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#85: Tupelo, West Point face huge tests – 10/11/17

October 11, 2017 by Brad Locke Leave a Comment

There is a pair of huge games on tap for Friday night, with division title hopes on the line.

Today, Brad and Dalton preview West Point’s home matchup with Olive Branch (7:46). Both teams are undefeated, and West Point is looking to keep rolling in its defense of last year’s Class 5A state championship.

Tupelo, meanwhile, visits old foe South Panola (11:03). Ricky Woods is back in Batesville and has the Tigers at 6-2, while the Golden Wave look to remain unbeaten.

Another game to watch this week will be Corinth hosting Ripley (13:42). Corinth is 2-0 in Division 1-4A, as second-year coach Todd Lowery’s Wing-T offense is starting to click.

The guys also look back at some of last week’s key results, including Tupelo over Southaven (1:29), Itawamba AHS over Shannon (3:18) and Nettleton’s upset of South Pontotoc (4:08).

There’s a quick check on the slow-pitch softball playoffs (16:09), and of course Athletes of the Week (18:19).

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#76: Preseason camp updates from Pontotoc, IAHS, Corinth – 08/09/17

August 9, 2017 by Brad Locke Leave a Comment

Dalton Middleton has been traversing the region to learn more about some of the football teams leading up to the start of the season. On today’s episode, he provides a few updates from his travels.

One of his stops was at Pontotoc (1:27), which is dealing with injuries to several key players. Middle linebacker Hayden Harris is out for the year, tailback Gabe Harmon won’t be back until mid-season, and safety Trevor Morgan will miss some time.

The Warriors also have a question mark at quarterback with the graduation of Jacob Carter, who was the Daily Journal’s 2016 Offensive Player of the Year. His younger brother, Justin, is battling with senior London Jordan for the starting role. One thing coach Jeff Carter can count on is the play of lineman Cole Smith, an LSU commit.

Over at Itawamba AHS, it looks to be a rebuilding year due to the loss of 26 seniors (6:20). The Indians have some playmakers on defense, though, including Lane Domino and Jamal Shumpert.

Corinth, meanwhile, is looking to get back to the postseason after missing it last year for the first time since 1999 (9:30). Jon D. Warren returns at QB to run second-year coach Todd Lowery’s Wing-T offense. The Warriors are expected to be tough on defense, where all 11 starters return.

Dalton also has a hoops update. Corinth’s Tada Stricklen, a senior guard who helped the program win the Class 4A state title in 2016, is starting to get noticed by colleges (13:14). He’s looking to lead the Warriors to another big year.

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#26: Corinth gets a new football coach – 06/15/16

June 15, 2016 by Brad Locke 1 Comment

Corinth has a new football coach, with Todd Lowery coming up from Perry Central to replace Doug Jones (1:18). Gene Phelps and Brad Locke discuss that move on this week’s episode, plus a couple of other coaching hires at Pontotoc (4:43) and Smithville (6:28). Also, the guys recap the Daily Journal’s All-Area softball team (7:29) and look ahead to the paper’s annual football preview section (15:18).

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