Author Archive | Tim Tutor

Tim Tutor/Sports Editor It wasn’t the 4×400 meter relay race that put the Pontotoc girls over the top this time, but they beat Corinth by four team points, 82-78. This was Pontotoc’s third win over Corinth on the season and their fourth Class 4A title victory in as many years. With Jamaya Johnson taking first [...]

By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor The Warriors of Pontotoc High put together an eighth place finish (26) out of a field of 34 Class 4A Mississippi schools on Monday of this week at the MHSAA State Championship Meet held in Pearl. Pontotoc was led by Chris Grisham who finished second in the 3,200 meter run [...]

By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor After 30 years of coaching girls basketball, slow-pitch and fast-pitch softball, North Pontotoc’s Coach Shane Montgomery gives credit where credit is due for all his success. “The Lord has blessed me,” Montgomery said. “I’m not going to tell a lie. The Good Lord has blessed me 10 times over, and [...]

By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor According to Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Marketing Director Lulu Maness, Pontotoc High standout student-athletes Bailey Wray and Colton Bramlett have been nominated for the 2013 PopStar Award in powerlifting. Named in honor of 1981 National High School Athletic Director of the Year and long time Jackson Public [...]

By TIM TUTOR /Sports Editor The Pontotoc High Lady Warrior track team came away from the MHSAA Class 4A North Half track meet Saturday as the 2013 North Half Champions. With 121 team points, the Lady Warriors edged out second place Corinth with 119 team points. Noxubee County and Lafayette County finished tied for third [...]

By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor Just ahead of Corinth (51), the Warriors of Pontotoc High finished fourth (55) in the 2013 North State Meet held in Pontotoc on Saturday. Winning the Championship was New Albany with 82 team points, followed by Rosa Fort in second with 80 and Noxubee County in third with 59. The [...]

By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor HOUSTON – After a 5-2 loss on Lady Viking Field Thursday night that ended with an in-town triple play, and a near comeback win by his charges Saturday in Game two of the best-of-three class 4A North Half semifinals on the road, North Pontotoc Lady Viking head coach Shane Montgomery [...]

By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor (Editor’s note: The PHS boys’ results were not available at press time. Look for results online soon.) The Pontotoc High Lady Warrior track team finished first at the Regional Track and field Meet held at Tishomingo Co. Monday. The PHS girls qualified student-athletes in 15 of 17 events for the [...]

By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor SPRINGVILLE – After a 7-2 loss at Nettleton on Friday of last week in the opening round of the MHSAA 3A fast-pitch softball playoffs, the 15-14 South Pontotoc Lady Cougars needed to win back-to-back games on Saturday in this best-of-three series to advance to the next round. With their backs [...]

By DENNIS CLAYTON /New Albany News-Exchange Pontotoc and New Albany were locked in a pitcher’s duel down in “The Hollow” on Friday in the second game of the best-of-three, 4A postseason play-in round and New Albany emerged the 2-1 winner. With a 7-3 loss at New Albany in Game 1 on Thursday, Friday’s loss eliminated [...]

By TIM TUTOR /Sports Editor The Division 1-4A Champion Pontotoc High tennis team made it out to the 4A North State Title Match last week. After wins over Kosciusko (7-0) in round one and Lafayette Co. (6-1) in the semi-final round, PHS fell 5-2 to New Albany on Thursday. In mixed doubles action, Pontotoc’s Piercen [...]

By TIM TUTOR/Sports Editor With point totals of 221 and 168, the Pontotoc High girls and boys track-and-field teams finished first, respectively, in the Division 1-4A Meet held at PHS down in “The Ditch” last week. The girls finished 29 points ahead of the No. 2 finishing Lady Warriors of Corinth, while the PHS boys [...]

By TIM TUTOR/ Sports Editor After ending up the regular season with big wins over division foes New Albany (16-4) and Lewisburg (6-4), Coach Shane Montgomery’s North Pontotoc Lady Vikings hit the road to Kosciusko. In game No. 1 of this best-of-three, play-in series hosted by Kosciusko, North defeated the Lady Whippets 4-3 in nine [...]