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Washington School Generals can't hold back late Pillow Academy rally

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On Wed, 01/13/2021 - 12:32 PM

With four minutes on the clock Tuesday, the game was up for grabs. The matchup between the Washington School Generals and the Pillow Academy Mustangs would come down to the wire.
Then, methodically, the Mustang defense made everything change in their 53-42 victory. The game was decided before the final minute.

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Greenville Christian's Tariyah Washington named Planters Bank Player of the Week

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On Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:09 PM

Greenville Christian School’s Tariyah Washington, the Planters Bank Player of the Week, has already shown she can play on the highest stage of high school basketball. Last season, as a sophomore, Washington helped lead her Lady Saints all the way to the MAIS Class 2A State Championship game.

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Pisgah High Dragons flame past Riverside High Bulldogs

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On Wed, 01/06/2021 - 03:03 PM

AVON — Minutes after his team fell 64-23 to Pisgah High Tuesday night, Riverside High School boys basketball coach Eddie Wade sat down in his office and made known there was no way to spin this loss.

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COLUMN — Nothing like a good old-fashioned brawl

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On Wed, 01/06/2021 - 09:49 AM

Most people, I suspect, are like me. They don’t mind watching a good brawl. It is in our nature to be glued to violence. Every good action movie has plenty of bare knuckled fights.
When you watch cars go around and around in auto racing, don’t you secretly hope for a nice wreck to spice things up?

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St. Joseph's defeats Coffeeville in overtime thriller

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On Wed, 12/30/2020 - 03:08 PM

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Riverside High School welcomes Johnta' Hughes as new basketball coach.

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On Tue, 12/29/2020 - 02:31 PM

A year ago Johnta’ Hughes was sitting at her work desk at the Mississippi Department of Unemployment reexamining what she wanted to do with her life.

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Deer Creek Lady Warriors showing positive signs

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On Fri, 12/18/2020 - 12:43 PM

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Washington School's Peyton McPherson named Planters Bank Player of the Week

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On Wed, 12/09/2020 - 08:56 AM

Washington School senior Peyton McPherson, the Planters Bank Player of the Week, is described by his basketball coach as a young man with great character.
“He is the ultimate student athlete,” Washington School coach David Rounsavall said. “Along with being a top student in his class, he also achieves in multiple sports.”

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Deer Creek Lady Warriors wrap up season at state

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On Wed, 10/07/2020 - 09:49 AM

The Deer Creek School softball team’s season came to an end Monday at the Class 1A Fast Pitch State Tournament at the Magee Sportsplex. While the Lady Warriors did not win the overall tournament, their head coach, Rob Ballinger, said his players definitely finished as winners.

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‘Lucky’ Gaston races to Planters Bank Player of the Week

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On Tue, 10/06/2020 - 12:01 PM

Riverside High School’s D’Vonta ‘Lucky’ Gaston did a little of everything to help his Bulldogs defeat their Western Line rivals, O’Bannon, 14-8 last Friday night.
On offense, Gaston, the Planters Bank Player of the Week, rushed in both of his team’s touchdowns and led his team in all purpose yards.

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