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#312: Huge coaching moves; Montgomery hits 1K – 03/22/23

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Brad is back from vacation and has plenty of updates for you on this episode.

There have been a couple of big coaching hires recently. Katie Bates is leaving Pine Grove after 10 years to be head girls basketball coach at Ripley (1:49), where she won a state championship in 2011. Lafayette has also found a familiar face, hiring Anthony Hart as head football coach (3:36). He led the Commodores to a pair of state titles the first time he coached there.

On the diamond, East Union took down rival West Union on Tuesday behind the arm of Landon Harmon (5:00). Starkville got a big division win over Tupelo thanks to Ethan Pulliam’s walk-off homer (6:55). And Mantachie softball pitcher Ramsey Montgomery recently recorded her 1,000th career strikeout (8:12).

Also today, Brad has Athletes of the Week (9:37).

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#311: Booneville sweeps 3A titles, Ingomar girls take 1A – 03/08/23

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The 2022-23 basketball season wrapped up last week in Jackson with the state championships, and Brad is here with a full report.

Booneville’s boys and girls made history by both winning the 3A titles for a second-straight season (1:12). Ingomar’s girls also won, taking the 1A crown behind the play of freshman Daylen Grisham (4:15).

On the baseball front, Ty Long hurled Ripley past New Albany in each team’s Division 2-4A opener on Tuesday (6:19). Brad also has Athletes of the Week (7:31).

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#310: Basketball quarterfinals on tap – 02/22/23

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Brad is back from his NOLA trip and previews some of this week’s basketball quarterfinal playoff matchups.

Tishomingo County’s girls, fresh off a win over Choctaw Central, will face Pontotoc on Thursday in Class 4A (1:27). Tonight will see Biggersville and H.W. Byers meet in a rematch of last season’s 1A boys state championship game (3:12). And in 6A, Tupelo’s girls and Starkville’s boys both continue their title pushes on Friday (4:15).

Brad also discusses the Mr. and Miss Basketball winners (4:48), and he presents Athletes of the Week (6:13).

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#309: Saltillo wins soccer title; basketball division tourneys – 02/08/23

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Brad is back with a tidy little episode.

The soccer season wrapped up last weekend, with Saltillo’s girls bringing home the Class 5A state championship (1:24). Three other area teams lost in their respective title games.

On the basketball court, Saltillo’s boys edged West Point in the Division 1-5A Tournament (3:40), just one of several division tourneys on tap this week (6:17). Brad also recounts the huge upset Baldwyn’s girls pulled on Friday (7:12). And he presents Athletes of the Week (8:02).

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#308: Four area teams in soccer finals – 02/01/23

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Brad is back with some soccer, basketball and football updates.

The soccer state championships are this weekend, with four area teams vying for a gold ball (4:24). One of those teams is Saltillo’s girls, who broke the Lafayette curse in the semifinals on Monday (1:42).

On the basketball front, Brad notes a couple of Tuesday’s results and previews next week’s division tournaments (5:52). There is some football coaching news, with a new hire at Bruce (8:09). And we have Athletes of the Week (9:47).

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#307: Soccer playoffs; Anderson leads Wave – 01/25/23

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Soccer playoffs have begun, and the basketball regular season is starting to wind down. Brad has an update on Tupelo’s girls soccer team, which fell to Clinton in the Class 6A playoffs on Monday (1:33). As for hoops, Tupelo’s boys rallied past Oxford on Tuesday thanks to the play of Dayveun Anderson (4:00).

In other hardcourt news, Belmont’s girls continue to look strong (7:05), and Pontotoc’s Zane Tipler is out for the season with a knee injury (8:31).

Brad also presents Athletes of the Week (9:33).

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#306: Starkville tops Tupelo; Fair leaving Lafayette – 01/18/23

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Brad has a little bit of everything on this week’s episode.

For starters, there are a lot of important basketball games being played this week. One of them occurred Tuesday, when No. 1 Starkville beat No. 2 Tupelo in a Division 1-6A boys showdown (1:45). Going back to the weekend, Chris Carter led New Albany to the Union County Tournament title (6:00). Brad also discusses the rash of knee injuries suffered by area girls players (7:04).

Baseball preseason practices have begun, and Brad has an update on Tupelo (9:23), which is trying to fill some gaping holes on its pitching staff. There’s also big football coaching news, as Lafayette’s Michael Fair is headed to Grenada (11:45).

Also on the show, Athletes of the Week (13:47).

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#305: Mooreville girls on a roll – 01/11/23

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Brad has plenty of hoops to talk about this week.

Mooreville’s girls are hot (2:30). The Lady Troopers won the Lee County Tournament last weekend, then they upset No. 2 Tishomingo County on Tuesday. There were several other county tourneys last week (3:32), and Brad also has an update on Pontotoc’s boys (4:02).

Looking ahead, Starkville and Tupelo have a big showdown next Tuesday (5:11). Also on the show, an Oxford soccer update (6:11) and Athletes of the Week (7:27).

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#304: Duffy, Simmons have big nights – 01/04/23

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Brad got to see two of the better players in the area this past week.

On this episode, he recaps Saltillo’s boys winning their division opener on Tuesday behind the play of Demetrius Duffy (1:44), who had 27 points and 13 rebounds. Back on Friday, Booneville took down Biggersville as Kedrick Simmons had a big game (3:36), with 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting.

Also today, an update on the postponed Starkville-Tupelo game (NOTE: rescheduled for Jan. 17) as well as what’s coming the rest of the week (5:40). And of course, Athletes of the Week are honored (7:14).

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#303: Alexander’s miracle shot; All-Area football – 12/28/22

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Brad decided to do an episode this week after all.

He’s got basketball updates, including Calhoun City’s win against New Site on Tuesday (3:45). He also talks about Corinth’s Broderick Alexander, who made a miraculous shot at the buzzer to give his team a win on Friday (6:00).

Also, Brad recaps the All-Area football team (1:18), which came out Saturday. And he has Athletes of the Week (7:21).

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