On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Mississippi College Choctaws defeated the Delta State Statesmen in their annual rivalry football game. For the first time since 1993, the Heritage Bell trophy crossed Robinson-Hale field, ringing victory as ecstatic team members carried it home. The second and final MC Preview Day of the semester preceded the groundbreaking kick-off.... Continue Reading →
Cross country might be the most uniquely challenging sport in terms of early mornings, rigorous training, mental trials, and both literal and figurative rough terrains. The Mississippi College Cross Country coach Matthew Reneker believes that there is a sweet spot in terms of balancing training hard enough and not training too hard to where... Continue Reading →
Mississippi College is proud to welcome Coach Mike Jones back to the court for his return as the head men’s basketball coach. Coach Jones has known from the start of his career that coaching basketball was more than just a job, it was an opportunity to make a difference and support young athletes. Now, he’s... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi College women’s soccer team has shot all the way up to number six in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll for Division 2, mainly thanks to a double-digit game win streak that currently has them in first place in the GSC. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for the Lady Choctaws though as... Continue Reading →
Blake Thompson strolled through the arched entry of Providence Hill Farm’s palatial barn with cool confidence, passing the rows and rows of stalls on his way to greet Ann Skogerboe, the program director of the Mississippi College Equestrian Team. Riding a horse was, somehow, far from his mind. With a little encouragement, Thompson donned a... Continue Reading →
The Lady Choctaw soccer team has been off to a booming start this season. The Lady Choctaws finished the 2018 season with a record of 16-4 and a conference record of 12-1. The team currently stands with a record of 6-1 this season and a conference record of 4-0. The Lady Choctaws recently reached a... Continue Reading →
For four years, Blaine Crim was a star on the diamond for the Mississippi College baseball team. Even at the Division II level, Crim was playing well enough to earn some looks from Major League teams as his junior season at MC came to a close. Those first looks were from scouts for the Texas... Continue Reading →
Let it be known I am by no means a sports reporter. The chessboard movements and strategies that revolve around a football elude me. When everyone else yells, I yell; when everyone else groans, I groan. This, therefore, is an exclusive study of the people who sat in the stands for the season’s first home... Continue Reading →
When Joshua Davies moved from England to the United States to play soccer here at Mississippi College, he was met with brutal heat that he had not experienced before. “It’s been ridiculously hot. Training every day at 1:30, right in the middle of the heat of the day. It’s definitely not that hot in England,”... Continue Reading →
