If James Grimes Jr. and his father are together, it’s often because the two of them are squaring off in a round of golf or bowling.

STARKVILLE (AP) — No. 9 hitter David LaManna hit a three-run home run to cap a four-run fourth inning, catapulting No. 10 overall seed Notre Dame to a 9-1 victory over No. 7 seed Mississippi State in the Starkville Super Regional on Sunday, setting up a one-game showdown for a berth in the C…

Reigning national champion Vanderbilt and Stanford swept their NCAA super regionals Saturday and became the first teams to lock up spots in the College World Series.

OXFORD (AP) — Jacob Gonzalez hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the first inning to open the scoring and added a two-run double in the Ole Miss' six-run second and the Rebels beat Arizona 12-3 on Saturday night to avoid elimination from the best-of-3 Oxford Super Regional.

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Logan Tanner hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh and No. 7 seed Mississippi State rallied from a four-run deficit to beat No. 10 seed Notre Dame 9-8 in Game 1 of the Starkville Super Regional on Saturday.

Brooks Buchanan

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Leadoff hitter Donta Williams went 3-for-5, hitting a home run his first time up and a three-run double his last, and Tony Bullard hit two solo homers and a triple as No. 5 overall seed Arizona showed off its power in rallying for a 9-3 victory over No. 12 seed Mississip…

Jason Smith took over the West Lauderdale baseball job with the goal of maintaining the program’s history of excellence.

Whether they needed his arm, his glove or his defense, Cal Culpepper was a jack-of-all-trades for the Clarkdale baseball team this spring.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Super regionals are the next stop on the NCAA baseball tournament’s Road to Omaha.

Tim Elko hasn't let a torn ACL keep him from powering Ole Miss's postseason run.

Cross country was something Jordan Davis turned to on a whim.

Newton County senior Lee Hill rose to any challenge Cougars tennis coach Chad Bond handed him.

West Lauderdale’s Emily Snodgrass began competing with the cross country team as a seventh grader after running with her mother for a few years.

The dynamic duo of Belle and Lilly Hollingsworth provided excellent teamwork on the tennis court this year.

West Lauderdale sophomore Will Thompson loves golf.

Newton’s J’Alex Hardy had a strong spring in track and field.

Meridian High School track and field coach Regonal Walker needed someone to compete in the hurdles. He turned to senior Sa’Nya McPhail.

Melissa Mitchell was looking for both a competitive outlet and a way to meet new people.

To say the high school sports scene has changed in Mississippi since I broke into the journalism business as a high school senior in the fall of 1975 would be an understatement. 

Four more Southeastern Conference teams earned spots in the NCAA baseball tournament super regionals Monday night, while Stanford, Dallas Baptist and the upstart South Florida Bulls also continued their seasons.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Tim Elko hit his second grand slam of the Oxford Regional and Mississippi beat Southern Miss 12-9 on Monday to advance to the super regionals.

PEARL — The dynasty continues.

PEARL — Sometimes you have to catch the right breaks at the right time.

There are “cheap” home runs, and then there are no-doubters, the kind that leave vapor trails etched across the sky as they exit the stadium. 

As rain poured down on Trustmark Park Wednesday afternoon, West Lauderdale baseball coach Jason Smith began to accept reality.

Ashley Brown and David Mowdy entered Monday’s scramble round at the Ed Lewis Memorial Day Tournament four strokes out of the lead in the championship flight.

One thing West Lauderdale head coach Jason Smith admires about his players is their resiliency. 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Arkansas was rewarded Monday for its dominant run through the Southeastern Conference, landing the No. 1 national seed in the NCAA baseball tournament.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference matched its record with seven teams among 16 regional hosts announced Sunday for the NCAA baseball tournament.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Cullen Smith hit his eighth home run of the season and top-seeded Arkansas beat fifth-seeded Mississippi 3-2 in the SEC Tournament semifinals on Saturday.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Tyler Myers pitched seven-plus innings to outduel Vanderbilt star Jack Leiter Friday in Mississippi's 4-1 victory over the Commodores in a Southeastern Conference Tournament elimination game.

Christian Inshetski failed to make the Northeast Lauderdale basketball team when he tried out as a seventh grader. He then moved to Clarkdale, tried out for the Bulldogs and again failed to make the team.

Newton County is sending another assistant coach to the head coaching ranks.