Prep Rally

The Daily Journal held its 2017 Winter/Spring Sports Banquet on Monday, where dozens of area teams and athletes were honored for their exploits this year. Two of those athletes were Hallie Donald and Trace Henry, both of Mooreville. Donald was named the Player of the Year in softball, while Henry was Player of the Year in...

The 2016-17 high school sports season came to a close in Pearl over the weekend with the playing of the baseball state championships. Northeast Mississippi sent six teams to Trustmark Park – one in each of the six MHSAA classifications – and two brought home the hardware. On this episode, Brad and Gene look back...

The baseball state finals are underway at Trustmark Park in Pearl, and Northeast Mississippi has a team in each series. Gene Phelps is there, and he has updates and previews. On Tuesday, Smithville lost Game 1 of its Class 1A series against Nanih Waiya (2:08). Mooreville got off to a good start versus Seminary in...

The Tupelo softball and baseball teams are both making deep runs in the state playoffs. On this episode, Brad is joined by guest co-host Braden Bishop, sports information director for Tupelo High School. Braden looks at the Lady Wave’s unlikely run to the Class 6A state finals (2:13). Led by coach Dana Rhea and a...

It’s postseason madness right now, with teams aiming for state titles in baseball, softball, golf and other sports. On this episode, Brad and Blake look back at the latest round of the softball playoffs. Tupelo overcame another 1-0 series deficit to advance in Class 6A (1:32), while Mooreville took down rival Nettleton in 3A action...

We’re into the second round of the baseball and softball state playoffs this week. On this episode, the guys look at some key matchups this weekend on the baseball diamond (1:44), including New Site-Nettleton, Ripley-Amory, Corinth-Houston, and Tupelo-Warren Central. As for softball, the second round began Tuesday and concludes Thursday (7:47). Among the Game 1...

The offseason coaching carousel has seen some movement over the past week or so. On this week’s episode, Brad and Gene discuss John Stroud stepping down after a successful tenure with New Albany basketball (1:48), and they look at football coach openings at traditional small-school powers Smithville (9:38) and Bruce (10:45). The baseball regular season is...

Area baseball teams are locked in division races, and today Brad and Blake look at a couple of squads that are in good shape to finish in first. TCPS remains unbeaten in 1-1A after blowing out Biggersville on Tuesday (1:27). But even in victory there were points of concern, and coach Will Lowrey is wanting...

We’ve got a little bit of everything on this episode of Prep Rally. Baseball season is well underway, with division play just cranking up. Northeast Mississippi produced five of the six state champions last season, and the guys offer quick previews of those teams: TCPS in Class 1A, East Union in 2A, Kossuth in 3A,...

The MHSAA basketball state championships wrapped up in Jackson last week, with four area teams bringing home a gold ball. On this episode, Brad, Blake and Gene offer a recap of the action. In 1A, Pine Grove’s girls broke a long title drought behind the coaching of Katie Bates and the play of Haley Vick...