Vicksburg’s Harris is The Post’s Athlete of the Week

Published 1:50 pm Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Harmony Harris’ song played in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest.

The Vicksburg High softball player received 1,320 of the 2,105 votes cast in an online poll of The Post’s readers to claim this week’s award.

St. Aloysius baseball player Keller Bradley won a tight three-way battle for second place, with 305 votes. Porter’s Chapel Academy track athlete Lakelan Pecanty was third, with 258 votes, and Warren Central softball player Sydney Hern was fourth with 245.

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Harris, a sophomore infielder, went 4-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored in two games last week. She was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored in an 18-0 rout of Ridgeland on April 8, and 2-for-3 with a run scored in a 5-4 loss to Loyd Star on April 10.

Harris also singled, walked, and scored one run in a 7-4 upset of Warren Central on Tuesday. It was the Missy Gators’ first win over Warren Central since 2012.

Harris is batting .543 this season, with six doubles, 12 RBIs and 12 runs scored.

Congratulations to Harmony and the other nominees, and thank you to our readers for voting.

The nominees for the Athlete of the Week award are announced each Sunday, and voting is open until midnight Tuesday. Links to the poll will be posted on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter/X pages, as well as vicksburgpost.com.

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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