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.
Voting is open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s nominees are basketball players Sophie Masterson and Zion Harvey (Vicksburg High); ...
Growing up as a city boy in a non-hunting family, I was well into adulthood before eating venison — a fancy word for deer — ...
MHSAA Playoffs Class 1A Second round – Nov. 15 Baldwyn 49, Falkner 13 Vardaman 48, Coffeeville 6 West Lowndes 40, Strayhorn 14 Myrtle 49, Biggersville ...
Late in the third quarter, an errant pass sailed into Warren Central’s sideline. Head coach Josh Morgan reacted quickly, jumping high into the air to ...
Nick Anderson’s big bet on himself hit the jackpot. The Edmonton Elks linebacker and Vicksburg native was named the Canadian Football League’s Most Outstanding Rookie ...
BRANDON — Warren Central gave up the lead in the final seconds of the first half against Brandon, then let the game get away in ...
After suffering a gut-punch loss in their previous game, the Vicksburg Missy Gators hit back. Cynia Johnson had a double-double with 32 points and 15 ...
A graph of the first half of Warren Central’s football season would be filled with peaks and valleys. The second half is a straight line ...
When Trinity McGloster started to consider her college options, one school jumped to the top of her list. Getting to play a sport that she ...
Warren Central is getting plenty of opportunities to flex its scoring muscle early this season. Luke Bond and Duke Esparza each had two goals and ...
Jamarian Shelly is the keeper of The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week award. The Warren Central soccer goal keeper received 2,504 of the 4,378 ...
In February, the Vicksburg Missy Gators’ loss to Holmes County Central might have been devastating. In November it still stings, but there’s a whole season ...
Vicksburg High’s boys basketball team had two starters playing their first game of the season, and a freshman point guard running the show against one ...
A ragtag group of players from different places and backgrounds comes together, fights through adversity, and wins the big game in the end. It’s a ...
Ole Miss and LSU paid the price for their football fans’ bad behavior. The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that it has fined Ole Miss $350,000 ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON TV Tuesday, Nov. 12 6 p.m. ESPN2 – Western Michigan at Bowling Green 6 p.m. ESPNU – Central Michigan at Toledo 6 ...
One of the biggest occupational hazards of covering sports for a living, as well as one of the biggest fears, is standing on a football ...
MHSAA Regular season Nov. 7 Biloxi 24, D’Iberville 23 Brandon 45, Northwest Rankin 22 Brookhaven 36, Natchez 20 Cleveland Central 41, Yazoo City 12 Corinth ...
DeSoto School has not lost a football game in the past two seasons. Its latest victim, Porter’s Chapel Academy, found out why. Ethan Phillips threw ...
St. Aloysius made the long trip to Franklinton, Louisiana, with hopes of another big upset and a Cinderella run to the MAIS Class 4A football ...
RIDGELAND — The Vicksburg Gators started this season, like every high school football team in Mississippi, with high hopes and expectations. The journey ended Thursday ...
There are 48 teams left in the MAIS football playoffs. The most unlikely of them all might be the St. Aloysius Flashes. The team that ...
Nick Anderson added yet another accolade to the growing list he’s gotten during his rookie season in the Canadian Football League. The Vicksburg native and ...
When he thinks about the history of Porter’s Chapel Academy football, head coach Blake Purvis shakes his head in frustration. When he played at the ...
Warren Central has been winning football games and reaping the rewards. Playing winning football, however, is something coach Josh Morgan defines a little differently — ...
A record-setting performance propelled Decorey Knight Jr. to another Vicksburg Post Athlete of the Week award. The Vicksburg High football player received 1,445 of the ...
The 2024 football season did not go the way the Vicksburg Gators wanted. It certainly won’t end how they wanted it to. With an 0-9 ...
Voting is open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s nominees are cross country runners Samantha Edwards (St. Aloysius) and Cora ...
Wednesday’s game features the Wichita State Shockers (6-1) and the Alcorn State Braves (0-9) squaring off at Charles…
The Wednesday college basketball slate in the SWAC has plenty of quality competition in store. Among those contests…
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