Jonathan Wise

Sports Writer at Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

More than 20 years fore and aft of the mast at Sunday and Daily Sport. Editor, Chief sub-editor, five-time columnist, book reviewer; happy to do it all again.

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Warriors even series against Corinth with walk-off win

1 week ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

PONTOTOC- The first two games of Pontotoc's 5A second round playoff series against Corinth have both been extra-inning contests decided by walk-off plays. Facing elimination on Monday in the Hollow, Pontotoc (20-11) defeated Corinth 4-3 in nine innings to forced a deciding game three. "We challenged them to get one more day," said Pontotoc coach Jon David Poss. kAm%96 (2CC:@CD H6C6 23=6 E@ 86E E92E[ 3FE :E H2D 2?@E96C E@@E9\2?5\?2:= 32EE=6] $6?:@C r256?
Vikings drop series to West Lauderdale

2 weeks ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

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Warriors strong at Region 1-5A meet

3 weeks ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

The Pontotoc track and field teams had a number of outstanding performances last Thursday at the Region 1-5A Championship meet. The boys finished in 2nd place as a team, while the girls were 4th. In boys field events, Ryder Wiles continued his dominant season in the discus with a throw of 137 feet, 9 inches, while teammate Rylan Mounce came in 3rd with 128-3. John Paul Burton had 4th place finish in the shot put (39-11). kAmr2=63 q2== A=2465 a?5 :?
South archery finishes as state runner-up

3 weeks ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

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Cougars strong at Region 1-4A meet

4 weeks ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

The first-year South Pontotoc track team had an outstanding performance last Thursday at the Region 1-4A meet at Tishomingo County High School. The Cougars' 4x800 relay team, comprised of Chloe Rice, Macy Bain, Jaylee-Beth Flake and Brooke Schwalenberg-took 1st place with a time of 11:31.49. kAmq2:? H2D E96 492>A:@? :? E96 `e__ >6E6CD Wei_a]_gX 2?5 7:?:D965 a?5 :? E96 g__ >6E6CD Waicd]gcX] #:46 H@? E96 ba__ >6E6CD W`ai_g]ebX 2?5 42>6 :? a?5 A=246 :? E96 `e__ >6E6CD Wei_d]a`X] x?
Vikings shut out Senatobia

4 weeks ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

ECRU-North Pontotoc (15-11) blanked Senatobia 10-0 in five innings last Tuesday to take game one of their Region 2-4A series against the Warriors. The Vikings would go on to sweep Senatobia, part of four region victories and five total wins last week. Catcher Jack Cummings and outfielder Landen Williams each drove in 4 runs for North, while Rylan Kentner only allowed one hit and fanned 11 batters on the mound in only five innings (11 out of 15 outs via strikeout). kAmpJ56?
Lady Warriors roll over Clarksdale

4 weeks ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

After a tough week of being on a short end of three division games, the Pontotoc Lady Warriors (13-9) finished out Region 1-5A play with two lopsided victories over Clarksdale on Monday. PHS won 20-0 in game one over the Lady Wildcats. kAm~=:G:2 v2==@H2J 5C6H 2 H2=< :? E96 3@EE@> @7 E96 `DE[ DE62=:?8 D64@?5 2?5 25G2?4:?8 E@ E9:C5 @? 2 A2DD65 32==] $96 H@F=5 E28 2?5 D4@C6 @? 2 D24C:7:46 7=J 7C@> $E2C (:==:2>D]k^AmkAm%96 {25J (2CC:@CD D4@C65 E96:C @E96C `h CF?D :? E96 a?5 :??:?8] tCJ??
Warriors drop West Point

1 month ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

WEST POINT- After a tough couple of weeks that saw the Warriors drop four straight one-run games in region play, Pontotoc (15-5) swept West Point last week to improve to 4-4 in Region 1-5A. The Warriors have one region series remaining against Corinth this week. Last Tuesday the Warriors traveled to West Point for game two, coming away with a 7-0 shutout victory after nearly three hours of play. A tight strike zone saw 12 total walks between the two teams.
Vikings knock off Houston in first round of tennis playoffs

1 month ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

The North Pontotoc tennis team advanced to the second round of the MHSAA 4A tennis playoffs with a 5-2 home victory over the Houston Hilltoppers last Tuesday. At girls singles, Ava Ashley defeated Houston's Aubrey Kate Alford 4-6, 6-0 (10-5). In boys doubles, Kason Moss and Nolan Ashley won 6-1, 6-0 over Sadarious Randle and Kylyn Berry. kAmx? E96 8:C=D 5@F3=6D >2E496D[ s2?:6=2 |@C6?@ 2?5 p=6I2?5C2 }@G2 E@AA65 p??2 r=2:C6 !=F?< 2?5 %6CC: $A6?46C e\c[ e\`[ 2?5 yF=:DD2 r@C?6;@ 2?5 p??2 y@9?D@?
Softball Roundup

1 month ago | djournal.com | Jonathan Wise

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