Tag: High School Basketball
Remembering ‘Hoosiers’ and Gene Hackman, and an interview with the film’s star player Jimmy Chitwood – By Billy Watkins
By Billy Watkins I have read on Facebook where many of you have gone back and watched the sports...
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PRESLEY THOMPSON OVERCOMES FLU SYMPTOMS, SCORES WINNING BASKET TO LEAD DEFENDING MAIS OVERALL CHAMPION EAST RANKIN OVER PREVIOUSLY UNDEFEATED LEAKE
By Robert Wilson Presley Thompson felt horrible when she...
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BEN SEGREST LIGHTS THE FIRE EARLY, KEVIN ROBERTS, JOHN ED MADDUX KEEP IT LIT TO LEAD JACKSON PREP BOYS TO 63-49 VICTORY OVER DEFENDING MAIS CLASS 6A AND OVERALL CHAMPION JACKSON ACADEMY
Prep head coach Zach Allison and assistants. Photo by Chris Todd By Robert Wilson...
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JAYDEN RHYMES GETS HOT AGAIN, SCORES A CAREER HIGH 28 POINTS, LEADS JA GIRLS TO 64-58 OVERTIME WIN OVER DEFENDING MAIS CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPION JACKSON PREP
Prep presenting JA coach Jan Sojourner with a plaque for her last game at Prep before retirement....
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JACKSON ACADEMY SENIOR GUARD CALEB GAITOR EARNS TATUM AND WADE METRO JACKSON BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK – 1-10-25
Photo by Brad Bridges By Robert Wilson Jackson Academy’s...
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At a place he never expected to be, Coach Jesse Taylor brings home JA’s first boys Overall title in 18 years – By Billy Watkins
Photo by Hays Collins By Billy Watkins They shook hands after...
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MRA girls coach Stephen Force teaches more than how to win basketball games — by Billy Watkins
Photo by Robert Smith By Billy Watkins When you want to know what...
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PriorityOne Bank Metro Jackson Boys Player of the Week 1-25-24
Photo by Brad Bridges By Robert Wilson Jackson Academy...
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PILLOW’S DURWIN CARPENTER STARTS HIS 50TH SEASON COACHNG GIRLS BASKETBALL, RANKS THIRD IN THE COUNTRY IN WINS AMONG ACTIVE COACHES
Photo by Brandon Jackson By Robert Wilson Durwin Carpenter,...
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MRA COACH RICHARD DUEASE BEGINS 49TH SEASON, 6-FOOT-8 EIGHTH GRADER EJ DAMPIER MAKES HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT
Photo By Chris Todd By Robert Wilson Richard Duease started...
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2023 PriorityOne Bank Metro Jackson Boys Basketball Preseason Elite 11
Robert Wilson spent 23 years at The Clarion-Ledger/Jackson Daily News as a sportswriter with more...
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RAYMOND’S TONY TADLOCK IS ONE OF EIGHT FINALISTS FOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR
Photo by Chris Todd By Robert Wilson Raymond High boys...
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