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Opinion: Why Alabama got left out of the playoff
Tue,12/10/24-6:48PM , 429 Reads 9,527 Statewide
It’s understandable that Alabama football fans feel treated unfairly since the Crimson Tide got left out of the college football playoff, whose 12 teams were announced Sunday.
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Opinion: College football playoff will be fun to watch
Wed,12/04/24-6:58PM , 240 Reads 7,622 Statewide
Say this about the upcoming 12-team college football playoff: It’s a lot better to have the 13th-ranked team complaining instead of the fifth-ranked team.
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Two of the area’s top playmakers, Sebastopol’s Adarious McDougle (pictured) and Lake’s Ny’Zavion McClendon, were left off of the Mississipp Al-Star Team, baffling their coaches and supporters. | Darrell Brown Photography

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Robbie Robertson: McClendon, McDougle Deserved Better from All-Star Committee
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,12/04/24-4:00PM , 2,365 Reads
NOTES QUOTES AND A THOUGHT OR TWO

It’s been a few weeks since the Mississippi public school all-star games were announced.
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After a two-year stint in Class 2A, the Union Yellowjackets will kickoff the 2025 season in Class 3A, according to the 2025-27 Regional Reclassification released by the MHSAA in November. The other area school making a move is Sebastopol, who moves down to Class 1A. | Jessica McElhenney Photography

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MHSAA Sports: Local Schools Navigate Region Reclassification
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,12/04/24-2:00PM , 505 Reads
Both the public and private school associations recently released new realignments for their schools.

The six area schools will all see something new for the next two-year cycle.
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