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.

Sports

Vote in The Post’s Athlete of the Week contest for Oct. 13-18, 2024

Voting is open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s nominees are all football players — Ronnie Blossom (Warren Central), Henry ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Monday, October 21, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Photo Gallery: Warren Central vs. Vicksburg football

Full stands, loud bands, and great action on the field marked the renewal of one of Warren County’s great sports traditions — the annual River ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, October 20, 2024 3:20 pm

Sports

How They Did: Vicksburg’s college football players — Oct. 19, 2024

A weekly recap of performances by college and pro football players from Vicksburg-area high schools: • West Alabama defensive back Lamar Gray (Warren Central) had ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, October 20, 2024 1:06 pm

Sports

Who’s Hot: Henry Slayton

Porter’s Chapel Academy linebacker Henry Slayton had nine tackles, two tackles for loss and two sacks in a 42-36 overtime victory against Wilkinson County Christian ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, October 20, 2024 3:55 am

Sports

Mississippi State drops sixth in a row to No. 14 Texas A&M

STARKVILLE — Another game against a top 15 team. Another good effort by Mississippi State. And another loss. The Bulldogs hung tough again as they ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, October 19, 2024 10:00 pm

Local

Umpire offers his side of on-field fight with Roosevelt Brown

Kendrick Wooten describes himself as a “laid back person” who is level-headed and slow to anger. A former college baseball player and current high school ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, October 19, 2024 7:27 pm

Local

Warren Central earns 13th win in a row against archrival Vicksburg

Strange things seem to happen whenever Vicksburg High and Warren Central get together, and Friday’s match-up at Memorial Stadium was no exception. Warren Central winning ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, October 19, 2024 1:05 am

Sports

Flashes run wild against Manchester

The St. Aloysius Flashes were firing on all cylinders Friday night. The Flashes made big plays through the air to help set up four rushing ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, October 19, 2024 12:44 am

News

Roosevelt Brown speaks out after on-field fight with umpire

For more than 40 years, Roosevelt Brown has played and coached baseball at every level the game has to offer. Last weekend, during a 9U ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Friday, October 18, 2024 1:33 pm

Sports

Warren Central’s Spooktacular Softball Game is a Halloween hit

Two trolls ran around the bases, a cookie avoided being thrown out by the banana, and Napoleon Dynamite recorded a few putouts at first base, ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, October 17, 2024 10:06 pm

Sports

Six new inductees added to VWSD Athletic Hall of Fame

The Vicksburg Warren School District Athletic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 was inducted Thursday during a ceremony at the Ardis T. Williams City Auditorium. ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, October 17, 2024 9:31 pm

Sports

Warren Central seeks to extend long streak of success vs. Gators

Even though it’s his job to get his players focused and shut out the distractions leading up to this week’s rivalry game with Vicksburg High, ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, October 17, 2024 4:43 pm

Sports

PCA regroups for road trip to WCCA

First, some good news. Porter’s Chapel Academy quarterback Jase Jung is recovering and expected to be OK after he suffered an apparent neck injury and ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, October 17, 2024 4:37 pm

Sports

Flashes trying to discover the secrets of second half success

If games only lasted two quarters, St. Aloysius might be one of the better teams in MAIS Class 4A. Unfortunately, of course, games have four ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, October 17, 2024 4:20 pm

Sports

Six greats set for induction to VWSD Athletic Hall of Fame

Six more Warren County sports legends will take their place among the best of the best on Thursday. Michael Carter, Dale Erves, Larry Erves, Reginald ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, October 16, 2024 7:15 pm

Sports

Eagles’ Moore flies to the Athlete of the Week award

When it comes to The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest, it just means Moore. Porter’s Chapel Academy football player Auston Moore received 819 ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, October 16, 2024 2:00 pm

Sports

Gators gear up for River City Rivalry game vs. Warren Central

Like all great rivalries, when Vicksburg and Warren Central meet you can throw out the records. For Vicksburg, that’s a good thing. The Gators are ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, October 16, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announces its Class of 2025

Eight of Mississippi’s college sports icons have earned one of the state’s highest athletic honors. College football stars Dexter McCluster and Derrick Nix, coaches Scott ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, October 15, 2024 4:32 pm

Sports

Brown gets praise, starting job after debut with Patriots

Ten years ago, an undrafted free agent from Vicksburg, Mississippi rose from obscurity to become an NFL legend with the New England Patriots. Ben Brown ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, October 15, 2024 1:31 pm

Sports

Vote now in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest for Oct. 6-12, 2024

Voting is open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s nominees are Warren Central volleyball player Ka’ryn Henderson; and football players ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Monday, October 14, 2024 4:00 am

Sports

Vicksburg’s Brown makes first NFL start five days after signing with the Patriots

Ben Brown’s week started in Las Vegas, and ended with him starting in New England. The Vicksburg native and former Ole Miss star got his ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, October 13, 2024 5:50 pm

Sports

Sports column: Warren Central to celebrate its rich football history with Night of Champions event

Before every Warren Central football home game, the scroll of messages on the video board includes a list of the school’s region and state championships. ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, October 13, 2024 12:00 pm

Sports

Vicksburg native Nick Anderson reaches milestone in rookie season in the CFL

Nick Anderson reached a milestone and earned a piece of Canadian Football League history Saturday. The Vicksburg High alum recorded seven tackles in the Edmonton ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, October 12, 2024 11:50 pm

Sports

Mississippi high school football scoreboard: Oct. 10-11, 2024

MHSAA Thursday’s Games Baldwyn 36, East Union 14 Clarksdale 34, Lafayette 14 Falkner 56, Thrasher 16 Gulfport 21, Biloxi 7 Holmes County 40, Greenville 6 ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, October 12, 2024 11:50 am

Sports

Small missteps add up in homecoming loss for St. Al

Every time St. Aloysius started stacking some positive plays together Friday night, it seemed like one little thing went wrong and brought the whole pile ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Friday, October 11, 2024 11:38 pm

Sports

Patriots sign Vicksburg native Ben Brown to their 53-man roster

Ben Brown is leaving Las Vegas and shipping up to Boston. The New England Patriots announced Thursday that they have signed the Vicksburg native and ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Friday, October 11, 2024 1:52 am

Sports

Warren Central rides dominant defense to win over Ridgeland

RIDGELAND — At some point Thursday night, Warren Central’s defense stopped looking like a hard-charging football team and started looking like a pack of rabid, ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, October 10, 2024 11:37 pm

Sports

Porter’s Chapel looks to stay hot against Columbus Christian

There are quite a few unflattering ways to describe Porter’s Chapel Academy’s football game against Columbus Christian on Friday. Glorified scrimmage. Filler game. Nothingburger. PCA ... Read more

by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, October 10, 2024 3:00 pm

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