Class 2A playoffs rescheduled
By Staff
October 20, 2004
From combined reports
The Class 2A South State slow-pitch softball championship series between Philadelphia and St. Andrew's was postponed on Tuesday because of inclement weather.
The best-of-three series will be played at 5 p.m. Thursday at Burnside Park in Philadelphia.
Philly beat Clarkdale 10-15, 10-8 and 15-12 to earn the right to host St. Andrew's, whose two losses have been to Florence and Newton County. The Lady Tornadoes will be looking for their first trip to the state finals since winning it all in 2000.
St. Andrew's swept Enterprise 15-5 and 14-3 last Saturday, allowing Lady Saints' head coach Mark Fanning the chance to take in the Clarkdale-Philadelphia series.
The Philadelphia-St. Andrew's winner will play the Smithville (23-11)-Hamilton (26-8) winner for the state title.
All state championship series are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the V.A. Fields in Jackson.
Tony Krausz
Meridian High defensive lineman Jeremy Finley doesn't get the chance to touch the football often throughout the course of the game.
The 6-foot-2, 350-pound senior is usually too busy trying to get to the quarterback or stuffing the lane of opposing running backs, but he made the most of his moment with the ball last Friday.
Finley picked off a shovel pass by Oak Grove quarterback Zack Harrington with 5 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter in Meridian High's 35-21 victory.
The lineman grabbed the ball around the Warriors' 30-yard line and brought it down to the 18, setting up the Wildcats' second touchdown of the game.
Tony Krausz
JACKSON (AP) A listing of some of Mississippi's top individual high school football performances of the past weekend, as provided by newspapers and broadcasters from around the state, listed alphabetically by school name:
