1A 2025 Week 4

[greenandgoldhawk]

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

[Bender20]

Taylorsville won't score again this week and them Oilers will eat them alive

[Raiders 10]

Myrtle, Vardaman will be a very interested game and probably be a close game

[Chunky6617]

4 hours ago, Bender20 said:

Taylorsville won't score again this week and them Oilers will eat them alive

After this week the schedule eases up for them. 

[Money05]

1 hour ago, Chunky6617 said:

After this week the schedule eases up for them. 

I’m curious to see how they fare against North Forrest. That should determine whether they can make something out of this year or things have completely went south. I think Taylorsville should win, but by how much? 

[Chunky6617]

44 minutes ago, Money05 said:

I’m curious to see how they fare against North Forrest. That should determine whether they can make something out of this year or things have completely went south. I think Taylorsville should win, but by how much? 

It will be close. 

[Money05]

36 minutes ago, Chunky6617 said:

It will be close. 

I agree. I’m most curious to see how many points Tville’s offense can put up against them. I know you say Mize’s defense has been kind of struggling thus far, and Tville only managed to score a single offensive touchdown if I remember right against them. Even if they have a good defense, you can’t win many games scoring only one TD on offense.

[Rebel Bert]

I think Taylorsville will likely be a 4 seed if they can catch a pass from a qb who can't throw to the numbers on a receiver. I don't know how they scored on Mize. This might be the worse Taylorsville team since late 80s or early 90s. That year South Leake beat in the playoffs something like 72-8. Taylorsville was 2-8. South Leake had 6 tds called back. Raleigh should have put 63 on them if the refs would hadn't thrown 20 flags. Taylorsville has fallen hard. 

[s1nglewing]

16 minutes ago, Rebel Bert said:

I think Taylorsville will likely be a 4 seed if they can catch a pass from a qb who can't throw to the numbers on a receiver. I don't know how they scored on Mize. This might be the worse Taylorsville team since late 80s or early 90s. That year South Leake beat in the playoffs something like 72-8. Taylorsville was 2-8. South Leake had 6 tds called back. Raleigh should have put 63 on them if the refs would hadn't thrown 20 flags. Taylorsville has fallen hard. 

The only time S. Leake has defeated Taylorsville was in 1986 by the score of 52-10.

Taylorsville ended up 6-5 and S. Leake 9-2

[Money05]

1 hour ago, Rebel Bert said:

I think Taylorsville will likely be a 4 seed if they can catch a pass from a qb who can't throw to the numbers on a receiver. I don't know how they scored on Mize. This might be the worse Taylorsville team since late 80s or early 90s. That year South Leake beat in the playoffs something like 72-8. Taylorsville was 2-8. South Leake had 6 tds called back. Raleigh should have put 63 on them if the refs would hadn't thrown 20 flags. Taylorsville has fallen hard. 

They went 2-8 in 1989. They only scored 75 points as a team that year as well. I think this season will be a little better than that, but when those 17 seniors graduate, they may be as bad or worse than that 1989 team. As said on another thread on this site, I think they’re on the path to becoming the next Mount Olive or even potentially Weir down the road.

[Rebel Bert]

1 hour ago, Money05 said:

They went 2-8 in 1989. They only scored 75 points as a team that year as well. I think this season will be a little better than that, but when those 17 seniors graduate, they may be as bad or worse than that 1989 team. As said on another thread on this site, I think they’re on the path to becoming the next Mount Olive or even potentially Weir down the road.

It will take a few years to turn it around. It can happen this year the OL has to get tougher at blocking and passing has to better timing.

[Money05]

10 hours ago, Rebel Bert said:

It will take a few years to turn it around. It can happen this year the OL has to get tougher at blocking and passing has to better timing.

From what I hear the younger talent isn’t great either, so it’s gonna take a coach who’s really determined to put in the time to develop those younger guys. I don’t know if that will be Agee or someone else. People on this site were singing Agee’s praises before the season started, and now we don’t hear anything about him. Is it the same situation as last year coaching decision wise, or is it just a talent issue?

[Bender20]

Agee a good guy but Taylorsville got no people no more.  Don't nobody go to games and whit people gone. Mize, West, SB got more Taylorsville white kids than Taylorsville.   I don't think they be a school here in 5-10 year

[maroontide06]

How's Lumberton this year?  Do they beat Wesson?

[Money05]

2 minutes ago, maroontide06 said:

How's Lumberton this year?  Do they beat Wesson?

I highly doubt it. West Marion and Purvis beat them pretty handily. Their only win so far is North Forrest by 17. They’ll be a top tier team in 1A still though. Probably a toss up to win their district with Stringer and Taylorsville being about on the same level up to this point in the season IMO.

[maroontide06]

15 minutes ago, Money05 said:

I highly doubt it. West Marion and Purvis beat them pretty handily. Their only win so far is North Forrest by 17. They’ll be a top tier team in 1A still though. Probably a toss up to win their district with Stringer and Taylorsville being about on the same level up to this point in the season IMO.

Maybe it's just a down year for Lumberton.  They usually have a good bit of talent and can punch above their weight most years.

[Rebel Bert]

From what I saw Taylorsville had about 200 fans at the game including the refs. It obviously has gotten really bad down there in terms of support. Its bad when you the visitors can stand and here one guy cheering in the stands over there. And yes they were roughly 55% black 45 % white according to MDE last years reclassification.  Alot more white folks have left down there for whatever reason. I always thought you could get past what the former principal did. Something is totally missing when the band might have 20 kids participating. They are much closer to Mt Olive than maybe I thought they were.

[Money05]

23 minutes ago, maroontide06 said:

Maybe it's just a down year for Lumberton.  They usually have a good bit of talent and can punch above their weight most years.

I think their QB from last year who was a heck of an athlete graduating has hurt them drastically on the offensive side of the ball. Similar to Taylorsville, the bulk of both teams came back this year and would be considered a veteran group, but some of the key players they had last year that made them “go” so to speak are now gone due to graduation. Taylorsville lost their 3 year starter at QB last year due to graduation and look how they have struggled offensively. Lumberton will be fine in 1A play because they have a veteran defense and they’re big up front, but they are basically in a rebuilding phase I guess you could say.

Edited September 16, 2025 by Money05

[Rebel Bert]

I don't think that many Taylorsville kids or athletes are going to Sylva Bay. SB is playing 8 man independent football.

[Rebel Bert]

1 hour ago, Bender20 said:

Agee a good guy but Taylorsville got no people no more.  Don't nobody go to games and whit people gone. Mize, West, SB got more Taylorsville white kids than Taylorsville.   I don't think they be a school here in 5-10 year

If I lived in Sumerland I wouldn't want to drive to Raleigh for school nor would I want to drive from New Home to Mize. Its ridiculous but it could be heading towards 2 or 1 county school within 10 years no more than 15.

[Money05]

1 minute ago, Rebel Bert said:

I don't think that many Taylorsville kids or athletes are going to Sylva Bay. SB is playing 8 man independent football.

From what I have heard I think Sylva Bay has only gained maybe 5-10 kids from Taylorsville this year that I know of. I can only think of 2 that are in JR High that moved from there that play sports. High school I don’t think there’s any. Sylva Bay honestly probably gets as many kids from Raleigh as they do Taylorsville. Mize is probably getting the most from what I have heard. Stringer has gotten a few. 

 

Sylva Bay is not super appealing either because for one like you said they play 8 man football. They did reclassify and they are now able to compete in the playoffs this year, but the school itself has dropped in enrollment probably 50 students since COVID for whatever reason. They are dressing out under 20 on both the Jr High and Varsity football teams. Plus, the education is not as good as public school, and it costs 5k a year to go there. I think more people are either moving out of Smith County to send their kids to a better school, or if they are not involved in sports choosing to homeschool. 

[Money05]

6 minutes ago, Rebel Bert said:

If I lived in Sumerland I wouldn't want to drive to Raleigh for school nor would I want to drive from New Home to Mize. It’s ridiculous but it could be heading towards 2 or 1 county school within 10 years no more than 15.

Polkville to Raleigh High School is a 29 min drive. Summerland to Mize is only 17 min, and Summerland to Raleigh is 24. Of course it’s not ideal, but it is do able. Overall, I think people in Taylorsville will fight consolidation similar to Mount Olive, and it will be prolonged for several years longer than it should be. If you are a 25-30 year old that is looking to start your kids in the Tville school system, I think they will still graduate from Taylorsville High School. It will probably be run down, education will be poor, and they will be non competitive in sports, but I think people in the community will cause enough uproar to prolong it that long.

[Rebel Bert]

1 hour ago, Money05 said:

Polkville to Raleigh High School is a 29 min drive. Summerland to Mize is only 17 min, and Summerland to Raleigh is 24. Of course it’s not ideal, but it is do able. Overall, I think people in Taylorsville will fight consolidation similar to Mount Olive, and it will be prolonged for several years longer than it should be. If you are a 25-30 year old that is looking to start your kids in the Tville school system, I think they will still graduate from Taylorsville High School. It will probably be run down, education will be poor, and they will be non competitive in sports, but I think people in the community will cause enough uproar to prolong it that long.

It has never been discussed by the school board. Raleigh should have built their school north of town.

[Bender20]

On 9/16/2025 at 1:34 PM, Money05 said:

From what I have heard I think Sylva Bay has only gained maybe 5-10 kids from Taylorsville this year that I know of. I can only think of 2 that are in JR High that moved from there that play sports. High school I don’t think there’s any. Sylva Bay honestly probably gets as many kids from Raleigh as they do Taylorsville. Mize is probably getting the most from what I have heard. Stringer has gotten a few. 

 

Sylva Bay is not super appealing either because for one like you said they play 8 man football. They did reclassify and they are now able to compete in the playoffs this year, but the school itself has dropped in enrollment probably 50 students since COVID for whatever reason. They are dressing out under 20 on both the Jr High and Varsity football teams. Plus, the education is not as good as public school, and it costs 5k a year to go there. I think more people are either moving out of Smith County to send their kids to a better school, or if they are not involved in sports choosing to homeschool. 

I left out Stringer they been getting bunch too

[Bender20]

I would combine Taylorsville and Mize and Raleigh got all them place up north it give you two 3A school and we need an alternative for them problem kids that be trouble. That the real problem be school can't kick out problem kids too many of them here now. But we know Mize want stay like they is. I don't know but elementary school in both place and a new high school in between might be ahright if they an alternative for them bad ones. It crazy cause Taylorsville got all the jobs in the county with GP and power company and Solar.

Edited September 17, 2025 by Bender20