After back-to-back losses to end the regular season, the Union football team was left for dead.

The Leake Academy football team is headed back to the Class 5A championship game.

Neshoba Central moved onto the MHSAA 6A quarterfinals with a 28-22 home win over Lake Cormorant on Friday night, advancing to their sixth straight state quarterfinals.

Leake Academy seniors Jack Harkins and Matthan Weaver signed to continue their baseball careers.

Area Wide Youth Sports will be hosting their youth football championships in the next couple of weeks, featuring teams in different age groups from Neshoba County and other teams in the surrounding area. 

The Leake Academy Rebelettes had a busy week on the hardwoods.

In a 16-6 loss to Philadelphia to end the regular season, Union coach Jordan Wren said his offensive line didn’t play well enough.

Leake Academy football coach Brian Pickens knew beating Simpson County Academy twice in a season would be difficult.

Philadelphia started their playoff run with a huge 44-3 win over Hatley in the first round of the MHSAA 2A playoffs, improving to 5-6 on the season.

The Leake Academy girls basketball team tipped off the regular season last week and did what they usually do, deliver a pair of blowout wins.

The first rainfall in more than a month slowed down an explosive Philadelphia offense on Thursday night. But it also brought the Union offense to a halt as well.

Choctaw Central clinched a playoff spot, capping off one of their most successful regular seasons in school history, with a 28-7 victory over Northeast Lauderdale.

The Neshoba Central Boys’ Cross Country team secured the 6A team state title last week, with four runners finishing in the top ten of the 5K race and all seven of the team’s runners finishing in the top 25 of the race at Choctaw Trails in Clinton.

This year, the senior quarterback from Sebastopol got his revenge as he rushed for 267 yards and four TDs, threw for 94 yards and a TD to lead the Bobcats to a 54-36 win over the Yellowjackets on Friday night.

With a district championship on the line, the Leake Academy defense pitched its first shutout since the 2020 state championship game.

Philadelphia continues to roll in region play, as they defeated Eupora 27-20 to stay at the top of the region standings, improving to 3-6 overall and 3-0 in region play.

The Neshoba Central JV football team showed some major promise for the future of the Rocket football program, as they just finished the season with a perfect 7-0 record.

In a battle of two of the top quarterbacks in the MAIS, it was a missed PAT that made the difference.

Choctaw Central got back into the win column Friday night, defeating Leake Central 27-16, to end a two-game losing streak.

Turnovers have been a problem for the Union Yellowjackets all season.