First place in Region 4-3A will be on the line Friday when Choctaw County hosts Noxubee County, which like CCHS, is 2-0 in region play. Noxubee County won the MHSAA Class 4A state championship two years ago, but dropped down to 3A this year due to MHSAA reclassification.
“They're a good football team.” Said CCHS head coach Jeff Roberts. “They're athletic. Their quarterback (Marlon Windham) is their work horse on offense. He throws it a lot.
“Their defensive line is really good. They're very active.”
Windham has completed 124 of 234 passes for 1,625 yards and 11 touchdowns and has run for 616 yards and two TDs.
— Laurence Hilliard
NW, NOXAPATER LEAD REGION 2-1A
With Noxapater’s 31-16 win over West Lowndes on Friday night, the top three spots of Region 2-1A is beginning to shake out. Nanih Waiya leads the way with a 5-0 mark, while Noxapater is 5-1 and West Lowndes is 4-2.
While the top two spots are pretty much locked up due to her-to-head results, the third and fourth playoff spots in the region are wide open. Smithville and Tupelo Christian are both 3-2, while Okolona is 2-3. Next is 1-4 French Camp, followed by 1-5 Hamilton and 0-5 Vardaman.
Nanih Waiya, ranked No. 1 in Class 1A by Mississippi Gridiron, No. 3-ranked Noxapater, and No. 4-ranked West Lowndes are all 7-2overall, while Smithville and Tupelo Christian are both 6-2.
— Austin Bishop
SLOW PITCH ALL STARS SATURDAY
The 34th Annual MAC All-Star Girls Slow Pitch Softball Games will be played on Saturday at Mack Fanning Field at Newton County High School in Decatur. Tickets for the games are $5 per person for general admission seating. The two-out-of-three series begins at Noon.
The North team will be coached by Eric Thornton of Columbus and Bryan League of Hamilton. The South squad will be guided by Jake Loper of Lake and Mike Armstrong of Northwest Rankin. The format for the 34th Annual All-Star MAC Slow Pitch games has been changed for the first time since 2014. The series has now been reduced to a best-of-three series between a North squad and a South team with players selected from all high school classifications.
— Special Reports
PICAYUNE TAKES TOP SPOT
The Maroon Tide of Picayune High School took advantage of Starkville’s 24-21 win over Madison Central last Friday night to climb to the top of Mississippi Gridiron’s overall Top 10 rankings.
Picayune, who plays host to Pearl River Central on Friday, jumped to the top thanks to a 64-0 win over Long Beach. Starkville is ranked No. 2, while West Point is third, Madison Central fourth and South Panola fifth.
Petal is ranked No. 6 followed by Oxford, West Jones, Brandon and Greenwood.
— Austin Bishop
MAROON BOWL ARRIVES
Last year, East Webster entered the annual Maroon Bowl as a decided underdog to rival Eupora. But on a rain-soaked field, anything can happen in a rivalry game and the Wolverines took a hard-fought 7-6 over the Eagles to give head coach Ron Price his first win in the series.
This year, it appears as if the rolls have been somewhat reversed.
Eupora enters the game with a 3-6 record and appears to be the underdog to the Wolverines who are 7-1 on the season. But East Webster coach Ron Price said none of that matters when the Eagles and Wolverines line up.
“First of all, it’s East Webster and Eupora and it’s a rivalry game, you can throw everything out the window,” Price said. “Basically, both teams are playing to be the No. 2 seed in the division. It doesn’t matter what our record is or what their record is, it will be a 48-minute battle.”
— Robbie Robertson
