Hilltopper Thanksgiving Classic
Saturday, Nov. 29 @ Houston High School Gym
12:00 p.m. – Houston JV vs. Okolona JV
1:30 p.m. – Aberdeen vs. Okolona
3:00 p.m. – Houston vs. Vardaman
4:30 p.m. – Shannon vs. Calhoun City
All-County Softball Team
The New Albany Gazette will release their All-Union County Slow Pitch Softball Team in Friday’s edition of the paper.
Dukes of the Diamond
The Monroe County Journal has a great story about Smithville’s softball coach Jeremy Dukes and his father Roger — click here for the entire story.
Egg Bowl Madness
Brad Locke blogs about the Bulldogs for the NEMS Daily Journal
Parrish Alford blogs about the Rebels for the NEMS Daily Journal
To get your Ole Miss Athletic fix checkout: The Ole Miss Nation
Notre Dame Basketball
That’s right Notre Dame has a basketball team and a dang good one too. The #8 Irish beat #7 Texas 81-80 in the Maui Invitational to advance to the tournament championship game against top-ranked North Carolina after they picked up a 98-69 win over Oregon.
Chickasaw and Itawamba goes 360
Chickasaw and Itawamba have joined the Monroe County Journal in the world of 360 recently revamping their websites — Chickasaw360.com and Itawamba360.com
In case you missed it: Taiwan Easterling keeps the FSU rep rolling
Ryan Whittington pointed this out to me in an email. Taiwan Easterling of Hattiesburgh and other Florida State players keep the thug-like pride rolling at Florida State – click here for the ESPN story.
Aberdeen v. Okolona. Basketball is a good thing, a very good thing.