Sports
Watkins wows, Warren Central takes Game 1 from Lake Cormorant
Warren Central played seven one-run games during the regular season. Why should the playoffs be any different? Connor Watkins turned in an outstanding performance on ...
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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Lady Vikes can’t cash in, lose Game 1 to Grenada in 6A softball playoffs
Among the many songs and chants sung by Warren Central’s softball players on Friday night was one imploring their teammates to “rally up.” The best ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, April 27, 2024 12:51 am
Sports
PCA’s baseball season ends with sweep against Newton County Academy
Porter’s Chapel did its best to earn a “Comeback Kids” label in its baseball playoff series against Newton County Academy. Unfortunately, the Generals were not ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, April 25, 2024 10:35 pm
News
Longtime assistant Heather Casey hired as Warren Central’s girls’ basketball head coach
Heather Casey has been with Warren Central’s girls’ basketball program through the good times and the bad times. Now it’s her time. Casey, who spent ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, April 25, 2024 4:03 pm
Sports
Southern Miss pitcher Will Armistead out for the season
HATTIESBURG — Southern Miss will be without one of its top pitchers for the rest of the season. Right-hander Will Armistead has torn the ulnar ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, April 25, 2024 1:16 pm
Sports
Missy Gators’ Hall swamps the competition in The Post’s Athlete of the Week contest
A Gator swamped the competition in the latest Vicksburg Post Athlete of the Week contest. Rodrianna Hall, a senior track athlete for Vicksburg High, received ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 1:00 pm
Sports
Vicksburg’s Mullins finishes season with run to Class 6A semifinals
Kennedy Mullins has only been playing tennis for a little more than two years. She’s not the best player in Mississippi — yet — but ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 11:51 pm
Sports
Flashes drop Game 1 of playoff series against Columbia Academy
With a lot of young players making the team’s first postseason appearance in three years, St. Aloysius’ baseball playoff opener was bound to be a ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 11:22 pm
Sports
PCA’s comeback comes up just short in Game 1 loss to Newton Academy
A late rally by Porter’s Chapel Academy came up short, and now it’ll need an even bigger one to keep its season alive. The Eagles ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 11:00 pm
Sports
Game Plan
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by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 2:47 pm
Sports
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 ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, April 21, 2024 8:19 pm
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
Game Plan
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by Ernest Bowker, Monday, April 15, 2024 1:00 pm
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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
Sports
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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