Clinton Christian Warriors looking for a good season There is a lot a of optimism on Northside Drive in Clinton heading into the 2023 football season, with the recent hiring of new head football coach Teddy Dyess. Dyess spent thirty years coaching in the Mississippi public schools, MHSAA, and had a stellar record, including three…

By Danny C. Davis Bruce Robinson is excited to be back coaching basketball in Clinton. Robinson, a former Clinton Arrow basketball player and a 1984 graduate, accepted the job as girls basketball coach at Clinton Christian Academy earlier this summer. The new CCA coach has had a lot of success coaching at high-level teams like…

Special to The Clinton Courier This summer, Mississippi College was represented at the international stage as current Choctaw athletes competed in their respective national track and field championships. Jan Lukas Becker and Niklas Klei showcased their talents at the 2023 German Track and Field National Championships, while Fabio Palmieri competed in the 2023 Italian Club…

The Clinton Arrow Swim Team includes 36 swimmers in grades 7-12 from Clinton Junior High School, Sumner Hill Junior High School and Clinton High School. The team is under the direction of Coach Marcy Rushing and Assistant Coach Leigh Ferris McGee. This is Coach Rushing’s fifth year with the Arrows and Coach McGee’s second. Team…

By Danny C. Davis Once again this season, the landscape for Arrow football opponents will change. Last year, the Mississippi High School Activities Association’s governing board moved to create a new larger classification for sports competition. The top twenty-four schools in MHSAA will be in the larger Class 7A. The new classification enrollment numbers are…

By Danny C. Davis Clinton Christian Academy (CCA) has recently added the sport of volleyball to the school’s list of girls sports programs. The team has been practicing hard this summer and has attended local volleyball camps in preparation for their first season. Holly Gullet and Jessica Prevost, who both teach at CCA, will coach…

Special to The Clinton Courier Clinton High School Class of 2023 graduate Baleigh Turner recently signed a letter of intent to join the cheer squad at Alabama A&M University. Turner was a three-year member of the CHS cheerleading squad and was also a member of the Sumner Hill Junior High School cheerleading squad during her…

By Danny C. Davis The Clinton Arrows finished the 2022 season second in Region 2-6A with a 7-5 record, advancing to the North quarterfinals and second round of the playoffs before falling to eventual Class 6A State Champion Starkville. But the Arrows lost a lot of two-year starters on both sides of the ball and…

By Danny C. Davis Maddie Weeks of Clinton grew up from an early age playing on a girls softball team in the Clinton recreational youth leagues. Little did she know that someday she would have the chance to play for a national championship in college softball and help a school that had never won a…

By Taylor McKay Hathorn Dr. David Parks was a toddler when his family moved to Clinton for his dad to open Mississippi Discount Drugs, and he made the Jackson suburb his long-term home, attending the Clinton Public Schools before majoring in biology at Mississippi College. “I grew up at First Baptist Clinton,” Parks said of…