Category: Basketball
JACKSON PREP GIRLS, LED BY ANDIE FLATGARD’S 21 POINTS, REMAIN UNDEFEATED, HOLD OFF PILLOW 44-41 – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson Jackson Prep girls basketball coach Michael McAnally knows he has the makings of a possible MAIS Overall Tournament championship team this season: a college caliber scorer in senior guard and Alabama-Huntsville...
Read MorePILLOW ACADEMY GIRLS COACH DURWIN CARPENTER GOES FOR WIN NO. 1,117, VISITS UNDEFEATED JACKSON PREP – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson The second winningest active girls basketball coach in the country – Pillow Academy’s Durwin Carpenter – comes to Metro Jackson Tuesday night to try to give Jackson Prep its first loss of the season. In a...
Read MoreLANIER HIGH HAS NEW SCORING MACHINE IN SENIOR GUARD MARK DRONE, BEST SCORER AT LANIER SINCE MONTA ELLIS – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson There hasn’t been a scoring machine at Lanier High like this since Monta Ellis won National Player of the Year and was an NBA draft pick out of high school in 2005. Mark Drone is his name and scoring is his...
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ST. ANDREW’S ALUMNUS RASHAD BOLDEN SCORES 29 IN HIS SECOND START FOR SOUTHERN MISS, TIES FRESHMAN SCORING RECORD – By Robert Wilson
Photo credit: Southern Miss athletics By Robert Wilson It didn’t take long for St. Andrew’s...
Read MoreLEAKE ACADEMY GIRLS PUT 54 HOME GAME WINNING STREAK, 34 GAME WINNING STREAK ON LINE AGAINST TRADITIONAL POWER PILLOW – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson Defending MAIS Overall champion Leake Academy goes for its 55th consecutive home victory and its 35th straight win overall Tuesday night when it plays host to traditional power Pillow Academy and coach Durwin...
Read MoreJACKSON PREP GUARD ANDIE FLATGARD MAKES HISTORY WITH SIGNING, THEN 3-POINT PERFORMANCE – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson Jackson Prep senior guard Andie Flatgard made history Wednesday becoming the first girls basketball player at Prep to sign a scholarship with a four-year college since the 1990s. She made history again on the...
Read MorePILLOW ACADEMY GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH DURWIN CARPENTER WINS 1,100TH GAME, IS SECOND WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACH IN THE COUNTRY – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson Pillow Academy girls basketball coach Durwin Carpenter won his 1,100th game in his career in his first victory this season and doesn’t plan on slowing down any time soon. Carpenter, 70 years old and in his 48th...
Read MoreJACKSON PREP’S MICHAEL MCANALLY BEATS EAST RANKIN’S BROOKE RHODES IN FIRST MEETING BETWEEN COACH AND FORMER PLAYER – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson Jackson Prep girls basketball coach Michael McAnally knew the opposing coach Thursday night at the Madison-Ridgeland Academy Tournament very well and he’s glad she wasn’t playing for the other team. McAnally and...
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PRIORITYONE BANK/METRO JACKSON ELITE ELEVEN GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM – BY ROBERT WILSON
Robert Wilson spent 23 years at The Clarion-Ledger/Jackson Daily News as a sportswriter with more...
Read MoreSAM RICHEY, ONCE THE WINNINGEST BOYS BASKETBALL COACH IN MISSISSIPPI, PASSES AWAY AT AGE 83 – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson Sam Richey, once the winningest high school boys basketball coach in Mississippi, has passed away at age 83 after a lengthy illness, according to Gene Phelps of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Richey...
Read MoreTERRY’S DEVIN REE TRANSFERS TO NATIONAL BASKETBALL POWERHOUSE OAK HILL ACADEMY IN VIRGINIA – By Robert Wilson
By Robert Wilson Mississippi’s loss is Virginia’s gain this high school basketball season. Terry’s Devin Ree, a 6-foot-8, 185-pound rising senior and LSU commitment, has transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va.,...
Read MoreRaymond Boys Basketball Gets Better, Adds 6-9 Sophomore Eric Paymon, JR. to its talented team
By Robert Wilson The Raymond boys basketball team has been in the Class 4A state championship game for the past five seasons, winning three titles from 2017-2019 and having two runner-up finishes in the last two seasons. With...
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