Ernest Bowker, Author at The Vicksburg Post - Page 10 of 181

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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Red Carpet Bowl shifts schedule, venues over heat concerns

For the second year in a row, the Red Carpet Bowl is taking a heat timeout. The game’s organizing committee and the Vicksburg Warren School ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Friday, August 23, 2024 12:38 am

Sports

Lady Vikes fend off Vicksburg in volleyball

Vicksburg High pushed Warren Central hard, but not hard enough to topple its biggest volleyball nemesis. The Missy Gators won the second game and nearly ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Friday, August 23, 2024 12:35 am

Sports

Eagles are not panicking about 0-1 start

Porter’s Chapel Academy was among the 19 MAIS football teams who did not win their season opener. Besides getting in the win column, one of ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, August 22, 2024 4:00 pm

Sports

Flashes open 2024 football season against MAIS 5A champ ACCS

As the saying goes, to be the best you have to beat the best. St. Aloysius is wasting no time getting its chance to prove ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, August 22, 2024 2:01 pm

Sports

Playmakers 2024: Tallulah Academy lineman Eli Labauve centers the team

Editor’s Note: This story will appear in “Playmakers,” The Vicksburg Post’s annual football preview magazine. The 48-page special edition will be included with the Aug. ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, August 21, 2024 3:00 pm

Sports

Vicksburg, Warren Central go on the road Friday for football scrimmage games

The MAIS played a number of “Week Zero” football games last Friday, and will have its Week 1 openers for everybody else this week. The ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, August 21, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Playmakers 2024: Flashes try to put bad times behind them

Editor’s Note: This story will appear in “Playmakers,” The Vicksburg Post’s annual football preview magazine. The 48-page special edition will be included with the Aug. ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 3:00 pm

Sports

St. Al soccer takes tough loss to Manchester Academy

St. Aloysius defended well, generated scoring chances, and had outstanding goal keeping, which are all of the ingredients needed to win a soccer game. Well, ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, August 20, 2024 9:22 am

Sports

Porter’s Chapel Academy’s baseball fence felled by storm

Tree limbs littered Vicksburg’s streets and power outages were common following a line of severe thunderstorms that plowed through the city Sunday night, and one ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Monday, August 19, 2024 11:41 am

Sports

Sports Column: Creating a cover is quite a conundrum

One of the biggest challenges in putting together The Vicksburg Post’s annual “Playmakers” football preview magazine is deciding on the cover. Who to put on ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, August 18, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Red Carpet Bowl tickets are now on sale

Tickets for the 62nd annual Red Carpet Bowl Classic football doubleheader are now on sale. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at GoFan.co ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, August 17, 2024 3:01 pm

Sports

Porter’s Chapel can’t keep up with River Oaks, loses 74-50 in football opener

For Porter’s Chapel Academy and River Oaks, “Week Zero” referred to both the opening week of the season and the amount of defense they played ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Friday, August 16, 2024 10:44 pm

Sports

Playmakers 2024: Tallulah Academy reboots with a young roster

Editor’s Note: This story will appear in “Playmakers,” The Vicksburg Post’s annual football preview magazine. The special edition will be included with the Aug. 24-25 ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Friday, August 16, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Porter’s Chapel ready to kick off football season Friday against River Oaks

Porter’s Chapel Academy had a memorable season in 2023. For the past eight months, however, it has tried to turn it into just that — ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, August 15, 2024 3:00 pm

Sports

Vicksburg High baseball coach Kent Willis elected to Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame

Kent Willis has spent his entire adult life working in baseball, at every level and in almost every role possible. The place that gave him ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, August 15, 2024 11:49 am

Sports

Playmakers 2024: PCA wants to keep building on success

Editor’s Note: This story will appear in “Playmakers,” The Vicksburg Post’s annual football preview magazine. The special edition will be included with the Aug. 24-25 ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

MHSAA announces 2024 football championship games will be in Hattiesburg

CLINTON — The road to a state championship will once again go through Hattiesburg for Mississippi’s high school football teams. The Mississippi High School Activities ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, August 13, 2024 8:05 pm

Sports

Sports Column: Hot weather could cause Red Carpet Bowl changes again

Last August, an unprecedented heat wave caused a last-minute change to the Red Carpet Bowl that caught people off-guard. The traditional doubleheader was split in ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, August 10, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Warren Central finishes busy opening week by blitzing St. Al

Warren Central’s volleyball team looked like it was in midseason form in its home opener Thursday night. With as many matches as it’s played already, ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:23 pm

Sports

Team USA uses big rally to beat Serbia, reach men’s basketball gold medal game

PARIS — It was far from easy, but the United States’ men’s basketball team will go for the gold again. LeBron James had a triple-double ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, August 8, 2024 4:09 pm

Sports

Flashes make 2024 debut with scrimmage against Lamar School

Walker Mosby expects there to be some nervousness around St. Aloysius’ football fieldhouse on Friday, as the team prepares for a scrimmage against Lamar School. ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, August 8, 2024 3:01 pm

Sports

PCA, Tallulah Academy begin football season with scrimmage on Thursday

Every year, it seems, high school football season starts earlier and earlier. That’s just fine by Porter’s Chapel Academy coach Blake Purvis. PCA is among ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Softball Roundup: St. Aloysius, Porter’s Chapel start the week with losses

Central Hinds sprinted out to a big lead and slowed St. Aloysius’ roll. Central Hinds scored in each of the first four innings, and pitcher ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, August 6, 2024 9:03 am

Sports

Warren County all-stars shine at junior team tennis state tournament

Warren County’s all-stars put together a good run at the Mississippi junior team tennis tournament. Warren County went undefeated in its flight, winning two matches ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Monday, August 5, 2024 8:54 am

Sports

Sports Column: It’s too hot for ‘fall’ practice

Football teams across the country, at every level from high school to college to the NFL, have started training camp over the past couple of ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, August 3, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Palmer finishes third in the 200 meters at AAU Junior Olympics

When he crossed the finish line Friday, Dwight Palmer thought he’d finished in the middle of the pack. A little lean pushed him to the ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Friday, August 2, 2024 1:31 pm

Sports

Henderson finishes second in high jump at AAU Junior Olympics; Palmer advances to 200 meter final

A last-minute assist from a teammate kept Jonathan Henderson in the competition at the AAU Junior Olympics. The rest, he did on his own. Henderson, ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 1:39 pm

Sports

Yocum surges to easy victory at the Warren County Open

Luke Yocum has learned a thing or two about tournament golf from more than a decade in the game. Chief among them is that it’s ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, July 28, 2024 6:26 pm

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