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Pillow Academy junior running back Floyd Melton IV heads to the end zone for one of his two touchdowns Friday night against East Rankin.

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Mustangs roll into playoffs on hot streak
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sun,10/29/17-3:03AM , 173 Reads
PELAHATCHIE — Pillow Academy closed the regular season with a thumping of East Rankin to carry a four-game win streak into the postseason.
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Mississippi Valley State’s Booker T. Chambers of Greenwood returns a kickoff Saturday in Itta Bena as teammate Antraveon Jamison (21) looks to block Jackson State’s Joshua Little. Chambers returned two kicks for 50 yards and had just one catch for eight yards.

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Futile offense dooms Devils
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sun,10/29/17-2:57AM , 86 Reads
The final offensive play was a microcosm of Mississippi Valley State’s day.

Quarterback Jett Even was sacked, flagged for his second unsportsmanlike penalty that resulted in his ejection.

It was a frustrating end to a miserable outing as MVSU lost 24-5 Saturday at Rice-Totten Stadium in Itta Bena.
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Clarksdale’s Carnell Addison Jr. (8) looks to stop Greenwood quarterback Jaylen Stanley Thursday night during a Region 3-4A showdown in Clarksdale. Stanely ran for a touchdown and threw for another in his team’s win.

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Dogs capture fifth straight region title
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Fri,10/27/17-2:06PM , 240 Reads
CLARKSDALE — Get off the track if you don’t want to get run over. That was Greenwood’s message to Clarksdale.

The Wildcats had no answer for the Bulldogs’ ground-and-pound attack as GHS rolled up 232 rushing yards en route to a 26-13 victory here Thursday night to claim its fifth straight Region 3-4A championship.
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GHS lineman Christian Henderson (70) opens up a hole for Walter ivory (29), who is averaging 119 yards per contest.

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GHS in search of fifth straight region title
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Thu,10/26/17-1:42PM , 167 Reads
Before the season began, many figured this is how the Region 3-4A title race would wind up.

After Greenwood won four straight league crowns with relative ease, Clarksdale dropped from the 5A classification into Region 3-4A — giving the Bulldogs new competition.
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