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College Baseball Roundup: Bulldogs sweep Auburn; ULM beats Southern Miss in series finale
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State finally wound up on the right side of a close game, and got a nice bonus for it as well. Logan ...
Ernest Bowker, Author at The Vicksburg Post
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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Vote now in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest for April 14-20, 2024
Voting is now open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s nominees are track and field athletes Anslee Averett (St. Aloysius) ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, April 21, 2024 1:25 pm
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Southern Miss run-rules Louisiana-Monroe again to take series
HATTIESBURG — Southern Miss made short work of Louisiana-Monroe again. Tucker Stockman collected season highs of three hits and five RBIs, and his eighth-inning grand ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, April 20, 2024 11:15 pm
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PCA sweeps MAIS District 4-3A track championships
Porter’s Chapel Academy’s track and field teams kept piling up first-place finishes until its stack reached all the way to the top of the podium. ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, April 19, 2024 7:45 pm
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Missy Gators take team title; WC and VHS combine for 17 victories at Region 2-6A track meet
More than 30 track and field athletes from Vicksburg High and Warren Central advanced to the second round of the postseason and 17 won championships ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, April 18, 2024 10:42 pm
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PCA’s Slayton and Azlin win district doubles championship
Henry Slayton and Thomas Azlin were struggling a bit early in their boys’ doubles match Wednesday at the MAIS District 4-3A tennis tournament. The Porter’s ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, April 18, 2024 9:42 am
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Vicksburg’s Williams signs with Alcorn State, Bailey with Holmes
The last time Vicksburg High had a boys basketball player sign with a Division I college, Davian Williams was just picking up a basketball for ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 8:40 pm
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Vicksburg’s Mullins is The Post’s Athlete of the Week
Kennedy Mullins only lost one game in the MHSAA Region 2-6A tennis tournament, and barely lost a vote in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 2:00 pm
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Warren Central beats Vicksburg to clinch second straight baseball region title
With a hit here or a defensive play there, Warren Central could easily have a few more wins on its ledger and some more respect ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 8:55 am
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Lady Vikes beat Vicksburg to run winning streak to six games
Warren Central entered playoff prep mode for the final week of the softball regular season, with gearing up for what’s just around the corner as ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 8:27 am
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Flashes send six players to state tennis tournament
St. Aloysius held serve at the MAIS Class 5A South State tennis tournament on Tuesday. Six St. Al players — two in singles and two ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 5:17 pm
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Game Plan
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by Ernest Bowker, Monday, April 15, 2024 1:00 pm
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Vote now in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest for April 6-13, 2024
Voting is now open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s nominees are tennis players Kennedy Mullins (Vicksburg) and Hendrix Eldridge ...
by Ernest Bowker, Monday, April 15, 2024 4:00 am
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Vicksburg’s Mullins, WC’s Sullivan and Bond claim Region 2-6A tennis titles
When the MHSAA Class 6A state tennis tournament comes to Vicksburg later this month, five players will have homecourt advantage. Warren Central’s Luke Bond and ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, April 14, 2024 12:04 pm
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Sports column: We have built it, and now they are coming
Over the past decade, major investments were made in Warren County to upgrade the area’s sports facilities. A sports complex, Sports Force Parks, was finally ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, April 14, 2024 12:00 pm
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Five Porter’s Chapel Academy athletes sign with college programs
Porter’s Chapel Academy’s senior Class of 2024 will graduate in a few weeks, but several of its athletes are far from finished. Five PCA athletes ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, April 14, 2024 4:00 am
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PCA’s district championship hopes end with doubleheader sweep
Porter’s Chapel Academy needed two wins Friday to clinch a baseball district championship. It would have settled for one to keep its chances alive. It ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, April 13, 2024 12:30 am
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Flashes win MAIS District 4-5A tennis championship
St. Aloysius’ tennis team picked up a few trophies and sent a few more players on to the next round of the postseason Thursday. The ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, April 11, 2024 9:34 pm
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Slam dunks, hot dogs, tug-of-war — and some football — on tap for Ole Miss’ spring game
Just like it does every April, Ole Miss’ football program will wind down its spring practice period by playing the Grove Bowl Saturday in Vaught-Hemingway ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, April 11, 2024 5:56 pm
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St. Aloysius’ Carrie Wood is The Post’s Athlete of the Week
Carrie Wood was unstoppable on the tennis court and in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. Wood, a member of St. Aloysius’ team, ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, April 10, 2024 1:00 pm
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Photo Gallery: Mississippi Braves beat Biloxi in home opener
PEARL — The Mississippi Braves began their final season at Trustmark Park with a win — albeit one that was a little shorter than they ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, April 10, 2024 9:30 am
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Bad weather forces more changes to Warren County’s high school sports schedule
For the second day in a row, bad weather has fouled Warren County’s high school sports schedule. Baseball and softball games, as well as a ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 11:02 am
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Vote now in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest for March 31-April 6, 2024
Voting is now open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s set of nominees are baseball players Tyler Carter (Vicksburg) and ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, April 7, 2024 2:00 pm
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Niekro carries on family tradition with the Mississippi Braves
PEARL — When the Mississippi Braves take the field for their 2024 home opener at Trustmark Park on Tuesday night, a lot of the names ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, April 7, 2024 4:00 am
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Sports column: Take one last chance to appreciate the M-Braves before they’re gone
As a society, we tend to take certain things for granted. Water will flow when we turn on the faucet. Roads will be reasonably well-paved ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, April 7, 2024 3:55 am
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PCA splits doubleheader, takes series with Franklin Academy
On Friday morning, John Wyatt Massey signed with Coahoma Community College’s baseball program and said an effort to get physically stronger was an important factor. ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, April 5, 2024 10:47 pm
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Warren Central earns milestone win in Class 6A tennis playoffs
There are still a lot of steps Warren Central’s tennis program needs and wants to take to reach the top of the mountain, but the ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, April 5, 2024 3:03 pm
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Warren Central’s Wallace takes aim at powerlifting state championship
Katie Wallace has tried a few different sports and activities over the years. Her best and favorite one, she sort of stumbled into. “I’ve always ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, April 4, 2024 3:39 pm
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