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MRA 14 Hartfield 3

Hattiesburg 25 Hancock 6

Mize 24 Loyd Star 14 - half

Mize 17 Loyd Star 14

MRA 7 Hartfield 3

Hartfield 3 MRA 0 - mid 1st

End of 1st

Mize 14 Loyd Star 7

Loyd Star 7 Mize 7

Mize 7 Loyd Star 0

... and FSU loses to Bye Week

+1 on John Curtis

Not to split hairs, but Loyd Star runs an unbalanced single wing offense. The Box offense uses a balanced OL and often incorporates multiple backfield shifts. Although they are similar, UBSW gets more blockers to the POA.

Loyd Star is a single wing offense like in the 1920's. Mize looks like double wing. Both obviously very run-heavy offenses. Whichever defense is most disciplined probably wins. They look pretty equal talent-wise.

Monroe Co.

I respectfully disagree.

Consolidation when not predicated by administrative failure (ie. failing schools) is detrimental to communities. Mize and Raleigh are doing great... Taylorsville is struggling right now. Mt. Olive doesn't have taxpayer base to support the school so Covington County has to help foot the bill to keep Mt. Olive open. McAdams is the same situation in Attala Co. Some districts might look to consolidation but many of those you listed have no issues and therefore no need to consider it. Just because some schools are small doesn't necessarily mean they need to be abolished.

You're using I-20 as a dividing line, but the division between north and south is fluid, not divided on some geographic supposition.

LCSD's four schools (which doesnt include Brookhaven or BA) have about 500 more kids than all of Smith Co. Consider that as well

See previous comments to Bert. All good schools - no poor performing, one district office, schools not in easy proximity due to travel for consolidating any unless one central school were to be built... adding undue expense to families in the LCSD. It's a non-starter. Smith County though. Raleigh and Smith County Central - in Taylorsville... think about that.

Lincoln has 2 school districts

So, how not? Mize is what, 10 minutes from Taylorsville?

That's what I mean by "no need".

No need nor desire for consolidation.

NE Lincoln Co is Enterprise, as is SE Lincoln Co with Bogue Chitto right in between Enterprise and West Lincoln, with no easy path from NE Lincoln Co to anywhere except Enterprise. The county school system in Lincoln County isn't hurting for money and no one in the county wants consolidation. All such a thing would do would be to increase taxes for the county district since a very large new school would have to be built. All the schools are performing well academically, so what would be the justification to raise everyone's taxes for something no one wants?