Archive - 2012 - Sports Article
May 16th
Playing for state championships is something the Starkville Academy Volunteers have grown accustomed to this school year.
The Mississippi State Bulldogs are safely in next week’s Southeastern Conference Tournament but NCAA hopes ride on the regular season final series beginning tonight against the second-ranked team in t
The Mississippi State Bulldogs believe they are ready for whatever the postseason has to dish out.
May 15th
It has been over a week since Starkville Academy started its MAIS Class AAA, Division II State championship baseball series with Magnolia Heights.
Danny Carlisle went to check out some Mississippi State baseball on Tuesday night.
It wasn't because he had to, but because he wanted to.
Mississippi State pitcher Chris Stratton is in the midst of a very busy week.
The Central Arkansas Bears entered Polk-Dement Stadium on Tuesday night for the final non-conference game of the regular season and they left with a 2-0 shutout win over Mississippi State.
May 14th
Coach Randy Brooks knew there was going to be some changes for the 2012 East Oktibbeha High School football team.
May 13th
Mississippi State softball coach Vann Stuedeman always has wanted to be able to visit Oregon.
She couldn't think of a better time to fulfill that desire than during the NCAA Softball Tournament.
May 12th
The Starkville Academy baseball team will have to wait a few more days to see if it will win a State championship.
It was like an NCAA Regional atmosphere Thursday night when the Mississippi State softball team played Alabama in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
The school's best April on record, a perfect 8-0 mark against in-state competition, a 13-game winning streak against non-conference opponents, a nine-game improvement over last season in the overall w
A trip to Athens, Ga., and the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tennis Championships was on the line Saturday when the Baylor Bears and the Mississippi State Bulldogs got together in second round action of the
May 11th
Sometimes high school athletes have to wait two or three years for a second chance to play for a state championship and sometimes it doesn't come at all.
PEARL – Kate Mattox made the most of her two events for the Starkville Lady Yellowjackets at the Class 5A State Championship track meet on Friday.
The 9th-ranked Mississippi State men’s tennis team made quick work in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday and look to a test from a much tougher opponent in today's second round.
May 10th
Kate Mattox is in good position to help the Starkville High School girls' track and field team.
The girls' and the boys' team both compete at the Class 5A State meet today at Pearl High School.
Per Nilsson and his ninth-ranked Mississippi State men’s tennis squad begins NCAA Championship play this afternoon when it hosts the Alcorn State Braves in first round action at the A.J.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Mississippi State Bulldogs didn't allow the top-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide to run away with Thursday night's first-round matchup in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
The East Oktibbeha track and field teams like its prospects of seeing an individual state champion.
May 9th
A one-run game, a two-run game and a six-run game.
Tuesday night Mississippi State head coach John Cohen served his one game NCAA mandated suspension stemming from the events following the series finale with Alabama.
COLUMBUS – The Starkville Yellowjackets may not have exactly finished where they wanted to at the Class 5A State meet Wednesday afternoon.
For Chris Barnett, you could say that coaching in his blood.
The Starkville High School boys track and field coach led his team to a Class 5A North State Championship this past weekend.
May 8th
RIDGELAND – For Emily Turner and Hannah Laird, it will be two days that they never forget.
Butch Thompson and the Mississippi State Bulldogs pick up their 30th win of the season Tuesday night with a 6-3 midweek victory over the Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley State.
There's a reason Mississippi State lefthanded pitcher Stephanie Becker is having a much better season in 2012 than she did in 2011.
Tennis coach Michael Metz saw something special in a young Paul Michael Calhoun and thought there was potential for him to develop his skills.
May 7th
For the second week in a row, the Starkville Academy baseball team opens a playoff series on the road.
It's like Christmas in May for Mississippi State softball coach Vann Stuedeman.
She wants the Bulldogs to feel the same way.
