By Danny C. Davis After back-to-back state championships in 2022 and 2023 in the MHSAA Class 6A championship games, the Clinton Arrows boys soccer team hopes to add a third championship for the now-Class 7A championship game in February 2024. So far, so good thus far for the #1-in-the-nation-ranked Arrows, who at press time are…

Special to The Clinton Courier The Clinton Arrow Swim Team (CAST) competed in five meets this season. The whole team worked hard to qualify for the North State Meet in Cleveland, Mississippi in October, and ultimately qualified fourteen swimmers for that meet. The season started with Clinton High School versus Germantown at Cypress Lake Pool…

By Danny C. Davis Clinton High School senior Maddie McNeese never picked up a golf club until she was thirteen years old. She started playing with family members and found that she really liked the game of golf. Her brother Chad was on the Clinton High School boys golf team at the time. One day,…

Special to The Clinton Courier Madison Johnson, a Clinton native, has been named a professional dancer with the New Orleans PelSquad, the official dance team of the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans.   In May 2023, she earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in dance education from the University of Southern Mississippi. During her time…

Special to The Clinton Courier Mississippi College women’s soccer player Erin Hederman has been recognized by the NCAA as a nominee for the 50th Anniversary Gold Award.   Division II schools and conferences submitted a total of 231 nominations for the award. Hederman is one of twelve nominees from the Gulf South Conference. She is…

By Danny C. Davis   Prior to the 2023 football season, most were cautiously optimistic about the upcoming season. Despite losing a lot of key starters on both sides of the ball and having arguably the toughest schedule in all seven classifications in the Mississippi High School Activities Association, everyone felt Clinton had a chance…

Mississippi College has named Mike Kershaw as the new head football coach of the Choctaws. Kershaw, known for his successful tenure at Rice University, joins Mississippi College with a wealth of experience, a strong leadership acumen, and a high-tempo offensive strategy to elevate the Choctaws’ football program. Kershaw’s arrival follows a remarkable coaching stint at…

The Clinton Arrow Swim team competed in five meets this season. The whole team worked hard to qualify for the North State Meet in Cleveland, MS on October 14, 2023. The team qualified 14 swimmers for North State Meet.   The season started with CHS vs Germantown at cypress Lake Pool in Madison on August…

Special to The Clinton Courier The Lady Arrows Cross Country Team finished a strong season with a fourth place finish in the MHSAA 7A State Meet. The Lady Arrows compiled 156 points between their five scoring finishers. Tupelo finished first with 46 points, Hernando finished second with 96 points, and Madison Central finished third with…

By Chris Webber Jan Lukas Becker, a standout member of the Mississippi College Cross Country team, has been named the 2023 Men’s South Region Runner of the Year following his victory at the 2023 South Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 29:21.3 over 9,800 meters. Defending his title from last year’s South Region…

   CLINTON, Miss. — Mississippi College announced today that Head Football Coach John Bland has decided to step down from his position as the head coach of the Choctaws football team. Coach Bland, who has been at the helm of the football program for the past 10 years, has communicated his desire to pursue other opportunities.…

By Danny C. Davis   Although Clinton Christian Academy fell to perennial MAIS powerhouse Tri-County Academy 46-0 in the second round of the MAIS playoffs, the Warriors had a record season. CCA finished 6-5 overall and 3-1 in their district and had a home playoff game for the first time in school history – and…

By Danny C. Davis It would be an understatement to say that this was one of the toughest football seasons in the 103 years that the Clinton Arrows have fielded a football team. Clinton only won one game all season, and the last time that happened was 1954. But never, at least in the 48…

By Danny C. Davis The Clinton High School Arrows will be well represented this year in the two Mississippi High School al-star football games held annually in December. Arrow head football coach Judd Boswell has been selected to be the head coach for the Mississippi team in the annual Mississippi-Alabama All Star Classic, to be…

Special to The Clinton Courier Courtney Nunn, Clinton’s director of Parks and Recreation, was recently chosen as one of five members of East Mississippi Community College’s (EMCC) Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Nunn, who played softball for EMCC from 2008 to 2010, was a two-time MACJC All-State softball pitcher for EMCC Sports Hall…

By Danny C. Davis The Clinton Arrows took a very hard loss in their first Region 2-7A game of the year at Starkville. Clinton fell 60-21, giving up the most points in modern history going back to World War II era – the most since Utica defeated the Arrows 74-0 in 1944. The Arrows are…

By Danny C. Davis The Clinton Christian Academy Warriors will wrap up the regular season when they travel to nearby Raymond Friday night, October 20, to play the Central Hinds Cougars. CCA is 5-3 on the season and 3-1 in district play in the Midsouth Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) Class 4A District 2. The…

By Danny C. Davis The Clinton Arrows finally got a much-needed win at Arrow Field on September 29, with a big 28-21 victory over the ranked Terry Bulldogs. Clinton, now 1-5, will have an open date on October 6 and then begin Region 2-7A play at defending Class 6A state champion Starkville on October 13…

  Under the direction of Cheer Coach Karlee Nobles, Hinds Community College proudly announces the Fall 2023-24 Hinds Eagles’ Cheer Team: front, from left, Emma Daniel of Clinton, Madyson Small of Winona, Kaitlyn Hill of Clinton, Brijohnay Knight of Gulfport, Amber Robinson of Clinton, Olivia Scallions of Vicksburg, Kaylan Robinson of Bolton, Hillary Hathcock of…

Hinds Community College will induct five into the Hinds Sports Hall of Fame and recognize Foundation/Alumni honorees at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 19 as part of the annual Homecoming festivities. Being inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame are Celeste Bryant Bramlett of Madison, Jeff Henderson of McAlmont, Ark., James Michael Smith of Florence, Fred Taylor…

By Danny C. Davis After a couple of tough losses to open the season, the Clinton Christian Academy (CCA) Warriors have been on a five-game winning streak. CCA improved to 5-2 overall after a road victory on September 29 at Columbia Academy in Columbia, Mississippi. CCA will make the short trip up U.S. Highway 49…