In a move first reported Monday by WCBI, Heritage Academy quarterback Mack Howard, who threw for 3,475 yards and 47 touchdowns last fall, announced he is transferring to Oxford High School for his senior season.
Howard, who threw six touchdown passes to lead the Patriots to a 51-21 win over Copiah Academy in the MAIS Class 5A championship game last fall, has received several scholarship offers, most recently from the University of Utah and the University of Pittsburgh, and has drawn interest from many major programs.
Howard said playing for the MHSAA Class 6A Chargers will help wherever he plays college football.
“I love it here, but I feel this will get me prepared for the next level mentally and physically,” Howard told The Dispatch. “Thankfully, I have great friends and coaches, and they were all very understanding. Leaving here was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made.”
Softball
Starkville pounds out 23 hits in sweep of West Point
Kendel Thompson, Aubree Montgomery, Presley Buckley and Presley Ravencraft each had a multihit game in the Starkville High School softball team’s 13-hit attack as the Yellow Jackets rolled to a 14-7 win over West Point on Tuesday.
Winning pitcher Marion Tate (1-1) allowed just four hits for Starkville.
In the opener, Destinee Madison went 3 for 5 and Montgomery went 3 for 4 as the Yellow Jackets crushed the Green Wave 16-7.
Jaliyah Conley went 2 for 4, and Kiersten Burnett went 2 for 5 to back pitcher Olivia Mattison (2-2), who struck out seven.
Ja’leah Orr singled and doubled for West Point, while Madison Thompson also had a double.
Baseball
Columbus 20, Philadelphia 18: The Falcons used an 11-run third inning to avenge an earlier defeat to the Tornadoes.
New Hope 14, Caledonia 3: Sophomore Colin Perrigin went 2 for 2 with a double and four RBIs for the Trojans, who scored seven runs in the fifth inning and seven more in the sixth.
Richard Guy and Gates Gerhart also had two hits for New Hope, wh
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