Yazoo City wins first state basketball title since 1996

TONIGHT TWO LOCAL TEAMS MET FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE MISSISSIPPI COLISEUM. YAZOO CITY AND RAYMOMD LET’S GO TO THE BIG HOUSE. YAZOO CITY IN THEIR FIRST FINAL SINCE 98. RAYMOND LOOKING FOR THEIR 5TH TITLE AS A PROGRAM. YAZOO CITY HAD THE ENERGY EARLY. TAMARION HOOVER FLYING FOR THE PUTBACK DUNK TO GIVE YAZOO THE EARLY LEAD. THE ZOO WAS IN JACKSON TONIGHT AFTER THAT ONE. RAYMOND RESPONDS. KEYMARIUS LEWIS DRIVES AND GETS THE AND-1 PLAY TO PUT THE RANGERS ON THE BOARD. YAZOO UP 6-2. RAYMOND’S TONY TADLOCK TRYING TO GET HIS TEAM GOING. ANTHONY CARLYLE SAYS DON’T TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS. IN THE SECOND QUARTER DAMARION WINSTON WITH THE SPIN MOVE AND THE SCORE. HE HAD A GAME HIGH 16 AND THAT PUT YAZOO CITY UP DOUBLE DIGITS. LARRY LEE JUNIOR GETS A BUCKET INSIDE FOR RAYMOND TO KEEP THEM CLOSE BUT YAZOO CITY WAS ON ONE TONIGHT. DALON HENRY SPLASHED A THREE FOR THE INDIANS AND HE IS AMPED. AND SO IS YAZOO CITY. THEY GO ON TO WIN 53-43. IN THEIR FIRST FINAL SINCE 1998 YAZOO CITY WINS THE GOLD BALL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 27 YEARS. < I WAS A MANAGER ON THAT TEAM IN 1996 AND I REMEMBER THE EXCITEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY WERE HAVING A LOT OF SUCCESS SO WHEN I CAME BACK I JUST WANTED TO RECREATE SOME OF THE SAME THINGS AND JUST SEEING THE TURNOUT TODAY MAN IT’S LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. I DON’T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THIS. IT WASN’T JUST ME YOU KNOW, ME AND MY GUYS THE COACH THE WHOLE COACHING STAFF EVERYBODY WHO WAS ON THAT BENCH RIGHT THERE INCLUDING THE FANS EVERYBODY WAS THERE FOR US. EVERYBODY WON THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH US.> FOR THE SECOND TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY AND THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 30 YEARS YAZOO CITY HAS RAISED THE GOLD BALL. TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE MHSAA STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. LETS SEE WHO ELSE WON AT THE BIG HOUSE TODAY IN THE 1A GIRLS FINAL.CADIE JO BYRD LOOKING LIKE SUE BIRD AS SHE HIT A BUZZER BEATER FROM THREE TO END THE THIRD QUARTER FOR INGOMAR. THE FALCONS WOULD SOAR AFTER THAT. THEY GO TO WIN 53-38. INGOMAR WINS THEIR SECOND TITLE IN 3 YEARS IN 1A IN THE BOYS 1A FINAL IT WAS MCEVANS AND MCADAMS. MCEVANS WAS EVERYWHERE TONIGHT THOUGH. DEFENSE TO OFFENSE- JORDAN MCDANIEL GETS THE STEAL AND EDWARD SMITH GETS THE AND-1 FOR THE PLAY OF THE GAME FOR THE WARRIORS. MCEVANS WINS BIG 67-48. IT’S THE FIRST STATE TITLE SINCE 2015 THE 4A TITLE GAME DOWN TO THE LAST SECONDS. JACLYIN HOUSTON BREAKS THE TIE FOR LOUISVILLE WITH A THREE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. PONOTOC HAD A SHOT AT THE BUZZER TO WIN BUT IT FALLS SHOR

Yazoo City wins first state basketball title since 1996

Yazoo City downs Raymond by 10 points in the 4A final and secure their first state title in 27 years.

Updated: 10:45 PM CST Mar 2, 2023

The Yazoo City Indians are basketball champions for the first time in 27 years as they defeated powerhouse Raymond in the 4a MSHAA boys state championship. Ingomar, McEvans and Louisville also hoisted the gold ball on the first day of the MSHAA state basketball championships at the Mississippi Coliseum.

JACKSON, Miss. —

The Yazoo City Indians are basketball champions for the first time in 27 years as they defeated powerhouse Raymond in the 4a MSHAA boys state championship.

Ingomar, McEvans and Louisville also hoisted the gold ball on the first day of the MSHAA state basketball championships at the Mississippi Coliseum.