Prep Rally

Area basketball teams are in the midst of summer league play this month, so Brad and Dalton have updates on several squads. Walnut’s girls are coming off a strong season and will be led by Claire Leak (1:55), a natural scorer who is making the move to point guard. On the boys side, Itawamba AHS...

The Daily Journal’s All-Area baseball and softball teams were unveiled on Sunday. On this episode, Brad and Dalton take a look at the honorees. Smithville’s Jared Johnson was Player of the Year, while North Pontotoc’s Chad Anthony was Coach of the Year (1:27). On the softball side, top honors went to Houston slugger Aquana Brownlee...

Just because it’s June doesn’t mean there’s nothing going on in the high school sports world. For starters, a couple of big coaching vacancies were filled earlier this week. Amory hired Cade Hoggard, a former standout at Oxford, to lead its baseball program (1:57). And Myrtle promoted Jeremy Smithey to head football coach after the...

The spring sports season wrapped up last week with the baseball and softball championships, and several area teams brought home hardware. Down in Pearl, North Pontotoc won its first state title in baseball thanks to stellar pitching and the hitting of Ty Roberson (1:44). Calhoun City, in its first trip to the finals, bounced back...

A lot of hardware is being handed out this week in various sports. On this episode, Brad and Dalton preview the MHSAA softball championships (1:21), which start Thursday in Hattiesburg and Starkville. Four area teams are vying for titles: Smithville (1A), Vardaman (1A), South Pontotoc (3A) and Tishomingo County (4A). Baseball is in the semifinal...

Rain has jumbled the baseball and softball playoff schedules, but Brad and Dalton do their best to sort things out on this week’s episode. Ripley’s baseball squad finished off a Class 4A series win over Mooreville with a Game 3 victory on Tuesday (2:02). The Tigers were clutch, scoring most of their runs with two...

The postseason begins this week for area baseball and softball teams. On this episode, Brad and Dalton look ahead to some notable matchups in the MHSAA baseball playoffs (3:58). One of the teams hosting is Saltillo, which will try to bounce back from Tuesday’s loss to Grenada (1:34). Smithville, meanwhile, is looking to return to...

Wet weather has compressed the high school sports schedule this week, but teams are finding ways to get in some big games. Two such games were played Tuesday on the softball diamond. On this episode, Dalton and Brad recap No. 1 South Pontotoc’s win over No. 2 Houston (3:13). Pitcher Allyson Harrison kept Houston’s bats...

Division races are heating up on the baseball and softball diamonds. On this episode, Brad and Dalton recap some of the past week’s big games. In baseball, Tishomingo County beat Ripley on the road to move into a tie for first in Division 1-4A (2:04). Houston also won on the road (4:02), shutting out Hatley...

Baseball and softball teams are in the midst of division play. On this episode, Brad and Dalton look at some key results from the past week. Mooreville earned an upset win at No. 3 Pontotoc on Tuesday (1:31), with Will Armistead tossing a complete-game three-hitter. On Friday, North Pontotoc topped Kossuth as Sheffield Anthony collected...