Warren Central’s Blossom, Lynch selected to play in Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game

Published 12:20 pm Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Two Warren Central players will get to finish their high school football careers on a big stage.

Blossom is a three-year starter at defensive end who is having another outstanding season for the Vikings. He leads the team with 44 total tackles, and has six sacks and 10 tackles for loss. Blossom has 14 sacks over the past 2 1/2 seasons.

Lynch is also a three-year starter on the offensive side of the football. He has a team-high 20 receptions for 224 yards and one touchdown this season.

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For his career, Lynch has 83 receptions for 1,123 yards and four touchdowns. He needs five more catches and 204 yards to set Warren Central’s school records in those categories.

Lynch is also Warren Central’s punter, and is averaging 34.7 yards per punt this season.

No Warren County players were selected for the Bernard Blackwell Classic Mississippi all-star game Dec. 21 in Gulfport. For the first time, however, a fan vote will be held to add one player to both the North and South rosters.
Individual players can be nominated and voted on through Oct. 31 at gethattiesburgnews.com/fanspoll and the winners will be announced Nov. 4.

The fan vote contest will also include polls to recognize teams and bands. The winning teams will get $1,000 and be invited to the Bernard Blackwell Classic. The winning back will be invited to perform at halftime.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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