By Datti Jinkiri The United Soccer Coaches (USC) Division II All-American teams were announced yesterday, and two of the honorees were Mississippi College athletes. Women’s soccer player Emma Young was named a First Team All-American, while men’s soccer player Aurele Chemin was named a Third Team All-American. Young Young started all 18 games in the…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mississippi College track athlete Wesley Gibbs was named GSC Freshman of the Week today. Gibbs set the school record in the 800m with a time of 1:52.37 at the BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker this weekend. To read the full release on MC’s website, click HERE.
By Datti Jinkiri With so much hubbub about the teams selected for the NCAA Division I College Football Playoff, it was easy to miss the fact that the inaugural junior college football playoff was held this past weekend. It was in this event that Clinton High School graduate E. Jai Mason had the finest statistical…
Special to The Clinton Courier The final game of the TOPSoccer season was played recently at Traceway Park. Players, coaches, family and friends enjoyed an end of season party following the game. TOPSoccer 2021 included two teams: the Greenados, coached by Sarrah Cronin, and the Blue Sonic, coached by Bryce Kunz. Annie Kunz Photography Pictured…
By Datti Jinkiri Gulf South Conference (GSC) basketball play is underway, and both Mississippi College hoops teams picked up big home wins against Alabama Huntsville on Saturday. Both of these wins came on the heels of losses to West Alabama, so the teams split the weekend against schools from the Yellowhammer state. Women: Mississippi College…
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…