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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

SCORES THURSDAY Noxapater 26 at Ethel 30 FRIDAY Ashland 8 at Falkner 36 Biggersville 38 at Tupelo Christian 0 Bogue Chitto 28 at Mount Olive 12 Calhoun City 46 at Okolona 7 Cathedral 49 at West Lincoln 0 Coffeeville 0 at West Tallahatchie 36 Enterprise-Clarke 12 at Taylorsville 42 Leflore County 44 at French Camp 0 McAdams 6 at Leake County 48 Nanih Waiya 49 at Sebastopol 14 North Pontotoc 41 at West Bolivar 0 Potts Camp at Byers Resurrection 3 at Lumberton 41 Richton 30 at Stringer 34 Shaw 0 at Simmons 34 South Delta 34 at Riverside 0 Thrasher 0 at Smithville 43 Vardaman 14 at West Lowndes 34

A few years back when it was 4 regions and before mergers teams like Durant, french camp, montgomery county, coffeeville and McAdams were in the delta district before west bolivar and simmons joined. Yearly drives for a game.

This is the first week every 1A region will have a region game. The past 2 weeks only 3 of the 4 south regions have played 2 region games. The north teams will automatically have all of their teams make the playoffs while the south teams will have to at least win one region games in 3 of the 4 regions to be playoffs elgible. Nanih Waiya at Sebastopol should be interesting. Nanih waiya can take full control of the region with this win. Sebastopol could cause controversy in that region if they can pull off the win. Also Noxapater and Ethel will give a chance to see how good Ethel have been dince their impressive start. THURSDAY Noxapater at Ethel FRIDAY Ashland at Falkner Biggersville at Tupelo Christian Bogue Chitto at Mount Olive Calhoun City at Okolona Cathedral at West Lincoln Coffeeville at West Tallahatchie Enterprise-Clarke at Taylorsville Leflore County at French Camp McAdams at Leake County Nanih Waiya at Sebastopol North Pontotoc at West Bolivar Potts Camp at Byers Resurrection at Lumberton Richton at Stringer Shaw at Simmons South Delta at Riverside Thrasher at Smithville Vardaman at West Lowndes

SCORES THURSDAY Bogue Chitto 38 at Enterprise-Lincoln 16 Nanih Waiya 41at Noxapater 16 Okolona 20 at Northpoint Christian 35 Smithville 28 at Byers 32 Tupelo Christian 35 at Rossville Christian (Tenn.) 21 West Bolivar 6 at Shaw 12 FRIDAY Ashland 0 at Coffeeville 12 forfeit Ethel 0 at Leake County 28 French Camp 21 at East Rankin 46 Hatley 12 at Thrasher 0 forfeit Humphreys County 0 at Leflore County 28 Lumberton 19 at Richton 6 Sebastopol 28 at McAdams 18 Simmons 37 at South Delta 8 Stringer 38 at Wayne Academy 30 Taylorsville 41 at Resurrection 9 Vardaman 21 at Hamilton 35 Walnut 21 at Biggersville 34 West Lincoln 6 at Salem 56

SCORES. Thursday Bogue Chitto 38 at Enterprise-Lincoln 16 Ethel at Leake County Nanih Waiya 41at Noxapater 16 Okolona 20 at Northpoint Christian 35 Smithville 28 at Byers 32 West Bolivar 6 at Shaw 12

Some of the other matchups I’m looking forward to in helping shaping up region leaders after this week’s games are the West Tally/Leflore County matchup, Taylorsville/Lumberton matchup, and Sebastopol/Nanih Waiya matchup esp if Nanih Waiya beats Noxapater.

This is the second week of region games for a few districts while it looks like some teams are still in non-district play. Also looks as if a lot of teams are having this week as a bye week to prepare for the upcoming district play. Maybe there needs to be a better job with assigning teams to districts. Outside of football, a number of teams crosses between north and south half teams to help make regions have more football playing teams. On another note, there are a few rival games going on this week. Pretty interesting game there in Winston County with Nanih Waiya/Noxapater game, and with neighboring towns with South Delta/Simmons game. THURSDAY Bogue Chitto at Enterprise-Lincoln Ethel at Leake County Nanih Waiya at Noxapater Smithville at Byers West Bolivar at Shaw (possibly to be played at West Bolivar) FRIDAY Ashland at Coffeeville French Camp at East Rankin Hatley at Thrasher Humphreys County at Leflore County Lumberton at Richton Sebastopol at McAdams Simmons at South Delta Stringer at Wayne Academy Taylorsville at Resurrection Tupelo Christian at Rossville Christian (Tenn.) Vardaman at Hamilton Walnut at Biggersville West Lincoln at Salem

SCORES THURSDAY West Lowndes 40 at Mantachie 14 West Tallahatchie 38 at North Panola 39 FRIDAY Biggersville 27 at Baldwyn 6 Bogue Chitto 36 at Park Place 6 Byers 8 at Rosa Fort 48 Ethel 28 at McAdams 14 French Camp at West Memphis (Ark.) Hamilton 15 at Calhoun City 50 Hatley 28 at Okolona 33 Leake County 14 at Nanih Waiya 20 OT Leflore County at Coahoma County Lumberton 26 at Perry Central 20 Resurrection 7 at Richton 28 Riverside 0 at West Bolivar 38 Salem 40 at Discovery Christian 0 Sebastopol 0 at Noxapater 6 Shaw 22 at South Delta 30 Smithville 29 at Falkner 33 Strayhorn 14 at Coffeeville 20 OT Stringer 12 at Taylorsville 49 Thrasher 0 at Vardaman 42 Tupelo Christian 8 at Red Bay (Ala.) 36 Walnut 36 at Ashland 6 West Lincoln 6 at Pelahatchie 64

Most regions have 1 more week of non-district play while a few are starting their district play this week. (Regions 5,6 and 8 if I am not mistaken). Hopefully all of the kinks have been worked out by now. Which teams do you see being a surprise team in the region? What north half/south half matchup would you like to see? (I am not sure how the playoff brackets are set up this year.) I still think 1A north is Calhoun City as the favorite but Biggersville, West Tallahatchie and Leflore County will have something to say.. The South I believe is showing a few more teams to compete with Simmons, Nanih Waiya, Noxapater, Lumberton, Stringer, Taylorsville and maybe Sebastopol. The Stringer/Taylorsville matchup is looking interesting this week. THURSDAY West Lowndes at Mantachie West Tallahatchie at North Panola FRIDAY Biggersville at Baldwyn Bogue Chitto at Park Place Byers at Rosa Fort Ethel at McAdams French Camp at West Memphis (Ark.) Hamilton at Calhoun City Hatley at Okolona Leake County at Nanih Waiya Leflore County at Coahoma County Lumberton at Perry Central Resurrection at Richton Riverside at West Bolivar Salem at Discovery Christian Sebastopol at Noxapater Shaw at South Delta Smithville at Falkner Strayhorn at Coffeeville Stringer at Taylorsville Thrasher at Vardaman Tupelo Christian at Red Bay (Ala.) Walnut at Ashland West Lincoln at Pelahatchie

SCORES THURSDAY Hamilton 47 at Smithville 13 West Lowndes 16 at Hatley 20 FRIDAY Amite County 52 at Salem 12 Biggersville 41 at Alcorn Central 6 Byers 56 at Thrasher 16 Calhoun City 44 at Shaw 0 Coffeeville 12 at Potts Camp 14 Falkner 7 at Tupelo Christian 42 French Camp 0 at Ethel 48 Leflore County 0 at Greenwood 27 McAdams 40 at Riverside 0 Mount Olive 22 at Stringer 34 Noxapater 12 at Eupora 14 Okolona 27 at Nettleton 6 Pelahatchie 20 at Sebastopol 32 Puckett 26 at Bogue Chitto 51 St. Patrick 31 at Resurrection 13 Simmons 40 at Leland 0 South Choctaw (Ala.) 36 at Richton 14 South Delta 28 at O’Bannon 20 Taylorsville 13 at North Forrest 0 Vardaman 8 at Water Valley 41 West Bolivar 6 at Northside 56 West Lincoln 0 at Enterprise-Lincoln 48 West Tallahatchie 54 at Ashland 14

This is the last week of non-conference football before district play. The last chance for teams to work out some of the kinks as next week everybody is 0-0 looking for a path to the playoffs. Some paths chose were harder schedule against tougher, larger classification. Some paths were more for team development and rebuilding. Who has been a surprise so far? What matchup(s) this week is interesting to watch? THURSDAY West Lowndes at Hatley FRIDAY Amite County at Salem Biggersville at Alcorn Central Byers at Thrasher Calhoun City at Shaw Coffeeville at Potts Camp Falkner at Tupelo Christian French Camp at Ethel Hamilton at Smithville Leflore County at Greenwood McAdams at Riverside Mount Olive at Stringer Noxapater at Eupora Okolona at Nettleton Pelahatchie at Sebastopol Puckett at Bogue Chitto St. Patrick at Resurrection Simmons at Leland South Choctaw (Ala.) at Richton South Delta at O’Bannon Taylorsville at North Forrest Vardaman at Water Valley West Bolivar at Northside West Lincoln at Enterprise-Lincoln West Tallahatchie at Ashland

SCORES Thursday Strayhorn 6 at Tupelo Christian 51 FRIDAY Amite County 56 at Mount Olive 8 Booneville 19 at Biggersville 49 Bruce 38 at Coffeeville 16 Calhoun City 14 at Senatobia 17 Clinton Christian 7 at Ethel 16 Enterprise-Lincoln 14 at Noxapater 38 Hatley 44 at Ashland 14 Heidelberg 54 at Taylorsville 0 Leake County 0 at Velma Jackson 51 Leland 0 at South Delta 16 Lumberton 0 at Wesson 7 weather delay cancelled McLaurin 30 at West Lincoln 33 Myrtle 18 at Vardaman 15 Nanih Waiya 42 at French Camp 0 Northside 24 at Leflore County 0 Okolona 19 at South Pontotoc 41 Potts Camp 14 at Byhalia 28 Richton 44 at St. Patrick 28 Riverside 0 at J.Z. George 39 Sacred Heart 35 at Resurrection 7 St. Andrew’s 21 at McAdams 44 Salem 12 at Stringer 52 Sebastopol 0 at Clarkdale 38 Shaw 12 at Yazoo County 18 Simmons 28 at Port Gibson 6 Smithville 28 at Mantachie 22 Thrasher 24 at Falkner 54 West Bolivar 12 at Independence 14 West Tallahatchie 12 at Charleston 40

Closer to the quarter mark of the season. Salem is 3-0 and should see what they are made of with the contest with Stringer this week. Calhoun City is still looking strong after the win against Winona. Last year West Tallahatchie gave Charleston all they can handle before Charleston took firm control. Will they have what it takes this year to keep it competitive? Lumberton and Wesson’s game should be very interesting. What game(s) do y’all think will be interesting this week? GAMES FRIDAY Amite County at Mount Olive Booneville at Biggersville Bruce at Coffeeville Calhoun City at Senatobia Clinton Christian at Ethel Enterprise-Lincoln at Noxapater Hatley at Ashland Heidelberg at Taylorsville Leake County at Velma Jackson Leland at South Delta Lumberton at Wesson McLaurin at West Lincoln Myrtle at Vardaman Nanih Waiya at French Camp Northside at Leflore County Okolona at South Pontotoc Potts Camp at Byhalia Richton at St. Patrick Riverside at J.Z. George Sacred Heart at Resurrection St. Andrew’s at McAdams Salem at Stringer Sebastopol at Clarkdale Shaw at Yazoo County Simmons at Port Gibson Smithville at Mantachie Thrasher at Falkner West Bolivar at Independence West Tallahatchie at Charleston