Prep Rally

Brad is back and has a plethora of topics to discuss today. The big news this week is Tupelo being voted back into the Lee County Basketball Tournament (8:51). The Golden Wave teams haven’t participated in the event since 2005. On the baseball diamond, Oxford clinched the Division 1-6A title by handling business against Tupelo...

On this week’s episode, Brad puts a bow on the basketball season by recapping the Daily Journal All-Area honors (1:31). On the diamond, division races are getting serious. Itawamba AHS blew past Corinth, 13-5, on Tuesday in a 1-4A baseball game (3:44), essentially locking the teams in a tie for first place. In 1-6A, Oxford...

Brad is back with some updates from the diamond. Booneville’s No. 1-ranked softball team edged No. 2 Mantachie on Tuesday in the Division 1-3A opener for both squads (1:07). Booneville ace Hallie Burns struck out 16 batters. On the baseball front, Tupelo is off to a 3-1 start in 1-6A and got a no-hitter from...

Brad is back from vacation and has plenty of updates for you on this episode. There have been a couple of big coaching hires recently. Katie Bates is leaving Pine Grove after 10 years to be head girls basketball coach at Ripley (1:49), where she won a state championship in 2011. Lafayette has also found...

The 2022-23 basketball season wrapped up last week in Jackson with the state championships, and Brad is here with a full report. Booneville’s boys and girls made history by both winning the 3A titles for a second-straight season (1:12). Ingomar’s girls also won, taking the 1A crown behind the play of freshman Daylen Grisham (4:15)....

Brad is back from his NOLA trip and previews some of this week’s basketball quarterfinal playoff matchups. Tishomingo County’s girls, fresh off a win over Choctaw Central, will face Pontotoc on Thursday in Class 4A (1:27). Tonight will see Biggersville and H.W. Byers meet in a rematch of last season’s 1A boys state championship game...

Brad is back with a tidy little episode. The soccer season wrapped up last weekend, with Saltillo’s girls bringing home the Class 5A state championship (1:24). Three other area teams lost in their respective title games. On the basketball court, Saltillo’s boys edged West Point in the Division 1-5A Tournament (3:40), just one of several...

Brad is back with some soccer, basketball and football updates. The soccer state championships are this weekend, with four area teams vying for a gold ball (4:24). One of those teams is Saltillo’s girls, who broke the Lafayette curse in the semifinals on Monday (1:42). On the basketball front, Brad notes a couple of Tuesday’s...

Soccer playoffs have begun, and the basketball regular season is starting to wind down. Brad has an update on Tupelo’s girls soccer team, which fell to Clinton in the Class 6A playoffs on Monday (1:33). As for hoops, Tupelo’s boys rallied past Oxford on Tuesday thanks to the play of Dayveun Anderson (4:00). In other...

Brad has a little bit of everything on this week’s episode. For starters, there are a lot of important basketball games being played this week. One of them occurred Tuesday, when No. 1 Starkville beat No. 2 Tupelo in a Division 1-6A boys showdown (1:45). Going back to the weekend, Chris Carter led New Albany...

Brad has plenty of hoops to talk about this week. Mooreville’s girls are hot (2:30). The Lady Troopers won the Lee County Tournament last weekend, then they upset No. 2 Tishomingo County on Tuesday. There were several other county tourneys last week (3:32), and Brad also has an update on Pontotoc’s boys (4:02). Looking ahead,...

Brad got to see two of the better players in the area this past week. On this episode, he recaps Saltillo’s boys winning their division opener on Tuesday behind the play of Demetrius Duffy (1:44), who had 27 points and 13 rebounds. Back on Friday, Booneville took down Biggersville as Kedrick Simmons had a big...

Brad decided to do an episode this week after all. He’s got basketball updates, including Calhoun City’s win against New Site on Tuesday (3:45). He also talks about Corinth’s Broderick Alexander, who made a miraculous shot at the buzzer to give his team a win on Friday (6:00). Also, Brad recaps the All-Area football team...

Brad ushers you into Christmas break with this week’s episode. The big news is Isaac Smith, who signed with Mississippi State football on Wednesday (1:54). The Itawamba AHS standout held several big offers and didn’t make up his mind until Tuesday night. On the basketball court, Tupelo’s girls are coming off a couple of impressive...

Brad is back to talk some hoops and crootin. West Union’s boys took down rival Ingomar on Tuesday night (1:44), thanks to an opportunistic defense and balanced scoring. In girls hoops, Carlie Brock flashed her diverse skill set in leading Belmont to victory at the Tangle on the Trail on Saturday (4:49). On the recruiting...

This is the 300th episode of Prep Rally, which began seven years ago. To mark the occasion, Brad has former Daily Journal sports writer – and his first co-host – Gene Phelps on the program to reminisce about pre-podcast days as well as more recent events. Also today, Brad recaps the football state championships. West Point...

The MHSAA football championship field is set. Brad recaps last week’s games, including Starkville’s win over Tupelo in the Class 6A North final (1:53). The Yellowjackets blew a big early lead but rode QB Trey Petty to victory. In 3A, Amory had a big lead, too, but fell short in overtime against Noxubee County (5:13)....

Brad is back to whet your Thanksgiving appetite with some football playoff updates. But first, hoops! Biggersville’s girls edged Choctaw Central on Saturday in a battle of defending state champions (2:02). And Booneville’s boys looked good in a win over Neshoba Central on Tuesday (3:18). As for that football, Tupelo remained unbeaten with a win...

Brad is back with a jam-packed show. He recaps some of last week’s football playoff action, including a blowout win for Itawamba AHS against Senatobia (1:46). Biggersville also rolled versus West Tallahatchie (3:21), and Amory took down North Panola (5:13). Looking ahead to this week’s quarterfinals, Tupelo hosts division foe Madison Central (6:40), a team...

The football playoffs started for some classes last week, and they’ll begin for the rest this Friday. On this episode, Brad examines the area’s four unbeaten teams, including Tupelo, which is 11-0 after trouncing Germantown last week (1:36). He also recaps Houston’s first-round win over Shannon (4:29), and Baldwyn’s close call versus East Webster (6:13)....