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5 days ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Published 11:04 pm Sunday, June 1, 2025 As soon as the final out of Mississippi State’s baseball season was recorded, it announced the beginning of a new era. About an hour after the Bulldogs’ season ended with a 5-2 loss to Florida State in the Tallahassee Regional on Sunday night, the university announced it has hired Virginia’s Brian O’Connor as its next head coach.
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6 days ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Warren Central sprinter Dwight Palmer is the 2025 Vicksburg Post boys track Athlete of the Year. The junior won the MHSAA Class 6A championship in the 100, 200 and 400 meters. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post) Shaun Archer/Vicksburg, Jr., Throws — Gators’ big man finished seventh in Class 6A in the discus with a throw of 115 feet, 6 inches Schaffer Bell/Porter’s Chapel, Jr., Jumps/Sprints — MAIS Class 3A champion in the triple jump, with a mark of 38-6 ...
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6 days ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Vicksburg High's Amiyah Hall and Warren Central's Adria Burrell are the 2025 Vicksburg Post girls track and field co-Athletes of the Year. The two combined to win two sprint state championships and six medals at the MHSAA Class 6A state meet.
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1 week ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Published 4:00 am Saturday, May 31, 2025 Fourteen times this season, Vicksburg High’s Amiyah Hall and Warren Central’s Adria Burrell lined up next to each other in a head-to-head race. Hall won seven times and Burrell won seven times. The net difference in the results was 1.62 seconds. It was a razor-thin margin that continued right through the battle for The Vicksburg Post’s girls track and field Athlete of the Year award.
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1 week ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Published 3:55 am Saturday, May 31, 2025 When he stood on the podium at the 2024 MHSAA Class 6A state track meet, silver medal hanging from his neck, Dwight Palmer was not smiling a bit. The race he’d just finished second in, the boys 200 meters, should have been his. He’d lost to Grenada’s Chance Jenkins, a runner he’d beaten the week before, by a tenth of a second. “I knew I was supposed to beat him, because I beat him at North State. I think that’s why it stuck with me longer,” Palmer said.
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1 week ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Published 2:00 pm Friday, May 30, 2025 The Indie Pro Football League will hold another tryout and scouting combine for its inaugural season. The tryout is scheduled for June 7, at 1 p.m. at Sage Park in Mobile, Alabama. Check-in will begin at noon. Online registration through the league’s web site, indieprofootball.com, is required. The tryout fee will be waived with the promo code Mobile2025. The tryouts will be co-hosted by IPFL teams the Mississippi Tsunami and Alabama Forge.
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1 week ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Published 4:00 am Friday, May 30, 2025 Tassels have been turned, caps have been tossed, and schools across Warren County have gone into hibernation for the summer. It won’t last long. The 2025-26 school year will unofficially begin for Warren County’s athletes on Monday when the June workout period starts. If you pass by a football field or gym any weekday morning next month, you’re likely to see a beehive of activity as they prepare for the upcoming season.
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1 week ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Published 4:32 pm Thursday, May 29, 2025 The Vicksburg Warren School District is now accepting nominations for its Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The Hall of Fame recognizes athletes, coaches and administrators who have made substantial contributions to the VWSD athletic department. The public is invited to nominate candidates, who will then be selected by a 12-member committee. The deadline to submit applications is July 7.
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1 week ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Published 4:00 am Thursday, May 29, 2025 The youth softball camp happening next week at Halls Ferry Park will have St. Aloysius’ name on it, but will have something to appeal to almost everyone. College pitchers Abby Morgan of Southern Miss and Hannah Embry of North Alabama, both Vicksburg natives, will be guest intructors at the camp that runs from June 9-11. Morgan is a Warren Central graduate and Embry a Porter’s Chapel Academy graduate.
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1 week ago | 
vicksburgpost.com | Ernest Bowker
Published 5:20 pm Monday, May 26, 2025 Editor’s note: This column was originally published on May 28, 2015. It is republished here with some minor edits to reflect the passage of time. Before they passed away a couple of years ago, I learned a lot from my Aunt Jean and Uncle Dennis. Uncle Dennis was from South Louisiana, someone who liked a good joke and good food and was a bit of an eccentric. Aunt Jean was a Yankee from Pennsylvania who was the calm, steadying force in the relationship.
