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Playoffs on deck for area MHSAA baseball programs

It’s playoff time for local high school baseball programs as the annual MHSAA state tournament begins on Friday with opening round games. Here is a ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 10:00 am

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Loyd Star, Wesson softball head into postseason as top seeds

The MHSAA playoffs begin on Friday for area teams that have qualified for the postseason. Here’s a preview of the first-round action for the weekend. ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 5:00 pm

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Daily Leader All-Area Basketball Team Honorable Mentions

BOYS Kelly Burgess, Enterprise Madden Coleman, Brookhaven Academy Kordell Collins, Brookhaven High Terrell Gholar, Lawrence County Anthony Humphrey, Loyd Star Shakell Jenkins, Bogue Chitto Jamarius ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Saturday, April 13, 2024 4:30 pm

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Daily Leader All-Area Basketball Girls’ Team

Jamiya Atterberry, Lawrence County A senior, Atterberry averaged 10.2 points per game for coach Candice McDuffey and a Lawrence County squad that finished 18-11 in ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Saturday, April 13, 2024 3:30 pm

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Daily Leader All-Area Basketball Boys’ Team

Randy Crisler, Bogue Chitto A sophomore, Crisler averaged 9.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per game while providing the power in the paint for a Bogue ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Saturday, April 13, 2024 2:30 pm

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Daily Leader All-Area Basketball Coach of the Year: Bogue Chitto’s Marc Howard

Marc Howard, Bogue Chitto The Bogue Chitto fan base is one that carries a passion with it once it fills up one side of a ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Saturday, April 13, 2024 12:30 pm

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Daily Leader All-Area Basketball Most Valuable Player, Boys: ‘Bam’ Thompson

Devonta ‘Bam’ Thompson, Bogue Chitto Unless you’ve got good equipment, it’s hard to get great pictures of Bogue Chitto junior guard Devonta “Bam” Thompson when ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Saturday, April 13, 2024 11:30 am

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Daily Leader All-Area Basketball Most Valuable Player, Girls: De’Mya Porter

De’Mya Porter, Bogue Chitto Bogue Chitto senior center De’Mya Porter has always been in the running for Most Valuable Player honors, ever her freshman season. ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:30 am

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Area powerlifters pile up podium finishes at MHSAA state meet

Lincoln County and the surrounding area were well represented at the MHSAA state powerlifting meet over the weekend. The Brookhaven High Panthers finished third overall ... Read more

by Cliff Furr, Thursday, April 11, 2024 4:00 pm

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Brookhaven High product Bogan bags NAIA All-American honors

Brookhaven High alum Lafollette “Folllie” Bogan only played one season of college basketball at Milligan University in Elizabethton, Tennessee, but it was a year to ... Read more