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Lake Cormorant’s Brayland Skinner steals a base and scores the game winning run to send Mississippi State to the College World Series championship.
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Austin Riley
@austinriley1308
of the Atlanta Braves
@Braves
today saw his DeSoto Central
@dc_jaguar
high school jersey
#13
retired on his school baseball diamond. Look for more at .
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Gutierrez three pointer at the buzzer wins it for Olive Branch 70-68 over Terry. Quistors in the state finals Saturday at 7 pm.
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BREAKING:
@TweetDCS_CHHS
basketball coach
@coachmealer
confirmed to
@desoto_news
that he is the new head basketball coach at Jones College in Ellisville. Official announcement Thursday morning. Mustangs won 1 state title, 1 runner-up, and several district titles in 12 years.
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Kamarion Franklin of Lake Cormorant, state's top football player, announces he has committed to play at Ole Miss.
@KamarionFrankl1
@GatorFootballLC
@desoto_news
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All-State QB Zach Wilcke of Hernando today signed to play next at Southern Miss.
@desoto_news
@Wilcke11_
@1teamhhstigers
@SouthernMissFB
@bshields0244
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Lewisburg coach Zach Jorgenson named Region 2-6A boys basketball coach of the year.
@TheBurgSports
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Riley Parker of
@TheBurgbball
will
#3
this spring in memory of Teammate Michael McField, who tragically died shortly after graduation last year. A senior player will be awarded the honor each year in McField’s honor.
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
@johnvarlas
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Your 6A state champions....Lewisburg! Congrats guys!
They defeat Gulfport 11-0 to get the sweep. Stone McCaughey gets the final out via strikeout, his first pitches of the season.
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Final point. Lake Cormorant wins 25-22 and state 5A championship in four sets over Long Beach. Congratulations
@LCHSladygatorvb
@LCHSGators
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
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Final out as Lewisburg defeats Gulfport 2-1 and wins game one in best of three championship series. Game two is Thursday night at 7 pm.
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.
@NakobeDean
, current
@UGAAthletics
linebacker and ex-
@EaglesHLHS
standout, is a member of the 2021 Allstate Good Works team. Allstate has donated $10,000 in Dean's name to the Hope Center in Horn Lake. Check presentation was made at the school today.
@SocialSportsMs
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.
@LHSLadyPatriots
coach Kristen Coleman named Region 2-6A girls coach of the year. Award presented by Center Hill coach Dan Forbes.
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Final moments as
@LCHSGatorsBB
defeats Callaway 80-75 in double overtime to reach
@misshsaa
state 5A finals for first time ever.
#TheBigHouseBound
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
@sblivems
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Allie Carroll of Lewisburg named Region 2-6A player of the year.
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BSB: Northpoint 6, Goodpasture 5 (FINAL)
Northpoint holds on to win the D2-A state title.
@desoto_news
@socialsportsms
@NORTHPOINTBB
Thanks to Taylor Buntin-Bridgforth and Buntin Law Firm. Command Realty Group-Chuck Roberts,
@HayesLawFirm
.
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.
@OBHSQuistors
girls basketball coach Jason Thompson honored for 500 career coaching wins tonight. Six state titles at HW Byers and four at Olive Branch. Won 500 earlier in the week at Holly Springs.
@desoto_news
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Final point as Lewisburg defeats Brandon 15-13 and wins 7A state title 3-2. Congratulations Lady Patriots!
@desoto_news
@VbPatriots
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Jarrett Morris and Gage Haley of
@TheBurgbball
signed baseball offers today, Morris to
@LetsGoICC
and Haley to Mississippi State.
@TheBurgSports
@desoto_news
@socialsportsms
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Northpoint
@NORTHPOINTBB
senior baseball pitcher/infielder James Smith has signed to play next season at Ole Miss
@OleMissBSB
. First SEC baseball signing in school history.
@desoto_news
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BSB: Lewisburg 4, Germantown (Madison) 3 (FINAL)
@desoto_news
@socialsportsms
Two out single to left. Richardson double scores Morris from first for the North Half championship!
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Lewisburg baseball players got their state championship rings tonight at the end of first set of tonight’s volleyball match.
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Final point. Lake Cormorant defeats Hancock 25-21 and wins 6A state title 3-0. Congrats Lady Gators!
@desoto_news
@LCHSGators
@LCHSladygatorvb
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Final score: LakeCormorant 80, Callaway 75 in double overtime.
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Trophy presentation to
@NORTHPOINTBB
on their TSSAA state title. Thanks to Taylor Buntin-Bridgforth and Buntin Law Firm. Command Realty Group-Chuck Roberts,
@HayesLawFirm
.
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.
@Tony_McCray30
of
@swamp_athletics
football signs to play at
@GeorgiaStateFB
Georgia State, where he’ll be a defensive back and kick return specialist. Two D-1 signings in one day.
@SocialSportsMs
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Josiah Nelson is the new career assist record-holder with 341 and counting. Presenting a recognition plaque is the former record holder, Logan Coker.
@PatsBasketball2
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DeSoto Central basketball player Matthew Smith is the winner of the first Shan Whiteside Award for perseverance and character. Was taught by Shan’s wife Gayle Whiteside in sixth grade.
@DCHSJagHoops
@athletics_dc
@SocialSportsMs
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Lewisburg High School gymnasium to be named for late basketball coach Adam Tipton. DeSoto County Schools board members approved the move this afternoon. You can stream the board meeting here:
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
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Congrats to
@TheBurgbball
Lewisburg on a 6A state baseball championship! Glad we were there to cover it for you!
@desoto_news
@socialsportsms
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New coaches for Lewisburg High School. Tyler Scholl named the new baseball coach of the Patriots and Caleb Gilbert becomes the new softball coach.
@SocialSportsMs
@TheBurgbball
@TheBurgSports
@TheBurgSB
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Jarrett Morris was named Lewisburg’s Scholar Athlete at the MHSAA State Championship game.
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Marshall Odum was named the Lake Cormorant
@LCHSGatorsBB
Scholar Athlete of the Game before tonight’s 5A state basketball 🏀 finals.
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Ja'Keria Hawkins of
@LCHSLADYBBALL
signed Friday to play next year at
@DSUStatesmen
women's basketball. Likely the first 4-year school signing in
@LCHSGators
history.
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
@5thQtrScores
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National 🏈 Signing Day. Calvin Dockery Jr. and Darryen Hobbs of
@CHMustang_FB
Center Hill commit to play at
@LetsGoICC
Itawamba football next season.
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
@SBLiveMS
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Any season that ends in a dog pile is a good season. Congrats again, Lewisburg!
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Lewisburg High School dance team performed at halftime of tonight’s
@MemphisHustle
games.
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
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Lake Cormorant’s Brayland Skinner getting the start in the National Championship tonight in left field for Mississippi State.
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Watching the World Series? There’s a homegrown guy from
#Southaven
handling the hot corner for the NL Champion Atlanta
@braves
. It’s Austin Riley
@austinriley1308
who starred in high school at DeSoto Central
@dc_jaguar
.
@athletics_dc
@Southaven_MS
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Former
@HornLakeFB
star and
@UGAAthletics
national football champ
@NakobeDean
was recognized with a resolution Wednesday by the Mississippi state Senate.
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
@msnewsgroup
@5thQtrScores
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.
@NCSThePoint
senior point guard Izzy Carlson confirmed her signing with Blue Mountain College
@bmcsports
this afternoon at the school.
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Northwest Community College is adding Center Hill’s Zandon Haralson to its basketball team, as he signed a letter of intent today at school.
@coachmealer
@socialsportsms
@bshields0244
@SBLiveMS
@NWCC_MBK
@TweetDCS_CHHS
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Addison Howell from
@OBHSQuistors
signed her letter of intent this morning to play at Itawamba Community College
@LetsGoICCWBB
next season.
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
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Final: Olive Bramch 77, Tupelo 73.
@OBHSQuistors
going to the Big House Wednesday at 7 pm. 6A Boys.
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Ben Armstrong of
@TweetDCS_LHS
has received an appointment to go to
@WestPoint_USMA
. Look for a story coming soon to
@desoto_news
.
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Chico Potts of Gentry was introduced today as the new head boys basketball coach at Horn Lake High School.
@desoto_news
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DeSoto County Schools will be closed tomorrow. Applies to virtual VIP and in-person learning.
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Three Northpoint Christian athletes today .signed to college programs for next season. They are, from left, Seth Giamportone (baseball, Jones College), Jace Robinson (baseball, Northwest Mississippi), and Sailor Cole (volleyball, Northwest Mississippi).
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Lewisburg takes the final point in set 4 for 25-18 victory to tie state title match at 2 sets each. One set for title!
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BREAKING: Blake Jones, who coached successful teams at Olive Branch, has been named the new head girls basketball coach at Hernando. Savanna Geeslin Brower, who played for Jones at Olive Branch, will be an assistant coach.
@1teamhhstigers
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
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Lewisburg is one win away from a 6A baseball state title after taking a 2-1 win over Gulfport on Tuesday. Game 2 is set for Thursday night.
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3 members of the Lewisburg boys' golf team signed to play college golf next year. They are Connor Shurden (Hinds), Ayers Mathis (Meridian), and Drew Groscost (Jones). They are with (standing from left) AD Rusty Cagle, coach Adam Payne, and principal Kris Perkins.
@desoto_news
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Janiya Jones of
@jag_basketball
is POG for 25 points in DeSoto Central’s 69-57 win over Starkville Academy. Lillee Alpe was game high scorer with 32 points for the Lady Vols.
@SocialSportsMs
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Send off for
@NandoSoftball
heading to state finals in Hattiesburg this week. Good luck!
@SocialSportsMs
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Final out. DeSoto Central defeats Oxford 8-2 for 6A North Half title. NW Rankin is next in state championship series.
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
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Jay Ferguson, pitcher/3B for
@NORTHPOINTBB
signs to play at
@LetsGoICC
Itawamba next season. Part of last year’s
@tssaa_baseball
D2-A state runner up.
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
@johnvarlas
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SFB:FINAL-Hernando 10, G’Town (Madison) 4. Hernando sweeps the series and will play DeSoto Central in the North Half finals. Series starts at Hernando on Thursday.
@nandosoftball
@socialsportsms
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Stephen Kirkpatrick coach of the year and Seth Giamportone named MVP. Trojans receive their West Region championship trophy.
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.
@LCHSGatorsBB
reaches 5A state championship game on Friday night at a 56-51 victory over Hattiesburg in Tuesday's state semifinal.
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
@SBLiveMS
@johnvarlas
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Four
@NORTHPOINTBB
players have signed baseball scholarships today. They include Hudson Brown to Kentucky of the SEC, Connor McKnatt and JB Williams to Northeast CC, and Rob Hayes to Northwest CC.
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
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Center Hill principal Doug Payne named as DeSoto County Schools' Administrator of the Year.
@TweetDCS_CHHS
@TweetDCS
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It was Austin Riley
@austinriley1308
jersey retirement day Saturday at DeSoto Central High School
@dchsjaguars
.
@athletics_dc
@dc_jaguar
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
@SBLiveMS
@ShelbyMetroPrep
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Shooting guard
@hopemealer24
of
@TweetDCS_CHHS
signs today to play next season at Mineral Area College, MO.
@cardswomenbball
.
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Congrats Hernando girls basketball on winning the Region 1 – 7A basketball championship over Lewisburg, 67-61.
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Northpoint Christian football lineman Christopher Gilliland signed today to play football at NE Mississippi Community College. Gilliland was a lineman for the Trojans football team.
@NCSThePoint
@NORTHPOINTFB
@desoto_news
@SocialSportsMs
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Congrats to Lake Cormorant football signings today (from left) Hunter Howard & Rodderias Bland (MS Gulf Coast), Kam Franklin (Ole Miss), and Wylie Riley (Ole Miss-PWO).
@GatorFootballLC
@LCHSGoGators
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Dimp Pernell gives Horn Lake the one point lead and protect it to win over Starkville 43-42.
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Thoughts and prayers for the family and those at Lewisburg High School on the passing of Michael McField, a graduated senior baseball player who died Thursday in a car crash.
@TheBurgbball
@SocialSportsMs
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Monday sports:
@TheHillBasebal1
heads to its first-ever North Half baseball final after a 2-0 win over Grenada,
@NORTHPOIINTBB
still alive in regional after wins over St. George's and Lausanne.
@SocialSportsMs
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.
@NCSThePoint
defeats University School of Jackson, TN 34-23 to win TSSAA Division II-A region GBKB title. Will play at home Friday in sub-state game with winner to go to D2-A Final Four.
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@TheBurgbball
claimed the North Half 6A baseball title and will play in
@misshsaa
state final series.
@desoto_news
@socialsportsms
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Golden Ball presentation to Hernando, 7A state boys soccer champions!
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Center Hill standout basketball player
@MrDoItAll_KLaws
signed this morning to play next year at
@UAPB_MBB
UA-Pine Bluff. 2nd Division I signee from
#RespectTheHill
history after Calvin Temple.
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Juliana Ohrberg of Lewisburg High School
@TweetDCS_LHS
wins the Vicki Earl Phillips scholarship from the DeSoto
#Arts
Council.
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Leah Jones of
@ncsthepoint
scored 16 points to be named Player of the Game. Lady Trojans edge Starkville 44-40 in overtime at the Shan Whiteside Classic. Sukkima Suell led Starkville with 15.
@SocialSportsMs
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Amarion Davis named player of the game for Lewisburg.
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Again, the final moments in
@LCHSGatorsBB
win over Callaway 80-75 in double overtime. Gators will play Hattiesburg Tuesday night at 7 pm at Mississippi Coliseum.
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Final out. NCS in championship tomorrow at 10 am at MTSU.
@desoto_news
@socialsportsms
@NORTHPOINTBB
@tssaa_baseball
Thanks to Command Realty Group-Chuck Roberts,
@HayesLawFirm
, and Taylor Buntin-Bridgforth and Buntin Law Firm.
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BSB: M10-Hernando 1, Oxford 0
HBP, infield hit beats out play at 1st. Walk loads the bases. SAC fly by Martin scores a run.
Diving fly ball catch at LF ends inning.
@hhsbaseballbstr
@OxfordBaseball1
@SocialSportsMs
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QB Jackson Smith of
@NORTHPOINTFB
commits to play at Millsaps
@MajorAthletics
next season.
@socialsportsms
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Jhamal Ross of Center Hill named MVP after Mustangs win over North Panola. 18 points.
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.
@NORTHPOINTBB
team introduced at halftime of the boys game after they were presented with their
@tssaa_baseball
state championship rings.
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QB Jack Patterson and kicker Brady Smith signed with
@ucabears
football today. Patterson, on scholarship, is one the most prolific signal callers in the area for
@NORTHPOINTFB
. Smith, one of most consistent kickers around with a 47 yd. FG to his credit, will be a PWO at Conway.
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.
@TheBurgbball
remembers
#3
. Parker to wear McField's number in memory of former teammate.
@SocialSportsMs
@bshields0244
@TheBurgSports
@johnvarlas
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