Louisville is once again on top of the Mississippi Gridiron’s MHSAA Class 4A football rankings this week. The Wildcats rolled to a solid 32-6 win over Columbus to improve to 2-1 on the year.
Coming in at No. 2 is 3-0 Greenwood, followed by South Pike, Corinth, and Itawamba AHS. Corinth is 1-1, while South Pike and IAHS are both 3-0.
Madison Central is ranked at the top of the Top 10 in all classifications, while Pearl is second, Brandon, Third, South Panola, fourth and Petal fifth. Coming in at No. 9 is West Point, a team LHS beat two weeks ago, while No. 10 is this week’s opponent for the ‘Cats, Starkville High School.
— Austin Bishop
REGION 2-1A WELL REPRESENTED
Three off the top four teams in the Mississippi Gridiron’s football rankings for MHSAA Class 1A all come from Region 2-1A.
Leading the way is 3-0 Smithville who plays host to No. 2 ranked Noxapater (2-1) at 7 p.m. on Friday. The Fourth ranked team is 1-2 Nanih Waiya. The defending state champion Warriors have lost to class 4A West Lauderdale and Class 2A Union, while beating Class 4A Choctaw Central. Ranked NO. 3 is Lumberton and No. 5 is Hollandale-Simmons.
— Austin Bishop
NO WINLESS TEAMS IN REGION 4-4A
Three weeks into the season all six of the teams in Region 4-4A have at least one win and one loss, with Louisville and West Lauderdale each posting 2-1 records, while Kosciusko, Northeast Lauderdale, Leake Central, and Choctaw Central are all 1-2.
Last week saw West Lauderdale pound South Jones 57-14, Northeast Lauderdale roll past Southeast Lauderdale 38-7, Louisville beat Columbus, 32-6, Choctaw Central lose to Nanih Waiya 27-13, Leake Central fall to Philadelphia 26-7, and Kosciusko lose a tough one to Winona 35-28.
This week has Kosciusko visiting Grenada, Louisville traveling to Starkville, West Lauderdale hosting Neshoba Central, Northeast Lauderdale entertaining Jackson Academy, and Leake Central hosting Callaway. Choctaw Central is open.
— Austin Bishop
ARCHIE WHO TWO?
Archie Manning’s grandson, Arch Manning, played his first high school football game and threw three touchdown passes. Young Arch is Cooper’s son and is a freshman at Newman High School in New Orleans.
— Dale McKee
LHS-WA VOLLEYBALL SET FOR THURSDAY
It was a tough week for the Louisville Lady Wildcats volleyball team as they dropped a couple of matches. Against Kosciusko at the beginning of the week, LHS went down to the wire against the Lady Whippets and the two teams were tied heading to a decisive fifth set. It was there that the Lady Wildcats were defeated in heartbreaking fashion to draw the defeat.
Later in the week LHS played a good Lanier team and fell in three-straight sets to see their record go to 2-8 on the year. They played Lanier in a rematch on Tuesday on the road and will go to Winston Academy on Thursday night for a matchup of cross-town teams.
— Robbie Faulk
STATE RANKED NO. 23 IN POLL
A 2-0 start to the season – both by double-digits – has Mississippi State football into the Amway Coaches Poll at No. 23 this week following a 28-15 win over USM last week.
State, which has put up 38 points in each of its contests, has now been ranked in 20 out of the last 26 Coaches Polls dating back to Oct. 29, 2017. The Bulldogs finished the 2019 campaign No. 25 in the poll. State is receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 25.
— School Reports
