Sports
Porter’s Chapel gets back on track with rout of over River Oaks
Porter’s Chapel Academy got bashed at the beach, but came out punching when they got back home. John Wyatt Massey and Gavin White had four ...
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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
Sports column: Johnson, Butler and Anderson show how to follow a dream
There was plenty of news, and some symmetry, this week involving former Vicksburg High football players Rory Johnson, Malcolm Butler and Nick Anderson. Johnson, who ...
by Ernest Bowker, Monday, March 18, 2024 11:05 am
Sports
Photo Gallery: Bayou Independent Wrestling’s “Ultimatum” in Vicksburg
Bayou Independent Wrestling returned to Vicksburg’s Ardis T. Williams City Auditorium on Saturday night with one of its biggest shows of the year. All four ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, March 17, 2024 4:01 pm
Sports
Vote now in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest for March 10-17, 2024
Voting is now open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s nominees are softball players Madison Pant (Warren Central) and Trinity ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, March 17, 2024 1:05 pm
Sports
2024 All-County Soccer: Hall bookends her high school career with Player of the Year award
When she was a freshman, Gloria Hall was thrust into an awkward role with Warren Central’s soccer team. There were no returning starters and she ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, March 17, 2024 4:00 am
Sports
2024 All-County Soccer: Godshaw earns new nickname as The Post’s Player of the Year
During his high school soccer career, Tyler Godshaw’s teammates have given him a lot of nicknames based on how he was playing. Kamikaze. Sir Shanks-a-Lot. ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, March 17, 2024 3:55 am
Sports
2024 All-County Soccer: The Vicksburg Post’s All-County boys soccer team
Each year, The Vicksburg Post selects the top local athletes in a number of sports for its All-County teams. Fourteen players were selected for the ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, March 16, 2024 4:00 am
Sports
2024 All-County Soccer: Head and Lawrence led Warren Central to a breakthrough season
For years, Warren Central’s soccer seasons followed a predictable and unfortunate pattern. There would be a good regular season, a playoff berth, and then a ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, March 16, 2024 3:55 am
Sports
2024 All-County Soccer: The Vicksburg Post girls All-County soccer team
Each year, The Vicksburg Post selects the top local athletes in a number of sports for its All-County teams. Fifteen players were selected for the ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, March 16, 2024 3:50 am
Sports
Anderson excited for opportunity with CFL’s Edmonton Elks
While Nick Anderson waited patiently for another NFL opportunity to come his way last season, Chris Jones was impatiently trying to lure him in a ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, March 15, 2024 4:00 am
Sports
Warren Central’s Lilli Feibelman is The Post’s Athlete of the Week
Lilli Feibelman aced the competition in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. The Warren Central tennis player was an overwhelming winner in this ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, March 13, 2024 12:00 pm
Sports
Flashes beat Vicksburg with another seventh-inning rally
The St. Aloysius Flashes overcame a three-run deficit and scored twice in the seventh inning to win on Tuesday. Of course they did. That’s sort ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 10:55 pm
Sports
Photo Gallery: Tennis camp at Halls Ferry Park
More than a dozen young tennis players came to the Halls Ferry Park courts on Tuesday morning for the City of Vicksburg’s annual spring break ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 3:46 pm
Sports
Palmer powers Tallulah Academy to doubleheader sweep of PCA
Spring break week started with a party for Tallulah Academy and a bummer of a day for Porter’s Chapel Academy. Gage Palmer went 2-for-4 with ...
by Ernest Bowker, Monday, March 11, 2024 9:39 pm
Sports
Former Vicksburg High, Tulane star Nick Anderson signs with CFL team
Nick Anderson’s football career will restart north of the border. The former Vicksburg High and Tulane linebacker signed a free agent contract with the Canadian ...
by Ernest Bowker, Monday, March 11, 2024 5:21 pm
Sports
Vicksburg native, NFL icon Malcolm Butler officially announces retirement
Two years after he last put on an NFL uniform, Malcolm Butler is finally closing the door on a return to the league. The Vicksburg ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, March 10, 2024 6:02 pm
Sports
Voting is open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest for March 3-9, 2024
Voting is now open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest. This week’s nominees are Warren Central tennis player Lilli Feibelman; St. Aloysius ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, March 10, 2024 12:00 pm
Sports
Sports column: Pro wrestling’s peak season includes BIW’s next Vicksburg show
If you’re a pro wrestling fan, this is a peak season. Sting, a legendary figure who has been a star for nearly 40 years, wrestled ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, March 10, 2024 4:00 am
Sports
Warren Central goal keeper Colby Solomon signs with Southwest Mississippi
Colby Solomon waited three years for his turn to be the starting goal keeper for Warren Central’s boys’ soccer team. Once he got between the ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, March 8, 2024 2:00 pm
Sports
Warren Central swimmer Chloe Barnard signs with Millsaps College
When a knee injury kept her out of the pool for a full season early in her high school swimming career, Chloe Barnard did not ...
by Ernest Bowker, Thursday, March 7, 2024 5:40 pm
Sports
Flashes sweep Silliman on the tennis court
St. Aloysius’ singles tennis players made Silliman look silly on Wednesday. The Flashes swept all four singles matches, as well as both boys’ doubles matches, ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 10:59 pm
Sports
Vicksburg’s Braylon Green is The Post’s Athlete of the Week
Vicksburg High’s baseball team piled up the runs last week, and Braylon Green piled up the votes in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 10:30 am
Lifestyles
A Vicksburg tradition returns: ‘Gold in the Hills’ takes the stage for its 88th year
Nell, John Dalton, Murgatroyd and all of the can-can dancers are ready to take the stage again. The Vicksburg Theatre Guild’s annual run of “Gold ...
by Ernest Bowker, Tuesday, March 5, 2024 7:00 pm
Sports
Sports column: A stream of thoughts about streams
Among my many duties as sports editor of The Vicksburg Post is typing up the college football and basketball TV schedules every week. It used ...
by Ernest Bowker, Sunday, March 3, 2024 11:00 am
News
Photo Gallery: 45th annual Run Thru History
Vicksburg’s oldest and biggest running event celebrated a milestone and drew quite a crowd Saturday. More than 600 people registered, and more than 500 participated ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, March 2, 2024 6:22 pm
Sports
Crandall, Robinson, Schlosser back on top, Stevens breaks through at Run Thru History
Ryan Crandall took a year off from competing in the Run Thru History. When he returned Saturday, it was like he’d never left. The 30-year-old ...
by Ernest Bowker, Saturday, March 2, 2024 6:05 pm
Sports
Warren Central’s Jackson signs to play softball at Mississippi Delta
Makayla Jackson did not start playing softball until she was 12 years old, which is considered a little bit late for an elite player. She ...
by Ernest Bowker, Friday, March 1, 2024 9:51 am
Sports
Vicksburg’s Grace is amazing as The Post’s Athlete of the Week
Jordan Grace was amazing in leading Vicksburg High’s softball team to its first victory of the season, and powered on through to The Vicksburg Post’s ...
by Ernest Bowker, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 2:05 pm
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