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April 30th, 2013
Mississippi State's men's tennis team won't have to travel to compete in the postseason for the second-straight season.
The Bulldogs will be hosting their second regional in a row.
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Sometimes parents take athletics too seriously when it comes to their children.
Over the years, parents have gotten upset with officials and umpires to the point that they almost come out of the stands and onto the field to take matters into their own hands.
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OXFORD – Three Starkville High School pitchers kept the Oxford Charger bats at bay long enough for the Yellowjackets to go on the road and get the second-round Class 5A playoffs series started on the right note.
Max Bartlett, Tanner Jones and Tanner Clanton of SHS combined to hold Oxford to seven hits on its home field and the Jackets came away with a 6-5 victory on Tuesday night.
GREENVILLE – The Starkville Academy Volunteers have their game faces on as it prepares for game two of the MAIS AAA-II baseball playoffs.
After dropping game one by a score of 3-1 to Washington School, the Vols look for more production on Thursday than they did in Tuesday's first outing.
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JACKSON – Behind the 75 carded by Alex Bedwell, the Starkville Academy Volunteers shot a 319 at the Jackson Country Club Tuesday afternoon, which was good enough to finish third in AAA South State and qualified them for the State tournament.
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Starkville High School boys golf coach Sam Bryant has seen the potential that the individual players have on his team.
Bryant hopes that all five of the Yellowjackets shoot low rounds at the same time the next couple of days at the Class 5A State Tournament being held at the University of Mississippi Golf Course in Oxford.
April 29th
Over two weeks ago, America was rocked with the news of the tragedy that struck Boston.
The bombings at the Boston Marathon on Patriots' Day, Monday, April 15, killed three people and injured 264.
The tragedy brought out the best in people.
Mississippi State had an idea to show its support for the victims and heroes of the Boston Marathon bombings.
The Mississippi State women's golf team hadn't sniffed the postseason in nearly six years.
Monday night that all changed.
The Lady Bulldogs gathered at Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the NCAA Selection Show. At just after 8 p.m. they saw their name come up and a loud roar was heard inside the restaurant.
It didn't take Starkville Academy baseball coach Neal Henry long to figure out three years ago that he had a 9th grader who could play the game pretty well.
A young Hunter Bolin stepped up to the plate and got two doubles against a pitcher that was throwing in the 90-mile per hour range and that caught Henry's attention.
Starkville High had planned on having a few more days to prepare for its game against Oxford, but Mother Nature and the board of education had other things in mind.
With potential threats looming, the two teams made the decision to move their portion of the second round of playoffs up.
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