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PCA’s Chase Hearn wins The Post’s Athlete of the Week award
In a race that came down to the wire, an Eagle flew past all of his challengers. Porter’s Chapel Academy basketball player Chase Hearn won ...
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 139-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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St. Al earns senior night sweep of Discovery Christian
It was gritty and it wasn’t pretty, but it was a win — and near the end of a difficult season, the St. Aloysius Flashes ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 10:02 am
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Missy Gators clobber Columbus, earn first playoff win since 2010
For the first time in more than a decade, Vicksburg High is going swimming in the deep water of the MHSAA girls’ soccer playoffs. Amari ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 9:04 am
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College basketball TV schedule: Jan. 23-29
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ON TV Monday, Jan. 23 5:30 p.m. Big Ten – Wisconsin at Northwestern 6 p.m. ESPN – Duke at Virginia Tech 6 p.m. ...
by Ernest Bowker, Monday, January 23, 2023 3:21 pm
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Sports column: Time to apply for local scholarships
It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since I went to college. Shows that I can remember seeing on first-run TV are still in ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, January 22, 2023 8:00 am
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Missy Gators eager to end long playoff losing streak
Even in their deepest ruts in the past 10 or 15 years, Vicksburg High has usually been able to make a cameo appearance in the ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, January 20, 2023 11:09 am
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PCA’s Sims, Fisher earn District 3-3A awards
Porter’s Chapel Academy’s basketball program started to reap the rewards — and awards — from a great season. Tiara Sims was named the MAIS District ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:55 pm
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Warren Central’s Zion Harvey wins Athlete of the Week award
Zion Harvey helped Warren Central’s girls’ basketball team get off to a fast start in region play, and reaped another reward as The Vicksburg Post’s ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:28 pm
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Vikings finish a difficult soccer season with loss to Northwest Rankin
FLOWOOD — The final moments of Warren Central’s boys’ soccer season included a hard foul, three yellow cards and a penalty kick save. That it ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 10:08 am
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Playing is only part of Lady Vikes’ challenge heading into soccer playoffs
FLOWOOD — Warren Central will face St. Martin in the first round of the MHSAA Class 6A girls’ soccer playoffs. It’s not an easy assignment, ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 9:34 am
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Sports column: Like Hamlin, Vicksburg’s Martin is a medical miracle
Over the past two weeks, the sports world has gotten to know — and, thankfully, marvel at — the story of Damar Hamlin. The 24-year-old ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, January 15, 2023 11:00 am
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Vicksburg native Kordell Watts set to play in Dream Bowl college all-star game
Kordell Watts has a dream of playing professional football. He’s hoping the Dream Bowl can help make it come true. Watts, a former Vicksburg High ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, January 15, 2023 8:00 am
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Vicksburg’s Williams and Franklin, WC’s Smith picked for state all-star games
The stars have come out for Warren County’s basketball teams. Three players — Vicksburg’s Davian Williams and Malik Franklin, and Warren Central’s Jae’la Smith — ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, January 13, 2023 11:02 am
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Lady Eagles beat Greenville Christian to move into driver’s seat in District 3-3A race
Tiara Sims walked to the free throw line knowing the free throws she was about to shoot were for more than just sealing up this ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, January 13, 2023 10:04 am
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Greenville Christian tops PCA in District 3-3A showdown
If things work out the way they hope, this was far from the last time Porter’s Chapel Academy’s boys’ basketball team will see Greenville Christian. ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, January 13, 2023 9:22 am
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Vicksburg’s Layla Carter nominated for McDonald’s All-American Game
Vicksburg High’s Layla Carter has been part of a great team for several years, and now she’s got a chance to be a member of ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, January 12, 2023 12:06 pm
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St. Aloysius’ Emily Cook wins first Athlete of the Week award for 2023
Emily Cook has had a lot of memorable moments in a lot of sports during her high school years, and the latest helped her pull ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, January 11, 2023 12:37 pm
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Lady Flashes come up short vs. Copiah Academy; Porter’s Chapel knocks off Manchester
In some lopsided basketball games, one team blows the other off the floor with a dominant effort. In others, like the one between St. Aloysius ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, January 11, 2023 11:52 am
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Copiah Academy rushes past Flashes; PCA picks up another district win
The St. Aloysius Flashes got off to a fast start Tuesday night. Everything after that seemed like a blur, and not in a good way. ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, January 11, 2023 11:19 am
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Flashes start crucial run of district games by beating East Rankin
Whether they were taking their opponent lightly, trying to wear them down, or just cruising along, it didn’t matter in the end for St. Aloysius’ ...
by Ernest Bowker, Monday, January 9, 2023 11:40 pm
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Sports column: Local basketball teams are ones to watch
Now that we’ve flipped the calendar from 2022 to 2023, it’s a fresh start in more ways than one. With football season finally put to ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, January 8, 2023 8:00 am
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Porter’s Chapel picks up pair of district wins against Deer Creek
Porter’s Chapel Academy was cruising toward a comfortable, if lackluster, victory Thursday night when it suddenly found itself having to put in some work to ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, January 6, 2023 11:02 am
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Warren Central’s Karel signs with East Central CC
When Kayleigh Karel was a freshman, Warren Central softball coach Dana McGivney said, she was already showing the potential to play in college. “Just her ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, January 5, 2023 10:01 am
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Basketball roundup: Carter gets 100th win as Gators top Callaway; PCA’s Mack and Selby have big nights
Kelvin Carter’s 100th victory as Vicksburg High’s boys’ basketball coach was even sweeter because of who it happened to come against. Davian Williams scored a ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, January 4, 2023 10:59 am
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Bulldogs enjoy some normalcy in preparations for ReliaQuest Bowl
The pictures from Tampa are the standard stuff of bowl season — football players enjoying a rollercoaster ride at Busch Gardens, coaches standing together at ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, January 1, 2023 8:00 am
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Game Plan
The Vicksburg Post welcomes your items for the Game Plan. Submit items by email to sports@vicksburgpost.com. act person for your event. Spring bowling league The ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, December 31, 2022 8:00 am
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Ole Miss’ championship, Leach’s death were Mississippi’s top sports stories for 2022
A national championship celebration and a celebration of life defined the 2022 sports year in Mississippi. Ole Miss’ stunning run to the NCAA baseball national ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, December 31, 2022 8:00 am
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Sports column: Warren County had a fairly quiet sports year
The year in review edition is a New Year’s weekend staple for news outlets all over the country. We in the business like to package ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, December 31, 2022 7:55 am
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