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On to the next round. There was an upset with Okolona last week. Simmons had a slow time warming up to Noxapater. They will be probably looking to show their dominance this week. The other front runners in Calhoun City, Biggersville, Nanih Waiya, and Taylorsville are still looking strong. Who will pull the upset this week? Which road team is expected to get a win this week? On a another note, anytime I see a Delta team traveling to South Mississippi and vice versa gets to me every time. 2-5 hours for a football game sometimes. Good thing there isn’t anybody having to go play Resurrection on the coast especially for a playoff game. For example, if the northern most south team West Bolivar had a contest against the southern most south team Resurrection, then thats a 5 hours and 15 minute drive for whoever has to travel. The average drive for anybody out side of the pine belt is about 3-3.5 hrs. NORTH West Lowndes at Biggersville. Drive time 1 hr 37 minutes Okolona at Falkner. Drive time 1 hr 17 minutes Tupelo Christian at Calhoun City. Drive time 1 hr 4 minutes Byers at Leflore County. Drive time 2 hr 21 minutes SOUTH Lumberton at Nanih Waiya. Drive Time 2 hr 41 minutes Stringer at Simmons. Drive Time 2 hr 53 minutes Leake County at Bogue Chitto Drive Time 1 hr 56 minutes South Delta at Taylorsville Drive Time 2 hr 30 minutes

SCORES NORTH Ashland 0 at Biggersville 40 Coffeeville 0 at West Lowndes 44 Thrasher 6 at Falkner 42 Okolona 24 at West Tallahatchie 20 French Camp 7 at Calhoun City 50 Potts Camp 8 at Tupelo Christian 58 Vardaman 8 at Leflore County 44 Smithville 20 at Byers 21 SOUTH West Bolivar 28 at Nanih Waiya 50 Lumberton 60 at Salem 18 Noxapater 8 at Simmons 28 Mount Olive 12 at Stringer 36 Richton 32 at Bogue Chitto 40 2OT Shaw 0 at Leake County 34 West Lincoln 0 at Taylorsville 66 Ethel 6 at South Delta 28

I dont know if Shaw will pull an upset over Leake County but I will say that it is a team where they start a freshmen qb, and allow other freshmen in skill and lineman play to get significant time with the few seniors to grow them. Outside of the Calhoun City, Northside, and Simmons game, they have given all others a fit in their growth and development but lack late stretches of execution to maintain and secure a win. I think the Shaw/Leake County game will be a lot closer than what people will expect rather its an upset win or loss tonight. Those freshmen guys will have huge size, speed, and athletic abilities their junior & senior years As long as they are not recruited away or have to move away if their parents leave. So far only one key player in that freshmen group have left and heard that kid was having a phenomenal year up in Desoto County.

I think that the best team Simmons probably faced until probably late playoffs is Leflore County. We (Shaw) played both Simmons and Calhoun City. I cant really say who was better as they both were played not at full strength. Calhoun City looks to have the better athletes. I will say this though. Simmons, even though could scheduled better non-conference, play the schedule that is in front of them and will draw money to their school. Simmons also have what nearly none of what smaller classifications has and what mostly the 5A-7A schools have which is some form of indoor training/practice facility. Their school has invested well in player’s toughness and development.

The playoff matchups are now set. Will a road team win in the first round? How many road teams will win in the first round? Who is likely to pull the upset? NORTH Ashland at Biggersville Coffeeville at West Lowndes Thrasher at Falkner Okolona at West Tallahatchie French Camp at Calhoun City Potts Camp at Tupelo Christian Vardaman at Leflore County Smithville at Byers SOUTH West Bolivar at Nanih Waiya Lumberton at Salem Noxapater at Simmons Mount Olive at Stringer Richton at Bogue Chitto Shaw at Leake County West Lincoln at Taylorsville Ethel at South Delta

SCORES THURSDAY Biggersville 49 at Thrasher 8 Byers 39 at Ashland 0 Falkner 50 at Potts Camp 27 French Camp 7 at Coffeeville 20 Leflore County 32 at West Tallahatchie 26 Mount Olive 50 at West Lincoln 7 Nanih Waiya 42 at McAdams 12 Noxapater 8 at Leake County 32 Richton 32 at Newton 8 Salem 8 at Bogue Chitto 45 Sebastopol 12 at Ethel 32 Smithville 0 at Tupelo Christian 41 Stringer 40 at Resurrection 7 Taylorsville 32 at Lumberton 7 Vardaman 26 at Okolona 34 West Bolivar 16 at Simmons 62 West Lowndes 0 at Calhoun City 40 FRIDAY Riverside 0 at Shaw 22

I believe they did away with that this year for all sports to have the exact region teams. The delta district both adds and subtract teams in various sports. Houlka volleyball was in the delta regions was split between north and south regions. Also I believe Leflore County was in the south delta volleyball region. I believe Leflore County, who is north in football is in the south and in the delta basketball region. Whatever logic MHSAA is using is something that cant be explained.

SCORES THURSDAY Biggersville 49 at Thrasher 8 Byers 39 at Ashland 0 Falkner 50 at Potts Camp 27 French Camp 7 at Coffeeville 20 Leflore County 32 at West Tallahatchie 26 Mount Olive 50 at West Lincoln 7 Nanih Waiya 42 at McAdams 12 Noxapater 8 at Leake County 32 Richton 32 at Newton 8 Salem 8 at Bogue Chitto 45 Sebastopol 12 at Ethel 32 Smithville 0 at Tupelo Christian 41 Stringer 40 at Resurrection 7 Taylorsville 32 at Lumberton 7 Vardaman 26 at Okolona 34 West Bolivar 16 at Simmons 62 West Lowndes 0 at Calhoun City 40 FRIDAY Riverside at Shaw

Ray Brooks played with an average of 60-70 kids for years.

According to B Shields & Msgridiron/CapitalSports Region 1-1A Biggersville has clinched the No. 1 seed and Thrasher has clinched the No. 4 seed. The winner of the TCPS-Smithville game on Thursday will be the No. 2 seed and the loser the No. 3 seed. Region 2-1A If Falkner beats Potts Camp and Byers beats Ashland on Thursday, then Falkner is the No. 1 seed, Byers the No. 2 seed, Potts Camp the No. 3 seed, and Ashland the No. 4 seed. If Ashland beats Byers by 12 points or more and Falkner wins, then Falkner is the No. 1 seed, Potts Camp the No. 2 seed, Ashland the No. 3 seed, and Byers the No. 4 seed. If Potts Camp beats Falkner and Ashland wins, then Potts Camp is the 1 seed, Falkner the No. 2 seed, Ashland the No. 3 seed, and Byers the No. 4 seed. If both Potts Camp and Byers win then it will come down to a point differential tie-breaker to determine the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 seeds between Falkner, Byers and Potts Camp, while Ashland will be the No. 4 seed. Region 3-1A The winner of the Calhoun City-West Lowndes game on Thursday will be the No. 1 seed and the loser is the No. 2 seed. The winner of the Vardaman-Okolona game on Thursday is the No. 3 seed and the loser is the No. 4 seed. Region 4-1A The winner of the Leflore County-West Tallahatchie game on Thursday will be the No. 1 seed and the loser is the No. 2 seed. The winner of the Coffeeville-French Camp game on Thursday is the No. 3 seed and the loser is the No. 4 seed. Region 5-1A Nanih Waiya has clinched the No. 1 seed. If Leake County beats Noxapater and Ethel beats Sebastopol on Thursday, then Leake County is the No. 2 seed, Ethel the No. 3 seed, and Noxapater the No. 4 seed. If Noxapater beats Leake County by 7 points or less and Ethel wins, then Leake County is the No. 2 seed, Noxapater the No. 3 seed, and Ethel the No. 4 seed. If Noxapater beats Leake County by 8 points or more and Ethel wins, then Noxapater is the No. 2 seed, Leake County the No. 3 seed, and Ethel the No. 4 seed. If Sebastopol beats Ethel between 5-8 points and Leake County wins, then Leake County is the No. 2 seed, Noxapater the 3 seed, and Sebastopol the 4 seed. If Sebastopol beats Ethel between 9 points or more and Leake County wins, then Leake County is the No. 2 seed, Sebastopol the 3 seed, and Noxapater the 4 seed. If both Sebastopol and Noxapater win, then Noxapater is the No. 2 seed, Leake County the No. 3 seed, and Sebastopol the No. 4 seed. Region 6-1A Simmons has clinched the No. 1 seed and South Delta has clinched the No. 2 seed. If Shaw beats Riverside on Friday, then Shaw is the No. 3 seed and West Bolivar the No. 4 seed. If West Bolivar beats Simmons and Riverside beats Shaw, then West Bolivar is the No. 3 seed and Riverside the No. 4 seed. Region 7-1A The winner of the Bogue Chitto-Salem game on Thursday will be the No. 1 seed, and the loser is the No. 2 seed. The winner of the Mount Olive-West Lincoln game on Thursday will be the No. 3 seed and the loser will be the No. 4 seed. Region 8-1A If Taylorsville beats Lumberton and Stringer beats Resurrection on Thursday, then Taylorsville is the No. 1 seed, Stringer is the No. 2 seed, and Lumberton the No. 3 seed. If Lumberton beats Taylorsville and Resurrection beats Stringer, then Lumberton is the No. 1 seed, Taylorsville the No. 2 seed, and Stringer the No. 3 seed. If Lumberton beats Taylorsville by 12 points or more and Stringer wins, then Lumberton is the No. 1 seed, Taylorsville the No. 2 seed, and Stringer the No. 3 seed. Richton has clinched the No. 4 seed.

All of the north regions only have 4 teams. They all automatically make the playoffs unless they get banned.

This is the last week of regular season football. For the north teams congratulations to all school as they have made the playoffs. For the south schools a few districts have games to determine seedings and elimination. Most region champ titles have already been decided. There is an interesting one region brewing with Leflore County and West Tallahatchie. Will Lumberton rebound and defeat Taylorsville? Will Sebastopol beat Ethel and add to the madness for playoff position. Will Leake County beat Noxapater and hold on to the 2nd seed? Does anybody know how the regions are paired for the first round playoffs? THURSDAY Biggersville at Thrasher Byers at Ashland Falkner at Potts Camp French Camp at Coffeeville Leflore County at West Tallahatchie Mount Olive at West Lincoln Nanih Waiya at McAdams Noxapater at Leake County Richton at Newton Salem at Bogue Chitto Sebastopol at Ethel Smithville at Tupelo Christian Stringer at Resurrection Taylorsville at Lumberton Vardaman at Okolona West Bolivar at Simmons West Lowndes at Calhoun City FRIDAY Riverside at Shaw

SCORES THURSDAY Falkner 56 at Byers 26 Simmons 43 at Riverside 0 Tupelo Christian 41 at Thrasher 0 FRIDAY Calhoun City 54 at Vardaman 0 Coffeeville 0 at Leflore County 52 Ethel 16 at Nanih Waiya 40 Leake County 22 at Sebastopol 0 Lumberton 20 at Stringer 46 McAdams 0 at Noxapater 46 Mount Olive 52 at Salem 58 2OT Okolona 12 at West Lowndes 50 Potts Camp 38 at Ashland 6 Richton 12 at Taylorsville 38 Smithville 13 at Biggersville 62 South Delta 46 at West Bolivar 26 West Lincoln 10 at Bogue Chitto 46 West Tallahatchie 16 at French Camp 7

SCORES THURSDAY Falkner 56 at Byers 26 Simmons 43 at Riverside 0 Tupelo Christian 41 at Thrasher 0

Two weeks left until the end of the regular season. Region 5 looks like the hardest region to put together who will make the playoffs. Next week will have some interesting matchups for the region title in region 4 and region 8. THURSDAY Simmons at Riverside Tupelo Christian at Thrasher FRIDAY Calhoun City at Vardaman Coffeeville at Leflore County Ethel at Nanih Waiya Falkner at Byers Leake County at Sebastopol Lumberton at Stringer McAdams at Noxapater Mount Olive at Salem Okolona at West Lowndes Potts Camp at Ashland Richton at Taylorsville Smithville at Biggersville South Delta at West Bolivar West Lincoln at Bogue Chitto West Tallahatchie at French Camp