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The Division 2-4A high school basketball tournament slated to begin today at Lewisburg High School in DeSoto County has been postponed to Tuesday – and could even be postponed for another day.
Lafayette High head boys basketball coach Teague Burchfield said the tournament could very well be played at two venues – the high school gymnasium and the middle school gymnasium – to allow for the postponed games to be made up and for the tournament to get back on track.
Burchfield and Lafayette High athletic director Jeff Nelson said it is likely that Tuesday’s weather conditions (possible icy conditions) may cause for the start of the tournament to be pushed to Wednesday.
Other schools playing in that division tournament are Byhalia, Center Hill, North Panola, Rosa Fort and Senatobia.
Two division tournaments scheduled for today postponed play until Tuesday because of winter weather travel concerns.The 1-2A tournament at Mantachie moved today’s three-game schedule to Tuesday, starting at 4 p.m. with a girls game between Ashland and Baldwyn.Tuesday’s scheduled games were moved to Wednesday, allowing the tournament to remain on scheduled for its Friday consolation and championship games.The 2-1A tournament at West Union moved its two scheduled games today to Tuesday and added them to another two-game schedule. The first game today, between Myrtle girls and Blue Mountain, is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start.
* The following are the Daily Journal High School Basketball Rankings for Feb. 7:
DAILY JOURNAL BASKETBALL RANKINGS
LARGE SCHOOLS
(Class 4A, 5A and 6A)
BOYS
Team Record Pvs
1. Starkville 22-2 1
2. Tupelo 19-8 2
3. New Albany 18-8 3
4. Oxford 16-10 4
5. Houston 14-8 5
GIRLS
Team Record Pvs
1. New Albany 25-0 1
2. Lafayette 24-1 2
3. Tupelo 18-8 3
4. Pontotoc 21-3 4
5. Houston 20-4 NR
* Dropped out: Starkville.
(Class 3A)
BOYS
Team Record Pvs
1. Holly Springs 22-3 1
2. Corinth 21-6 2
3. Ripley 19-6 T5
4. (tie) Aberdeen 14-12 3
Booneville 18-9 T5
5. Nettleton 21-3 4
GIRLS
Team Record Pvs
1. Belmont 25-1 1
2. Aberdeen 21-2 2
3. Nettleton 19-4 3
4. Kossuth 20-5 4
5. Ripley 18-7 5
SMALL SCHOOLS
(Class 1A and 2A)
BOYS
Team Record Pvs
1. Calhoun City 23-4 1
2. Okolona 22-5 2
3. Myrtle 22-5 3
4. Ingomar 24-4 4
5. (tie) Baldwyn 22-4 T5
Hickory Flat 22-5 T5
GIRLS
Team Record Pvs
1. New Site 24-1 1
2. H.W. Byers 22-6 2
3. Myrtle 14-14 T4
4. (tie) Potts Camp 21-6 3
West Union 19-9 5
5. Biggersville 17-5 NR
* Dropped out: Wheeler.
The Daily Journal requests that all schools hosting MHSAA division basketball tournaments next week to submit copies of their tournament brackets to the Daily Journal sports department.
Brackets may be emailed to john.wilbert@djournal.com or faxed to 842-2233.
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The Daily Journal will also be accepting MHSAA varsity soccer all-area nominations from Northeast Mississippi coaches.
Coaches are to include the player’s name, height, class, position, statistics and mugshot/head shot (to be emailed as a .jpg attachment) in the nomination.
Nominations may be emailed to john.wilbert@djournal.com.
The deadline is noon, Feb. 12.
