Louisville High School will be celebrating its nine MHSAA State Football Championships Friday night during it’s 7 p.m. home match-up with Yazoo City.
Members of the championship teams from 1985, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2013, and 2018 are invited to take part in the festivities at R.E. Hinze Stadium.
Last Friday night Louisville celebrated the 2019 Lady Wildcats basketball team that won the Class 4A State Championship.
— Austin Bishop
LADY PATS FACE TOUGH FOES
A big win over Louisville a week prior wasn’t enough to help the Lady Patriots against two strong teams this past week.
WA dropped two contests to Heritage Academy last Tuesday and to Grace Christian this Monday. The other Lady Patriots from Columbus have been a solid volleyball program in the area for many years and they beat WA 25-4 and 25-6 in the first two sets. Head coach Candice Cefalu challenged her team to fight and try to get to 10 in set three. They did one better and forced Heritage to work through the 25 match point before falling in a tough 26-24 final set.
The match against Grace was the second this season for the Patriots and the Lady Eagles swept the season series. GCS won 25-15, 25-13 and 25-7 to take the match in straight-sets.
Next for the Lady Patriots (2-6) was a rematch against Heritage on Tuesday which was at home.
— Robbie Faulk
NOXAPATER, NW TOP REGION 2-1A STANDINGS
Just two weeks into Region 2-1A play there only two teams who are unscathed in league play. Both Noxapater and Nanih Waiya are at the top of the standings at 2-0, while West Lowndes, Hamilton, French Camp Academy, and Tupelo Christian are 1-1. Vardaman, Smithville, and Okolona are all three winless.
Noxapater is ranked No. 1 in MHSAA Class 1A according to Mississippi Gridiron, while Smithville is No. 2, Lumberton No. 3, Nanih Waiya No. 4 and Hollandale-Simmons No. 5.
— Austin Bishop
MAIS-MHSAA MATCHUPS
The MAIS now holds a 16-4 edge over MHSAA teams in football matchups between the two prep organizations this season.
There are two matchups this week between the two associations highlighted by a showdown of two teams that are heavy favorites to win state championships as 2A favorite Taylorsville travels to Flowood to face Jackson Prep, seven-time defending state champion and one of the favorites in MAIS Class 6A. The other matchup is Jackson Academy at Pelahatchie.
— Brandon Shields
LHS VOLLEYBALL EARNS WIN
Louisville is working on finishing its season in volleyball action strong as head coach Drew Smith’s first team is seeing things come to an end in 2019.
The Lady Wildcats lost last Tuesday at Kosciusko but found new life when they had senior night at home against district opponent Yazoo City. LHS had a straight-sets win over the visitors with a 25-15 opening set and second set advantage and they closed the quick match out with a 25-12 win in set three.
The win moved them to 3-13 on the season and gave them their first district win of the season. They had a return game against Yazoo City on Tuesday night to try to close out on a high note and that game was played after press time.
— Robbie Faulk
HILLCREST SNAPS 29-GAME SKID
Hillcrest Christian School removed itself from the top of list of Mississippi high schools with the lowest football losing streak as they traveled to Louisiana on Friday night and took a 15-0 win over River Oaks to snap their skid at 29 games.
“My guys have been working very hard and I felt good that they were finally able to taste victory,” said Hillcrest head coach Shay Hodge, a former standout at Ole Miss.
— Austin Bishop
BIG NIGHT FOR COLLEGE COMMITS
In Greenville St. Joe’s 60-40 win over North Delta Friday night MSU commit Dillon Johnson had 241 yards rushing on 21 carries with 4 touchdowns, while Oregon commit Trey Benson had 298 yards rushing on 21 carries with 4 TDs
— Brandon Shields
CCHS VOLLEYBALL 8-0 IN LEAGUE PLAY
The Choctaw County High School volleyball team improved to 8-0 in Class I, Region 4 with two victories last week. The Lady Chargers defeated West Lowndes 25-10, 25-12, 25-15 and Aberdeen 25-9, 25-15, 21-25, 25-12.
CCHS was set to play Noxapater Tuesday and has a home match with Nanih Waiya Thursday. Both are region matches against teams that the Lady Chargers swept in previous matches.
— Laurence Hilliard
MHSAA CLASS 2A SHOWDOWN
The Wolverines of East Webster will face their toughest test of the season so far as they host unbeaten Union on Friday night in a showdown of a pair of MHSAA Class 2A contenders
Union (4-0) has wins over Choctaw Central (42-21), Nanih Waiya (35-24), Eupora (42-9) and Newton County (42-15).
“This will be the third consecutive big game we have played in and I hope our kids appreciate that,” EW head coach Ron Price said. “A lot of kids don’t get to experience games like that. I think Union is one of the top 2A schools in the state. Hopefully, we will stay focused and go out and give our best effort on Friday night.”
— Robbie Robertson
