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New youth sports league coming to GLCSD
By JARED CONERLY - Sports Editor
Fri,06/13/25-2:00AM , 5707 Reads
Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District Superintendent Mary Johnson knew from the very first night she was hired that she wanted to create a new district wide youth sports program.
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MSU to host high school football title games
By JARED CONERLY - Sports Editor
Thu,06/12/25-2:00AM , 2410 Reads
High school football state championships are coming to Mississippi State University.
The Mississippi High School Activities Association announced on Wednesday that all of the 2025 state championship football games will be played in Starkville at Davis Wade Stadium, ending a nine-year hosting drought.
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Cooley says HOF Class of 2025 is ‘a great bunch’
By JARED CONERLY - Sports Editor
Sat,06/07/25-2:00AM , 2728 Reads
Food, laughter and good times will all be capped off Friday and Saturday by honoring current and former local athletes with two separate banquets at the Leflore County Civic Center.
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Mississippi Valley State wide receivers coach Arlo Henderson, third from left, talks to football prospects during a camp on Tuesday at Rice-Totten Stadium as quarterbacks coach Grant Simms, left, surveys the action. (By Jared Conerly, Copyright 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Prospects relish individual coaching at Valley's football camp
By JARED CONERLY - Sports Editor
Wed,06/04/25-2:00AM , 2741 Reads
Titus Amos didn’t mind that the camp didn’t have many participants.
In fact, the recent Madison Central High School graduate preferred it that way.
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