Football In MS

That’s an easy one. They brought Boyles back because he “unretired” by going to Meridian and proceeded to turn that program around! …and because Kelly wasn’t getting it done & Boyles was a known entity who said yes to the offer.

Okay, so that has nothing to do with the Sumrall/Purvis getting new high schools discussion. I was confused by your statement, “As my dad use to say, close the local school the town dies. Likely Purvis will stay 5A now that Magee and Mendenhall are remaining open...” because Purvis is not closing & there has not been any talk about it at all. It’s actually growing. But it appears your comment has nothing to do with my post to which you initially replied.

Okay - never heard of “the Oak Grove burn” before. That’s a new one for me. Is it just a Petal thing or do other schools use this phrase as well?

A little confused here - what school is closing?

What’s the Oak Grove burn

I consider relevancy to be: - are you making playoffs - are you winning rivalry games and I think Petal is set to take a run a both again. Now will they contend for the state title? No. But will they be in the playoffs? I say yes. They’ll round out the 4 teams in Region 3 and I would not be at all surprised to see them with a 1st round win. Especially if they can go in at a 3 seed instead of 4. AND the Petal fan base is a loyal bunch. They’ll show up and show out for their team. Which can bring needed momentum

They may not get many. But the ones they get will be good ones.

Petal is on the way up. They’re excited about their coach and fired up to be relevant again in football. Meanwhile, HHS’s sails were flying low after getting demolished in the championship game at USM. Their fair-weather fan base bailed at halftime in their own city. QB1 and his daddy didn’t leave on a high note and actually served to show how overrated all the HHS hype was. I’ll take Petal in this one.

Sumrall is already getting a new high school. Funding has been secured and approved. Building plans should be out for bid within the next 6 mths or so. Purvis is getting a new high school too. Same exact size and blueprint as Sumrall. It’s all part of that district’s bond issue that passed last year. Those schools will stay 5A.

Dude. Get out of your feels. I asked for info as I’m not in that district so that team doesn’t stay on my radar. You’re reading WAY too much into the question.

The weekend of MHSAA Football Championship games is the same weekend of the SEC championship in Atlanta. Dec 6 wekeend. MHSAA announced this week that championship games are at State, Dec 4-6. Egg Bowl in Starkville is Saturday, Nov 29. No conflict.

As of the most recent season, Southern Miss football did not offer freshmen NIL. At all. Because they couldn’t afford it. So USM can’t have THAT much funding & will never even be close to an SEC team so the comparison to State is off. Now State is at the bottom of the SEC. But even the worst SEC team will massively trump USM in terms of NIL and coaching salaries. Look at baseball. BOC at State just signed a contract worth 2.9M+ while Oz at USM is more like 300k. They are not the same.

When was the last time D’Iberville was in playoffs

This is the last 3 decades: 2003-2013 - Veterans in Jackson 2014 - State 2015 - Ole Miss 2016 - State 2017 - Ole Miss 2018 - USM 2019 - USM 2020 - Veterans in Jackson (was supposed to be at State) 2021 - USM 2022 - USM 2023 - Ole Miss 2024 - USM 2025 - State

Certain north teams travel well. Oxford, Tupelo, Madison Central… The larger the school (classification) the more likely you’ll have lots of fans show up, regardless location.

The Duffs just funded a huge a new building on campus at State. Will be open this fall.

That’s true. USM is much more appropriate size for that event. However, for the kids who are competing on that field, what an experience! To play (what for some is the last game they’ll ever suit up for) on an SEC field… priceless.

Was scheduled for Starkville in 2020 but the SEC schedule was delayed due to Covid and the last regular season game got pushed to the weekend of MHSAA state championships - which led to the games being moved to Veterans in Jackson. It’s been about a decade since they were in Starkville. Should be a good venue & atmosphere. And a much easier drive for North teams

Right. And those appovals say where the $ is coming from. “District funds” are used for many things… but never girls needs. Those come from booster clubs or activity funds (payments made through MySchoolBucks, etc) or donations from sponsors as noted on the minutes.

South state is more than just the coastal schools. I’m trying really hard here not to call out the school we were in. But it’s not a small one.

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School board meetings, agendas and minutes are most certainly filled with financial info. I know because I’ve attended meetings and read minutes regularly. It’s published online. Again - this is easily researched fact. If you think I’m lying, just google school board minutes for whatever district you’re interested in seeing and read to your heart’s content. It’s all right there.

You’ve asked for exactly when the girls were in school - the first school team was fall 2018 and the most recent graduated last year. Both coaches asked repeatedly for the same assistance with uniforms and transportation that boys get. Requests were denied. School just “didn’t have the budget.” And when they do competitions, there is no financial assistance available. They’re told competitions are “optional” and they could just cheer on the boys instead of wanting to compete. So their desire to compete against their peers in the same way their male counterparts do is largely dismissed as “extra” and unnecessary because they’re girls. District says the same - girls competing is optional, so parents bear all expense. However, when boys want to compete, the school/district provides the practice facility, competition venue, refs, safety equipment, etc. Girls aren’t treated the same and as parents we know if we make a stink what will happen - so we suck it up, write the check, and vow to be the support our kids deserve because being a girl is not a handicap!

My own school athletes prove this untrue. Look man, idk why you’re fighting on this. It happened to us. Literally. 2 females. 2 different sports. School has not purchased a single uniform for either team in at least 10 years. Back further than that I cannot personally verify. But I CAN personally attest to what happened when my athletes were on their high school teams. Why would I make it up? It would make my school look bad. Which is why I’m not calling out our school by name because that’s not helpful. But what I’m telling you is that just because it’s not “supposed” to be this way doesn’t mean it’s not. We all know there are things that happen and shouldn’t. And we also know that the whistleblowers in these situations don’t walk away unscathed. So we shut up & pay up so our female athletes can get the opportunities they’ve worked for.

Why should girls have to recycle old uniforms? This is like saying boys football and baseball can share uniforms. While it theoretically could be possible (although entirely unorthodox), it’s not ever going to happen, nor should it have to happen.