by Gene Phelps NEMS Daily Journal EDITOR’S NOTE: Keep checking back with chickasawjournal.com for today’s game updates. RIDGELAND – Newton County coach Justin Chaney calls it “fastbreak softball.”His Lady Cougars registered a few layups with their up-tempo attack Friday afternoon and sprinted to a 16-3, five-inning victory against defending state champion Houston in the MHSAA [...]
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Harper shuts down East Webster Lady Wolverines
by Gene Phelps NEMS Daily Journal RIDGELAND – When Hayleigh Harper is confident, Enterprise-Clarke’s opponents should beware. Harper, the Lady Bulldogs’ right-handed starting pitcher, recorded seven strikeouts and held East Webster scoreless for six innings Friday in Enterprise-Clarke’s 6-3 victory in Game 1 of the MHSAA Class 2A fast-pitch state championship series. Game 2 is [...]

Next stop Freedom Park!
HOUSTON – The Lady Toppers started looking toward a repeat trip to Jackson ever since they left as champions in May 2012. And now, they’ll get their chance. The Lady Toppers took three games to finish their best-of-three series with Corinth for North Half, but they got the two wins they needed to secure their [...]

Lady Rams close in playoffs
VARDAMAN – The Lady Rams battled through their season and into playoffs but came up just short of their goal of a trip to Jackson this year. The Vardaman girls closed out their season in quarterfinals, one game away from making North Half. The Lady Rams went three games in the play-in round, finally passing [...]
SCORES: Monday, May 13, 2013
Scores from Monday, May 13: Baseball (MHSAA Quarterfinals) Class 2A East Union 11, Hatley 1 East Union wins series 2-1 Baldwyn 13, Calhoun City 3 Series tied 1-1 Class 4A Lewisburg 8, Houston 4 Lewisburg wins series 2-1 Kosciusko 4,Tishomingo Co. 6 Kosciusko wins series 2-1 Class 5A Hernando 4, Oxford 1 Series tied [...]
SCORES: Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Scores from Tuesday, May 7: Baseball (MHSAA Playoffs) Class 1A Tupelo Christian 19, Ingomar 7 TCPS wins series 2-1 Softball (MHSAA Playoffs) Class 1A Vardaman 14, West Union 2 West Union 13, Vardaman 2 West Union wins series 2-1.

Jernigan tapped for state honor
HOUSTON – In recognition for his ten years of coaching softball at Houston High School, Keith Jernigan was awarded Coach of the Year status by the National Federation of High School awards. Representatives of the Mississippi High School Activities Association presented the honor to Jernigan in Clinton recently. Jernigan left the grocery business and returned [...]
SCORES: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Scores from Thursday, May 2: BASEBALL (MHSAA Playoffs) Class 1A Ingomar 4, Tupelo Christian 3 Thrasher 11, Houlka 6 Class 2A Baldwyn 10, Simmons 0 Hatley 12, Strayhorn 1 Calhoun City 20-6, O’Bannon 2-0 Class 3A Kossuth 5, Winona 3 Mooreville 13-6, Charleston 0-0 Class 4A Amory 3, Houston 0 Tishomingo Co. 1, Cleveland [...]
SCORES: Monday, April 29, 2013
Scores from Monday, April 29 Baseball Alcorn Central 4-8, Mantachie 3-4 Softball Corinth 11, Caledonia 1 North Pontotoc 9, Germantown 7 Kossuth 8-5, Mantachie 13-2 Hatley 9, Strayhorn 1 Vardaman 11, Wheeler 1.

Be a buddy, not a bully
HOUSTON – In an effort to address a growing societal problem with bullying, students at Houston Middle School participated in an assembly program to learn ways to replace bullying behavior with more positive actions. The assembly was led by Windell Greene, Sr., a long-time educator and currently an associate with the educational consulting firm Empowerment [...]
SCORES: Friday, April 19, 2013
Scores from Friday, April 19: Baseball Hatley 4, Hamilton 3 Baldwyn 2, East Union 1 Belmont 5, Kossuth 4 Walnut 9, Middleton, Tenn. 4 Booneville 14, Saltillo 4 Pontotoc 12, Shannon 3 Softball Jumpertown 20, Ethel 10 Booneville 13 Water Valley 2 Houston 13, South Pontotoc 1 Tennis New Albany 6, Corinth 1 POWER [...]
SCORES: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Scores from Tuesday, April 16: Baseball Tupelo 8, Columbus 2 Kossuth 4, Booneville 0 New Hope 6, Saltillo 4 Amory 6, Itawamba AHS 1 Houston 11, Leake Central 0 Thrasher 14, Wheeler 4 New Site 16, Okolona 0 East Union 12, Baldwyn 2 TCPS 14, Houlka 2 Calhoun City 6, Walnut 5 Pontotoc 2, [...]
Scores from Saturday, April 13 Baseball Amory 10, Kossuth 4 Corinth 11, Myrtle 1 Hickory Flat 5, Walnut 1 New Site 14, Biggersville 4 North Pontotoc 16, Senatobia 6 North Pontotoc 16, West Union 4 Pontotoc 8, Booneville 2 Ripley 2, Belmont 1 South Pontotoc 10, Houlka 5 Tishomingo County 8, Alcorn Central 2 Tupelo [...]
SCORES: Friday, April 12, 2013
Scores from Friday, April 12: Baseball Pontotoc 6, Amory 5 Tupelo 15, Grenada 5 Wheeler 12, Falkner 6 Mooreville 9, Smithville 4 Tishomingo County 12, Shannon 0 TCPS 15-17, West Oktibbeha 0-0 Ripley 9, Myrtle 2 Softball Smithville 10, Houlka 3 Pontotoc 4, Corinth 1 Houston 6, Caledonia 3 North Pontotoc 5, South Pontotoc [...]
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