Archives for June 2018

#118: New Site girls aiming high; Bolen excited about Bulldogs – 06/27/18

June 27, 2018 by Brad Locke Leave a Comment

June has been quite a busy month, what with summer basketball and 7-on-7 football. Brad and Dalton have updates from both sports on this episode.

On the hardwood, New Site’s girls are looking to get back to the 2A title game (1:40), and they’ve got some key pieces returning to the backcourt. The big challenge will be replacing Madison Pharr in the post.

Shannon also harbors big expectations in 4A (4:49). The Lady Red Raiders are led by Ciara Jackson, an electric point guard, and 6-foot-3 center Zaniyah Bogan. Over at Pontotoc, head coach Kyle Heard will enter his second season with a lot of young talent (7:05), including Houston transfer Dee Dee Shephard. Another 4A team, New Albany, is looking to make strides under second-year coach Micha Washington (10:41).

Speaking of New Albany, the Bulldogs’ football team is expecting big things on offense under new head coach Cody Stubblefield (13:55). Loden Bolen brings a lot of experience to the quarterback position, and he has several good skill players surrounding him.

Also, the guys discuss Amory quarterback Hunter Jones (11:35), who is coming off a strong freshman campaign.

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#117: Coaching hires and football schedules – 06/13/18

June 13, 2018 by Brad Locke Leave a Comment

It’s been a busy week for coaching hires in Northeast Mississippi, and Brad and Dalton have the latest on the vacancies that have been filled.

Michael Cathey has been hired to lead Ashland’s basketball teams (2:04). He takes over for Rolley Tipler, who led the boys to two Class 1A state championships. Cathey took Coffeeville to the 1A state quarterfinals this year.

Kossuth made two basketball hires: Angie Malone for the girls, Robert Burdette for the boys (4:16). Malone was the middle school coach at Kossuth the past 10 years, while Burdette was head coach at New Albany for three years prior to taking this job. Burdette coached 27 years in Alabama, winning four state titles.

On the baseball diamond, Andy McGregor has been tapped to lead New Site (6:51). It’s his first head coaching job. And at Starkville, Nettleton native and former Mississippi State player Luke Adkins is taking over (8:02).

The guys also have plenty of football to talk about, including New Site having to fold its struggling program (11:05). Brad has managed to procure schedules for all 51 area teams, so he and Dalton peek ahead to some intriguing Week 1 matchups (13:35). And finally, the guys discuss Starkville running back Rodriques Clark’s verbal commitment to Memphis (20:32).

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#116: Recapping All-Area teams, coaching moves – 06/06/18

June 6, 2018 by Brad Locke Leave a Comment

The Daily Journal’s annual All-Area baseball and softball teams were revealed Sunday. On this episode, Brad and Dalton look at the baseball squad (1:30), including Player of the Year Joel Wilkinson. And they discuss the tough-to-pick softball team (6:24), headlined by Player of the Year Aquana Brownlee.

There’s football to be discussed as well. Tupelo coach Trent Hammond recently talked about his wealth of talent at the offensive skill positions (10:35), and Dalton has an update on a potentially prolific Itawamba AHS offense (13:04).

The coaching carousel continues to turn. Cody Stubblefield has been hired as New Albany’s football coach (14:55), and the school has a new athletics director, too. Also, former Kossuth basketball coach Chris Byrd has landed at Senatobia, and Kossuth softball coach Steve Lyles has retired after 36 years (16:18).

On a related note, Brad continues to struggle with the correct pronunciation of Kossuth.

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