The Union Yellowjackets took a big step towards winning the Division 6-2A championship with two wins last week.
The Yellowjackets beat Lake 47-31 on Tuesday and then beat Newton 70-61 on Friday night.
The Lady Yellowjackets split their two games, eating Lake 39-32 but falling to Newton 40-24.
Much like his older brother, Union’s Brad Breland went out on top.
Breland announced to his team on Tuesday morning that he was retiring from the school district and would no longer be the school’s football coach.
The Newton County Appeal has announced its 2019All-Area Football Team. The following players were selected to the first-team defense:
The Newton County Appeal has named its 2019 All-Area Football Team. The following were named to the All-Area offense.
The Union Lady Yellowjackets improved to 15-3 on the season as they picked up a pair of wins last week.
Union cruised to a 44-34 win over Sebastopol on Friday and then took a hard-earned 45-41 win over Heidelberg on Saturday.
The Union Yellowjackets picked up two more wins on the hardwood last week.
Union opened the week with a 54-48 win over Enterprise and then beat Newton County 41-29.
The Lady Yellowjackets split a pair of games, beating Enterprise 38-27 but falling to Newton County 41-35.
The Division 6-2A coaches recently released their all-region team.
Division champion Philadelphia led the way as quarterback Asher Morgan was named the offensive MVP while Deoindre Fox was named the defensive MVP.
The Breland coaching record in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game is still perfect.
Four years after former Lake football coach Jeff Breland led Mississippi to victory, Union’s Brad Breland led Mississippi to a 17-16 win in overtime at Southern Mississippi’s M.M. Roberts Stadium.
The Union basketball teams had another successful week on the basketball courts as they won seven of the eight games they played.
The Lady Yellowjackets won all four games they played as they improved to 11-2 on the season while the Yellowjackets won three of their four contests to improve to 11-1 on the season.
The Union Lady Yellowjackets won three straight games to claim the Sebastopol Tournament title last week.
After a 57-53 loss to Leake County on Tuesday, Union bounced back by beating Newton County 34-31 on Thursday and Ethel 36-31 on Friday. They won the tournament title by beating Newton County in a 36-25 win.
