High school football players from Falkner and Ripley will suit up for the first annual Northeast Mississippi Football Coaches Association All-Star Football Game set for Wednesday, May 22 at Saltillo High School at 6 p.m. The game features northeast Mississippi football seniors from all classifications. Falkner defensive back Dallas Hill and lineman Dustin McCoy will play [...]
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Four return to Tippah County with MHSAA track and field medals
PEARL–The 2013 MHSAA Track and Field Championships were held Saturday, May 11 and Monday, May 13 at Pearl High School, and four Tippah County athletes returned with medals–three from Ripley and one from Walnut high schools. At Saturday’s Class 1A/3A/5A portion, Ripley’s Jada Rich won gold with a first place finish in girls Class 3A [...]
Ripley, Walnut set spring football jamboree schedules
Walnut Wildcat football coach John Meeks announced that the school will host a Spring Football Jamboree, Thursday, May 16 at Wanut High School. Varsity and junior varsity squads from Walnut, Alcorn Central and Middlteon, Tenn. will participate. 2013 Walnut Football Jamboree schedule: Walnut vs. Alcorn Central (V), 5 p.m. Walnut vs. Alcorn Central (JV), 6 [...]
Rowland set to end varsity career with final run for state gold
Senior distance runner Page Rowland has won a lot of races. She was named an All-State runner for five straight years, she’s the current North Half champion in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs, and she’s owns a Mississippi High School Activities Association silver (2010) and bronze (2012) medal. Despite a mantel full of running [...]
Tippah County sends 12 to state track championships
PEARL — Saturday, 12 Tippah County track athletes will participate in the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) State Track Championships at Pearl High School. Tracksters from Falkner, Ripley and Walnut high schools qualifed with fourth place or better finishes at their respective North Half meets held Saturday, May 4. Falkner’s Melissa Maldonado and Meleka [...]
ICC women ink Mississippi All-Star MVP Jayla Chills of Ripley
By Adam Gore/ICC Itawamba Community College continues to build one of the state’s most impressive recruiting classes for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 23 champion Lady Indians as Coach Nanci Gray announced the addition of Ripley High School standout Jayla Chills on Monday. “I’m very excited to be playing at ICC,” Chills [...]
BASEBALL: Eagles’ season ends with loss to Smithville
Saturday, the Falkner Eagles (13-11) were swept from the MHSAA Class 1A baseball playoffs with a 10-0 home loss to the Smithville Seminoles. Falkner fell 16-0 in Game 1, Thursday at Smithville. Game 2 was set for Friday, but rain postponed it. Tyler Windsor took the Game 2 loss for Falkner. Smithville sophomore starter Micah [...]
Walnut Track advances to Class 2A North Half meet
Members of the Walnut High School track team qualified for the Class 2A North Half Track meet set for May 3 at Potts Camp High School with a fourth place or better finish in the last week’s division meet. Participants must finish in the top four to advance to the MHSAA State Track Championships. Division [...]
BASEBALL: Falkner set to begin best-of-three series at Smithville
Today, the Falkner Eagles will start a best-of-three playoff series with the Smithville Seminoles in Round 1 of the MHSAA Class 1A baseball playoffs. First pitch for Game 1 is set for 6 p.m. The series shifts to Falkner for Game 2, Friday at 6 p.m. Game 3, if necessary, will be back at Smithville, [...]
BASEBALL: Falkner Eagles advance past West Union
Saturday, the Falkner Eagles won Game 3 of their Class 1A best-of-three play-in series against West Union, 13-2, to win the series 2-1 and advance. Falkner (13-10) will face Smithville in Round Two, which begins Thursday, May 2. In the finale, Wesley Murphy (9-1) earned the win. He fanned six and helped his cause with [...]
