‘A silent giant’: After 19 years coaching Yellow Jackets, Carter will leave Starkville as a ‘legend’
Every year as the Starkville High School boys basketball team ends the regular season and heads into the playoffs, Yellow Jackets head coach Greg Carter feels like an entirely new season is beginning.
Now, as Carter leaves behind the school where he has coached for nearly two decades, the same feeling has begun to dawn on him.
Second-half adjustments carry Starkville boys over Oak Grove in MHSAA Class 6A semifinal
JACKSON — Eric Green spun toward the center of the key.
National Signing Day: Heritage Academy seniors John Jackson, LaDarius Flowers finalize college choices
LaDarius Flowers found a fun, close-knit atmosphere when he came to Heritage Academy and joined the football team.
Mississippi State defensive end, former Starkville standout Kobe Jones to enter NFL draft
STARKVILLE — MIssissippi State is down a second defensive end.
Mississippi State receiver, former Starkville standout Cam Gardner to transfer
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State saw a second player intend to transfer Wednesday afternoon.
SHS seniors work to memorialize a historic time in high school yearbook
High school is shaping up to have an unusual ending for the 291 members of the Starkville High School senior class, but 23 of them face a specific challenge.
SHS student-teacher team to travel to Hawaii, research WWII
Kate Dickerson is “not a big heights person,” but her first time on a plane this summer “will definitely be worth it,” she said.
The Starkville High School junior and her history teacher, Craig Wood, will be one of 16 student-teacher teams nationwide traveling to Hawaii to study World War II in June, as part of the Sacrifice for Freedom: World War II in the Pacific program.
Teen finds the ‘real thing’ at unique camp
When Starkville High School freshman Parker Casano went off to Camp Liberty in Battleground, Alabama, he didn’t expect arts and crafts and archery. He had signed up for the veteran-owned business’ Extreme Military Challenge, after all.
SHS freshman scores 36 on ACT on first try
Battling a cold, Amy Zhang walked into Starkville High School in July to take the ACT for the first time.
Though just a rising ninth grader, Zhang carried with her unusually lofty expectations for a college entrance exam newbie.
Starkville High School sends group of 14 to next level
STARKVILLE — Starkville High School football coach Chris Jones felt like a proud papa Wednesday afternoon.
Video games: Mississippi’s new high school sport
When Lucas Rader, 14, downloaded the video game League of Legends, he never imagined he would end up playing it on a school-sanctioned team.
Players of Week: Starkville High celebrates soccer victory over Madison Central
STARKVILLE — For the Starkville High School boys’ soccer team, the mountain climb has been steep and long.
Starkville girls stun Ocean Springs in final day of Outlaw event
By DAVID MILLER Special to The Dispatch STARKVILLE – Jalisa Outlaw paused, smiled and sighed relief when thinking back to the Starkville Lady Yellow Jackets’
Starkville boys rout Itawamba AHS for second win at Outlaw
The Starkville High boys basketball team knocked down 13 3-pointers and rolled Itawamba AHS 70-33 in the nightcap of the Travis Outlaw Slam Dunk at The Hump Classic on Thursday night.
Starkville uses defense for statement victory over Tupelo
STARKVILLE — Starkville High School boys’ basketball coach Greg Carter does not feel like this is one of his better 3-point shooting teams.
Friendship with flair: A special event shows friends and hard work are always in style
Life has been pretty cool lately for Owen Hardin. This past fall, the 19-year-old Starkville High School senior with Down syndrome was elected homecoming king by the student body. And on Dec. 11, he was the guest of honor at a fashion show fundraiser for the Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society, an event created by fellow classmate Hannah Jian.
Without a hitch: High schoolers build Rube Goldberg machines for annual competition
For the past three weeks, Starkville High School junior James Fairley’s ping pong table at home was covered with marble tracks, books, boxes and a remote-control airplane.
Starkville, Columbus split basketball doubleheader
Atavius Jones knew what was coming.
Starkville prepares for battle with No. 1 Horn Lake
STARKVILLE — Near the end of a normal Monday practice at Starkville High School, both sidelines are going crazy as if the stands are full and a game is on the line. On this particular rep, the offense scores one the defense in a short-yardage situation; quarterbacks coach Clay Moore took his celebration all the way to the end zone, just to flaunt it in front of defensive coordinator Kevie Thompson. Behind the original line of scrimmage, offensive line coach William Stewart is partaking in his own trash talk.
Walters column: Starkville, West Point face huge challenges on road
The most intriguing question of the prep football season will be answered Friday night.