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Brilla Held to Scoreless Draw in Corpus Christi

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Mississippi Brilla FC completed its first Texas road-trip of the season with a 0-0 draw against Corpus Christi FC. This was Brilla’s second consecutive draw of the season. However, the team kept its unbeaten streak alive and continues to sit atop the USL League Two’s Mid South Division. There were few opportunities…

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Scott named State Farm Athlete of the Month for March 

      Special to The Clinton Courier Madeline Scott was recently named State Farm Athlete of the Month for March. She is a member of the junior powerlifting team, where she recently won her weight class at a regional meet and placed second overall in her weight class at North State.

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Lady Choctaws make valiant postseason run

  By Datti Jinkiri The Mississippi College Lady Choctaws softball team came into the GSC Softball Championship tournament facing a daunting task. Though the team entered the tournament on a two-game winning streak, it was unranked in the official NCAA South Region rankings. The top six teams in the region would advance to the NCAA…

Brilla Fights Back From Two-Goal Deficit to Stay Unbeaten

HOUSTON, Texas. – Mississippi Brilla FC upped its unbeaten streak to four after tying the AHFC Royals 2-2 . The team dramatically fought its way from a two-goal, second half deficit. Brilla’s first two chances in the match came in the first couple of minutes. Both chances fell to in-form forward Ciro Damine, but he…

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Micheal Bell signs with Itawamba Basketball

    Micheal Bell has signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Itawamba Community College.   Bell is a two-sport athlete, using his jumping skills for the Clinton Arrow Track and Field team as a high jumper and long jumper. Bell placed third at the MHSAA State meet his sophomore year and is…

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Nixon named State Farm Athlete of the Month for March

  Special to The Clinton Courier Price Nixon was recently named State Farm Athlete of the Month for March. He is a senior member of golf team. Nixon has had the low round in all our tournaments for the team thus far.  

3 Wins in 3 Games: Brilla Picks Up Crucial Away Win in Arkansas

CLINTON, Miss. – Mississippi Brilla FC hit the road for the first time this season to face the Little Rock Rangers, the Mid South Division’s newest team. After a scoreless first half, goals from Jalen James and Ciro Damine propelled Brilla to a 2-1 win over the scrappy Arkansans. Brilla’s best opportunities in the first half…

Akers to Wear Number Three Again

By Datti Jinkiri Clinton native and Los Angeles Rams running back Cam Akers will be wearing number three again. The Rams’ official Twitter account announced the change. The NFL recently approved of a rule change which will allow running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, defensive backs, and linebackers to wear single-digit numbers. Running backs were…

Hinds Soccer Completes Season

By Datti Jinkiri The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were felt by Hinds Community College, as the school’s soccer team was forced to play its season in the spring. Though the team’s season ended this weekend at the MACCC/Region 23 Tournament, the Eagles completed their season with a 7-4 record. This was the Eagles’ third…

Three Hinds CC Eagles named All-MACCC for 2021

Written By: Hinds CC Athletics Raymond, Miss. – Three key pieces to the Hinds Eagle baseball team’s playoff run in 2021 have been named all-state by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference. Sophomore catcher Pablo Lanzarote, of Venezuela, was named first-team all-state. Lanzarote batted .336 for the season and led the team in homers,…