to the games.
Michael Katz: Allow me to explain my final AP ballot of the 2024-25 season
The longest college football season in history still somehow seemed a bit too short, didn’t it?
Lions claim home conference hoops opener with win over Northwest
The East Mississippi Community College men’s basketball team got back into the win column by claiming a much-needed 80-53 victory over Northwest Mississippi in their MACCC home opener Jan. 16 at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. The EMCC Lady Lions’ shooting woes resulted in a 46-35 setback to the visiting Lady Rangers in women’s action to tip off the night.
EMCC hosts Middle School Basketball Invitational Championships
East Mississippi Community College was selected to host this month’s Mississippi High School Activities Association Middle School Basketball Invitational, a weekend tournament that began Jan. 17 and will conclude on Feb. 1 with girls and boys championship games at The Keyes T. Currie Coliseum in Scooba.
Sports Column: In Round 5 of a grueling 18-round SEC slate, Mississippi State outlasts Ole Miss
There’s no such thing as a must-win game in mid-January of a Southeastern Conference basketball season that goes well into March. That doesn’t mean it can’t sometimes seem that way.
Starkville cheer heading to national championships in Orlando
Starkville High School announced on Friday that its Yellow Jacket Cheerleading Squad earned a bid to the National High School Cheerleading Championships hosted by the Universal Cheerleaders Association in Orlando, Fla. This is the team’s first bid in over 20 years.
Bulldog Bullets: Riley Kugel is Mississippi State’s X-factor
Chris Jans had three timeouts in his pocket on Saturday when Ole Miss guard Matthew Murrell hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 8.3 seconds left in regulation. But Mississippi State’s head coach did not use any of them.
Ole Miss’ Austin Simmons no longer on baseball roster to ‘concentrate on playing football’
Ole Miss redshirt sophomore quarterback Austin Simmons – who is widely expected to take over as the Rebels’ starter in 2025 following the graduation of Jaxson Dart – is “no longer on the baseball roster,” Ole Miss said in a statement Saturday.
Mississippi State to install new LED lights at Davis Wade Stadium
For the first time in 15 years, Davis Wade Stadium is getting a lighting upgrade. Mississippi State will install a new LED lighting system at its historic football stadium in time for the 2025 season, the athletic department announced Tuesday.
Allen Fields named SLIAC Track Athlete of the Week
Mississippi University for Women student-athlete Allen Fields was selected as the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week on Monday after a standout performance at the Samford Open and KMS Invitational track and field meets over the weekend.
Former Penn State receiver Harrison Wallace III commits to Ole Miss
Former Penn State wide receiver Harrison Wallace III – rated as a four-star transfer by 247Sports – has committed to Ole Miss, On3’s Hayes Fawcett reported Sunday.
Men’s Basketball: No. 14 Bulldogs can’t overcome frigid start in loss at No. 6 Tennessee
Almost the entire United States has been enveloped in a cold snap this week, and in the first half of Mississippi State’s game Tuesday night
Mississippi State women’s tennis opens season with two shutout wins
Mississippi State won every completed match in straight sets in a doubleheader sweep Saturday against Bellarmine and Samford, starting the 2025 season with a pair
Owls Hoops surging, track and field setting records
COLUMBUS — Mississippi University for Women saw its teams return to the court and the track last week. The university hosted basketball games at Pohl
Pats’ Dawson, Ledbetter help secure comeback win over Vols
COLUMBUS — When Starkville Academy and Heritage Academy meet in any sport it’s sure to have some highlights, and that was the case again as
Women’s Basketball: Mississippi State doomed by turnovers again in loss to Ole Miss
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State was trading blows down the stretch with Ole Miss on Sunday afternoon, and the in-state rivals were all knotted up as the
Men’s Basketball: Melendez’s block, Kugel’s shot lift Bulldogs over Ole Miss in OT thriller
STARKVILLE — Bodies were diving on the floor amidst a mad scramble for the ball, and with Mississippi State out of sync, Ole Miss guard
Young Mississippi State team hoping for improvement in Hooshyar’s second season
STARKVILLE — Chris Hooshyar has learned a lot about being a head coach in the year and a half since he was hired at Mississippi
Realignment shuffles several basketball regions
When the MHSAA’s biennial reclassification and realignment was announced in November, I took a brief look at how it would impact certain area football teams
Spring in the outdoors lies just around the corner
In the spring, when my little girl was tiny and life was new, we sat in the wicker porch swing behind our house on Magnolia
Bulldogs announce 2025-25 men’s golf schedule
July 24, 2025
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