After a hiatus of several weeks, Brad Locke is back for a new episode and is joined by James Murphy.

There have been some notable coaching moves this summer, including at Oxford, where Karen Yelverton has been hired as head volleyball coach (1:47). And Saltillo has hired Krista Donald to lead the girls basketball program (3:02).

On the baseball diamond, Tupelo is among the teams opening play in the Senior American Legion State Tournament on Friday in Clinton (4:08).

The 2025 volleyball season starts next week, and the guys have updates on a couple of teams. Ingomar, which has won three straight state titles, is learning about life after Macie Phifer (5:32). Tupelo, meanwhile, is entering Year 2 of the Laura Booth era (7:25).

Also today, Brad pimps his weekly football position rankings, which run each Friday (8:30).