East Webster returns home as they will host Bruce for senior night. The Trojans are 4-6 on the season but are coming off a 36-22 win over J.Z. George. They also have wins over Vardaman (34-0), South Pontotoc (36-24) and Potts Camp (49-6). They have losses to Nettleton (27-0), North Pontotoc (42-6), Water Valley (48-0), Eupora (5-2) and Calhoun City (50-0).
“I’m anxious to see how we respond to beating Eupora,” East Webster head coach RonPrice said. “Last year, we beat Eupora and for a lot of our players, that made the season and we didn’t play so well after the Eupora game. It’s senior night and a division game. We want to protect our house and take care of business. Bruce has changed their quarterback and it has made their offense a lot more productive.”
— Robbie Robertson
STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPS CROWNED
Clinton, Center Hill, Vancleave and Our Lady Academy were the winners when the MHSAA state volleyball championships were contested at Mississippi State on Saturday..
In the closest final, Clinton edged Lewisburg 21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-27, 15-11 for the 6A championship despite 19 kills by Lewisburg's Micah Swift.vCenter Hill defeated Long Beach for the 5A title 25-11, 25-14, 20-25, 25-18. Center Hill began the playoffs with a 12-16 record, then defeated Saltillo, Cleveland Central, East Central, and Long Beach.
In 4A, Vancleave defeated New Albany 25-10, 25-20, 25-15. Vancleave finished the season on a 21-match winning streak, the last 11 by 3-0. OLA won an eighth straight state title in Class I for 1A, 2A and 3A schools with a 25-21, 25-21, 25-14 victory over St. Andrew's. Rebecca Walk had 27 kills for the Crescents. OLA defeated all four playoff opponents 3-0.
— Laurence Hilliard
EUPORA OFF THIS WEEK
The Eupora High School football team has an open date this week and will likely face Walnut in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs on Friday, Nov. 8. “We will work on us a lot this week and see who we get in the playoffs,” Eupora head coach Stephen Edwards said. “We think it’s Walnut so we will go see them play on Friday night. The main thing we have to do is get better at (being) us.”
— Robbie Robertson
MHSAA SANCTIONS BASS FISHING
The Mississippi High School Activities Association has approved bass fishing as an activity for a two-year pilot program. The pilot program will involve approximately 20 schools, including Louisville, that have bass fishing clubs.
The MHSAA will hold an invitational tournament for the schools in the pilot program at the Ross Barnett Reservoir March 28, 2020.
“You have to have a certain number of schools to have a valid state championship,” said MHSAA executive director Don Hinton. “Hopefully in two years we can move to some type of state championship.”
MHSAA classifies bass fishing as an activity, like cheerleading and band, rather than as a sport like football. There can be participation in an activity at any time during the school year, but a sport must be confined to a season like fall for football and winter for basketball.]
The Louisville Municipal School District recently help a tournament that was won by LHS senior act Halford when he landed a 6 pound, 15 ounce bass.
— Laurence Hilliard
REGION 4-3A SEEDINGS SET
There is no mystery in Region 4-3A as to which teams will make the playoffs or where they will be seeded. Choctaw County’s win over Noxubee County on Friday put the Chargers at No. 1 and the Tigers at No. 2. The Hilltoppers of Houston are No. 3, while Hatley, Choctaw County’s foe this week, is the fourth seed.
That means the first round of the playoffs on Nov. 8 are set for both Region 4-3A and Region 3-3A.
Choctaw County will host Ruleville, Coahoma AHS will travel to Noxubee County, Houston visits Winona and Amanda Elzy — the top seed in Region 3-3A — plays host to Hatley.
— Austin Bishop
