Prep basketball: Starkville boys close out Germantown in district finale
Leroy Hollingshed, Eric Green and Coltie Young each played big roles as the Yellow Jackets won despite an imperfect performance.
Johnasia O’Neal nets seven goals as Columbus girls soccer routs West Point
WEST POINT — Johnasia O’Neal wanted one more goal.
Starkville High School girls basketball enters 14-day quarantine because of COVID-19
The Jackets will be forced to cancel an Oct. 31 game in Tupelo and will not be able to practice or compete until the quarantine is over.
Starkville Academy girls soccer shut out by Pillow Academy in first round of MAIS playoffs
GREENWOOD — They came west laden with upset dreams again.
‘The greatest feeling’: Columbus girls basketball team holds ring ceremony during football game against New Hope
The Falcons had to wait more than six months to receive the honor after beating Brookhaven 55-51 on March 6 in Oxford for the first girls basketball title in school history.
‘Too close for comfort’: Starkville Academy girls soccer earns narrow shutout win over rival Heritage Academy
The Volunteers scored in the second minute and kept the Patriots out of their goal for the rest of the match despite several late scoring threats.
Prep girls soccer: Starkville Academy gets another win
Sara Stokes McReynolds, Lauren Bock, Kat McCaskill and Mia Kate Cade all scored for the Vols
Goal-happy Heritage Academy girls soccer routs Kirk Academy
Caroline Peal followed up Monday’s hat trick with a four-goal night for the Patriots, and Reagan Merchant scored twice.
Prep basketball: West Lowndes girls hold off Lumberton in second round to stay undefeated
The Panthers (24-0) stayed alive in the postseason with a 56-45 home win over Lumberton on Friday.
After ‘wonderful’ 13-0 start, West Lowndes girls basketball feels confident — but still cautious
Panthers coach Takeea Bozeman said the possibility of meeting a powerful opponent down the line is “kind of scary.” So far, though, West Lowndes has handled all challengers.
With key district stretch looming, Columbus girls soccer gears up
The Falcons must pass either Grenada or New Hope to qualify for the playoffs, and they’ve got one game left against each of their three district opponents.
Columbus High girls hold off Starkville High to sweep season series
The Falcons beat the Yellow Jackets in a physical game, typical of the rivalry between the two schools.
Prep basketball roundup: Lucy Sharp leads Heritage Academy girls over Oak Hill Academy
WEST POINT — Lucy Sharp scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Heritage Academy girls basketball team to a 45-33 win at Oak Hill Academy on Tuesday in West Point.
Dedicating season to late mother, West Lowndes girls basketball coach Takeea Bozeman sees great things ahead for Panthers
Takeea Bozeman and her mother, Earnestine, were caught up in a bit of a rivalry.
Under new coach Nick Christy, New Hope girls basketball changing offensive style
Christy knows that the Trojans played a “walk it down” style last year, but this season, things won’t be the same.
Prep girls basketball: Columbus beats Northeast Lauderdale; Starkville falls to Tupelo
Aniya Saddler had 19 points for Columbus in a 39-30 win over Northeast Lauderdale on Saturday.
Our View: Breaking old stereotypes
Boys are better than girls in math.
It is a belief that has been perpetrated for generations and has become, for far too many of our girls, a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Obama announces new education effort to ‘let girls learn’
Saying every girl “has value,” President Barack Obama announced a more focused government effort Tuesday to help tens of millions of girls around the world attend and stay in school.
Girls’ jihadi quest stirs Muslim communities’ fear
The strange journey of three suburban Denver girls who authorities say tried to join Islamic State militants in Syria has many in their close-knit east African community worried about whether their own children will be the next to be lured to terror.
Doctors differ on preteen suspect’s mental state
Doctors disagree over whether the second of two 12-year-old girls charged with stabbing a classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man is fit to stand trial.