By Datti Jinkiri The Hinds Eagles’ football season came to a close on Saturday with a 66-34 loss to Hutchinson Community College in the Salt City Bowl. The Eagles amassed 398 yards of total offense in the game, but it was not enough to defeat the the fifth-ranked Blue Dragons. Hutchinson scored 31 unanswered points…

By Datti Jinkiri The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) recently announced its 2020 and 2021 inductees to the NJCAA Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Gene Murphy, the legendary Hinds Community College football coach and athletic director, was among the eight honorees. Murphy spent 38 years at Hinds as both a football coach and…

By Datti Jinkiri The college hoops season is back underway, and Clinton High School graduate JaKayla Johnson has started her season with a bang. The sophomore has helped her Jones College team get off to a quick 3-0 start and garner a number-three ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) poll. Johnson is…

Ole Miss’ Matt Corral, one of the nation’s leading dual-purpose quarterbacks and one of only two quarterbacks in Division 1 college football to throw for at least 15 touchdowns and run for at least 10 TDs, won the 2021 C Spire Conerly Trophy Tuesday night as the Magnolia state’s top college football player.   Corral,…

By Datti Jinkiri The Hinds Community College Eagles’ football season will continue for one more game, as the school accepted an invitation to play in a bowl game. The eighth-ranked Eagles will travel to Hutchinson, Kansas to play in the Salt City Bowl against Hutchinson Community College on Saturday, December 4. This is Hinds’ third…

By Datti Jinkiri Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) announced its football all-conference teams last week. Jeremy Mack Jr. of East Mississippi Community College and Carsson DeYoung of Hinds Community College both earned all-conference honors. The two players were both graduates of Clinton High School. Mack was a First Team All-North selection at defensive…

There was a loaded weekend of action for six of Mississippi College’s sports teams. The basketball teams, cross country teams, women’s soccer team, and volleyball team each featured in various postseason and regular season events. The women’s volleyball team advanced all the way to the semifinals of the GSC Women’s Volleyball Championship. They defeated Auburn…

By Datti Jinkiri Clinton High School graduate Joshun Noel has had a fantastic cross country season, to say the least. The junior, who competes for New Orleans’ Dillard University, recently won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) individual title with a time of 29:03.50. He also broke the school’s 8K record in the process. With…

  By Datti Jinkiri The conclusion of a college sport’s regular season is notable in the fact that it signals the release of postseason all-conference awards. The dissemination of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) awards in the past week highlighted multiple Mississippi College athletes who earned individual honors. Two football players, four women’s soccer players,…

In a season that saw the Hinds Community College Eagles football team advance to the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) Championship game, the team’s standouts were rewarded with a plethora of individual awards. The players honored were: Jeffrey Pittman, Running Back BeSean McCray, Quarterback Tabashi Thomas, Wide Receiver Braidron Hodo, Offensive Lineman Jonquez…