It was a special night for Kemper County High School all around, as the Wildcats hosted their annual homecoming game along with earning a 48-13 win over Southeast Lauderdale, its first of the season. 

The East Mississippi Community College men’s golf team returned to action by tying for sixth place at the Gulf Region Preview tournament hosted by Copiah-Lincoln.

The Kemper County High School Lady Wildcats went 1-1 this week on the volleyball court including a huge four-set win over Philadelphia. 

In a top-10 gridiron battle with possible postseason playoff implications, the eighth-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College fell victim to fourth-ranked Northwest Mississippi’s balanced offensive attack in dropping a 38-21 decision to the visiting Rangers during Thursday’s MACCC North Division action played at Sullivan-Windham Field. 

The Kemper County Wildcats took a tough 42-12 loss on the road at Lake this week, falling to 0-1 in district play.

The Alabama-LSU game played on Nov. 15 in Baton Rouge was the first college football game I have ever been to.

A final play field goal in 4A and a shootout in 3A highlighted the six MHSAA state championship football games played at M.M Roberts Stadium on the USM campus in Hattiesburg.

It was a short week of basketball for the Kemper Academy Rams. They played Russell Christian twice and split the series.

The Kemper County basketball teams hosted Northeast Lauderdale last Tuesday.

East Mississippi Community Col­lege’s successful 2022 baseball season came to a close earlier this month with a 10-4 setback to fourth-seeded Hinds during this week’s NJCAA Region 23 Baseball Tournament being played at Dub Herring Park on the Pearl River Community College campus.

Kemper Academy’s Kix Wilson has pulled a Michael Jordan, by turning heads on both the hard­wood and the diamond.

First-year Kemper County High school foot­ball coach William Clay got a first-hand look as to how his Wildcats will react under the lights last Friday night, when KCHS traveled to Northeast Lauderdale for a Spring football scrim­mage.

As one of the most valu­able two-way players in the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference this season, East Mississippi Commu­nity College’s Blayze Berry has been selected first-team pitcher and second-team utility player on the 2022 All-MACCC Baseball Team.

Blayze Berry’s three-hitter lifted visiting East Missis­sippi Community College to a doubleheader split with Meridian Friday at Scaggs Field.

Jenna Kirkland’s walk-off, three-run home run pro­pelled East Mississippi Community College to a home doubleheader split with Meridian during Fri­day’s MACCC softball ac­tion.

Three-time all-region, all-conference standout Jakorie Smith of East Mississippi Community College has added to his impressive list of accolades by earning honor­able mention honors on the 2021-22 NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball All-America Team.

A one-two-three finish in the 200, 800 and 1600 led Kemper County boys to first place at the Re­gion 3-2A track meet at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Ridgeland last week.

Kemper Academy senior Lan­don Dixon had his senior night dream come true for him in the Rams last regular season game against Newton County Acad­emy.

The Kemper County High School fast-pitch softball team has checked so many things off its list this season that the Lady Wildcats had to start a new one.

Each year, students in Kemper County High School’s career and technical programs attend state leadership conferences and participate in state compe­titions.