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09/06/2026

MRA HEAD COACH HERBERT DAVIS, IN HIS FIRST SEASON AT MRA TO DOUBLE AS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, KEEPS HARTFIELD ACADEMY SCORELESS IN THE SECOND HALF, GETS 42-21 VICTORY

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MADISON - Madison-Ridgeland Academy head coach Herbert Davis hired a new defensive coordinator this season after Danny White took a job at Christ Covenant School.
The new hire earned his pay in the second half Friday night in the first meeting between the MAIS Big 4 this season.
The new DC - Davis hired himself and moved from coaching offense to defense — and his defensive unit held Hartfield Academy scoreless and held the Hawks to only 20 total yards in the final two quarters as MRA rolled to a 42-21 victory before an estimated 3,000 at MRA’s Patriot Field.
MRA - ranked No. 4 in MAIS Class 4A and No. 15 in Mississippi by MaxPreps - improved to 2-1 and won its second straight game and defeated Hartfield for the second straight season. Hartfield - ranked No. 3 in MAIS Class 4A and No. 13 in Mississippi - dropped to 2-1.
When White left for Christ Covenant, Davis decided to move over to the defense of the first time in his 13-year coaching career at MRA. Don’t think though that Davis doesn’t know defense. In fact, he was always on the defensive side of the ball during his first 17 seasons as a head coach at Pillow Academy, Brookhaven Academy, Heritage Academy, Winston Academy and Lawrence County.
“We played pretty good defense in the first half, but gave us some plays, but we had some adjustments at halftime and did a better job and got off the field on their down,” said Davis, who won his 257th career game, 123 at MRA. “Our kids played hard. Our defensive front did a good job. We have nine new starters on defense. (Senior defensive back) Ty Childress and (junior defensive back) Daniel Perkins are the only true starters back on defense. We have two more (senior defensive lineman Cade Cox and junior defensive back Drayden Martin-Young) who started before they were injured last year against Hartfield. We showed a lot of passion and played with a lot of effort and matured a little bit.”
Hartfield senior quarterback Ethan Elliott - one of the fastest players in the MAIS who has been timed in 4.39 seconds in 40-yard dash - scored three touchdowns on runs of 57, 38 and 9 yards in the first half and Hartfield led 21-20 before MRA senior quarterback Austin Banks completed a 14-yard TD pass to senior wide receiver Holt Adams with 9 seconds before halftime for a 27-21 lead.
But MRA’s defense stiffened and allowed no points in the second half and kept Elliott from breaking big runs. Elliott had six carries for 107 yards at halftime and finished with eight carries for 94 yards.
“We knew the quarterback was really good and can hurt you with his arm and feet and we weren’t disciplined the first few drives of the first half, but our coaches made great halftime adjustments and we shut them in the second half,” said Childress, who had five tackles. “We had a great week of practice and our defense and offense played well. We’re only going to get better from here on as we come together with many new faces playing on offense and defense. When you play a quarterback that is explosive, it’s about playing discipline defense, and doing your job every play. As a senior, I’m extremely proud of how we have grown as a defensive unit and come together in the third week of the season. This is the ultimate team sport and it’s going to take everyone that’s in the game to contribute and play assignment football.”
“Coach Davis sat us down at halftime and we came up with a game plan to contain the quarterback,” said MRA senior linebacker and St. Andrew’s transfer Pierce Ingram, who had a team-high nine tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and one sack. “Our defensive line made a great adjustment in the second half and did very good containing. Our safeties and corners also did a great job with two interceptions in the second half. We also had great energy throughout the game and turned it up a notch in the second half. Our offense was also electric, which gave our defense all the energy we needed.”
While MRA’s defense was slowing down Hartfield’s offense, MRA’s offense kept scoring and had 15 points in the second half on a 58-yard TD pass from Banks to Adams and 63-yard TD from Banks to senior wide receiver Jack Dalton.
Banks completed 17 of 25 passes for 328 yards and five TDs. Dalton caught eight passes for a career-high 201 yards and Adams caught six passes for 102 yards and two TDs. It was Dalton’s third straight game with more than 100 yards receiving. He came in ranked fourth in Mississippi with 259 yards in two games, according to MaxPreps. Dalton - whose brother Davis was the Metro Jackson Player of the Year as a senior at MRA in 2021 and now plays wide receiver at Southern Miss - has 660 yards and five TDs this season. Davis has the school record with 1,586 yards and 15 TDs in a season and has the Mississippi record with 388 yards in one game.
“We won last night because we trusted in our game plan and trusted when the coaches made adjustments in the second half, especially on defense,” Jack Dalton said. “It meant a lot to win that game because no one outside of MRA thought we were going to win, which motivated us to work as hard as we could to prove everyone wrong.”
In addition to the passing game, MRA senior running back Colson O’Cain - in his first action since injuring his ankle in the first half in the season opener two week ago at Ravenwood, Tenn., - had 169 yards on 26 carries and one TD.
Hartfield was coming into Friday with a lot of momentum after wins MAIS Class 3A Washington School (41-13) and defending MHSAA Class 4A state champion Columbia High (42-28). The Hawks appeared to be on their way to their third straight 40-point game until MRA slowed them down in the second half.
“Ethan Elliott played well,” Hartfield coach Craig Bowman said. “That is pretty obvious to anyone that watched. The difference was that MRA outplayed us in the second half. We have a bye week this week before our next district game. We have to get better. Our schedule is really tough and our players have to come ready to play four quarters, not just two."

09/06/2026

Hancock High School senior Justin Wedgeworth is this week’s MSB Statewide Player of the Week presented by Community Bank! Last week, Justin was 35-of-50 for 563 yards and 4 TDs in his first career start. He continued to add 32 rushing yards and another TD in a 50-44 loss to Stone. 🏈

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09/05/2026

MISSISSIPPI STATE’S JOSH HUBBARD RECEIVES MRA’S DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD, HAS NO. 12 BASKETBALL JERSEY RETIRED AT CEREMONY AT MRA

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MADISON - Madison-Ridgeland Academy’s No. 12 number - the one that was worn by the player who scored most points in a high school career than anyone in Mississippi boys basketball history - was fittingly retired Friday night.
MRA’s Josh Hubbard - who scored 4,367 points during brilliant career from 2018 to 2023, breaking a record that stood for 37 years - is the first player in MRA’s boys basketball history to have his number retired. Hubbard, now in his senior season playing for Mississippi State, was also recognized Friday night as MRA’s 2026 Distinguished Alumnus, the youngest person ever to received the award.
Hubbard received his award and had his jersey retirement presentation at a ceremony with about 100 family and friends at the Thompson Board Room, overlooking Patriot Field prior to the MRA-Hartfield Academy football game. Also, Hubbard was honored at halftime with a presentation at midfield along with his family.
“Josh is a great athlete, but people need to know how hard he has worked,” MRA head of school Termie Land said. “He spend a lot of time in that gym practicing daily, in and out of that gym, and worked hard in the weight room, and conditioning. The best thing about Josh is not that he’s a great athlete and basketball player, it’s the person that the is. He’s genuine, he’s authentic, he’s special. Josh comes to school here and interacts with all of the students just like he was one of these students still. He goes out on the elementary playground and plays with those students and makes them feel like they are ten feet tall because of the type person that he is.”
“Josh was a special player, but what I’ll remember most is the person he was,” said former MRA coach Richard Duease, who coached Hubbard and is the winningest basketball coach in Mississippi history and a member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame before retiring earlier this year after 51 seasons, the last 44 at MRA. “Getting to coach him, watch him grow, and see him accomplish things most players only dream about was a privilege. His jersey belongs in the fathers, but more importantly, Josh’s impact will always be a part of MRA basketball.”
“Josh’s ability to score is what helped him gain notoriety, but having had the privilege of watching him be a classmate of my son Sam from third-12th grade, I can say that the man Josh has become is more impressive,” said Ross Hailey, who has been a part of MRA basketball as an assistant coach and athletic director since 1998 before moving to the MAIS as Director of Athletics his summer. “He’s a great player. He has a great family and he has as heart for helping others that is unmatched. Josh was a quiet kid at MRA, but in a good way. He never had to have all the attention, but he handled well the attention he did receive. Josh helps others and he checks in on teachers and coaches at MRA whenever he’s in town. He has an eye on his future, but he appreciates the past stops of his journey very well.”
“Before I coached Josh in 2022-2023, I knew him as Jordan Hubbard’s little brother back when I was playing (at MRA),” said MRA first-year head coach Harper Hudnall, who was an assistant coach under Duease and was promoted to head coach when Duease retired after last season. “Josh was in the fourth or fifth grade my senior year and he would always come into the gym when the elementary school let out and watch our practices. At the end of each practice, he’s always get out on the floor and start shooting around with us. And even as a little elementary kid, he was still letting it fly from deep. Fast forward seven years and I get to coach him as part of that 2023 6A state championship team. So that was really special. His relationships, not just with me, but with everyone involved with our program runs deep. Whenever he’s back in Madison, he’s always asking if he can come to practice. It usually starts off as him participating in some shooting drills, but soon it turns into him coaching and encouraging our guys as they compete the rest of practice. It’s always so cool to watch the way he pours back into the program that the’s left such a huge mark on.”
Hubbard averaged 27.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.1 steals and led MRA to a 34-8 record and the MAIS Class 6A state championship and was named the Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year as senior in 2022-2023.
He has continued his success at Mississippi State. Hubbard has won the Bailey Howell Award, given to the best college player in Mississippi, each of his three seasons at MSU, the first player ever to do this. He has been an All-SEC selection each year. Hubbard has 1,947 career points, fourth best in school history, and has the school record with 311 3-pointers made and an SEC record with 69 consecutive games with a 3-pointer made. He was in the Top 10 in the SEC in scoring (third at 22.1), 3-pointers made (second at 2.97 per game), and 3-point percentage (eighth at 34.7 percent).
Hubbard, as expected, was humble as he received the award and recognition of having his jersey retired.
“It means a lot and is a surreal moment of all the pain, sweat and tears I put in,” Hubbard said. “Me mentors like Coach Duease and Dad (Jason Hubbard) are huge reasons why this happened because they pushed me daily to become what I am now.”
“I’m often reminded our conversation when Josh was only an eighth grader,” Jason Hubbard said. “I would tell him if you don’t cheat the system and stay humble and hungry, your rewards will be endless. Only God can do this. This moment in time makes us grateful for all the long nights and hard days of commitment to reach milestones such as this. I’ve been blessed with an amazing family, especially my wife, Betty, and our five amazing children, Jay, Jasmine, Jordan, Jada, and of course, Josh, for all of us supporting him even when it was really tough times, but we endured it all with God being our help.”
There is so much more to Hubbard than basketball and why he was honored as such any early age for MRA’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Hubbard was chosen as the 2026 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup winner for his exceptional leadership, character and commitment to community service, the only male college athlete to win this award in the country. He hosts the Josh Hubbard Showcase, a basketball camp, which has more than 250 aspiring athletes and awarded around $75,000 in scholarships money over the last three years. Hubbard has partnered with Make-A-Wish Mississippi and launched a “Buckets for Wishes” campaign where every 3-pointer he made in 2025-2026 resulted in donations from sponsors and donors that directly funded wishes for children in Mississippi. The Buckets for Wishes campaign granted 12 wishes for children and raised more than $75,000. Hubbard handed out 100 holiday gifts in December 2025 that he purchased at Blair Batson’s Children of Mississippi hospital in Jackson, the same hospital where he was a patient for 19 days when he was nine years old. As a child, Hubbard was diagnosed and treated with Kawasaki disease, which is a condition causing inflammation in the walls of some blood vessels in his body. He teamed with his shows, Aerus, and US Foods to provide food and donations to Ballas Family Community Kitchen, which serves 200 meals a day to the less fortunate in Greenwood. He worked closely with Mississippi Lieutenant Gov. Delbert Hosemann on a public awareness campaign to reduce rates of chronic absenteeism among school children in the spring of 2025.
“Josh came to MRA as a third grader, and over the next ten years, we had the privilege of watching an extraordinary story unfold,” said MRA chairman the board of trustees Alan Hart, as he recognized Hubbard at the ceremony Friday night. “Certainly, we watched one of the greatest basketball players our state has ever produced. But even more importantly, we watched a young man grow into someone who represents MRA in the most exemplary way—through his humility, his integrity, his work ethic, his faithfulness to others, and his commitment to using his gifts to make a difference. The portrait of an MRA graduate asks us to think beyond what our students accomplish and instead consider who they become. We want graduates who lead with integrity, serve others, use their gifts well, and understand that true success carries with it a responsibility to make life better for those around them. Josh Hubbard is doing exactly that. That combination - extraordinary achievement paired with extraordinary character - is what makes Josh such a fitting choice as our Distinguished Alumnus. There is something especially meaningful about honoring Josh while his story is still being written. We don't know yet all that he will accomplish, where basketball will take him, or how many lives he will ultimately influence. But we already know something much more important about him. We know who he is. He is a competitor and a champion, certainly. But he is also humble. He is generous. He remembers where he came from. He understands the influence he has on young people, and he has chosen to use that influence for good. That is why, despite his young age, there could not be a more deserving recipient of this honor. One honor recognizes what Josh accomplished in a Patriot uniform. The other recognizes the man he has become since taking it off. He have represented his family, his university, his home state, and his alma mater with distinction. Josh reminds us that greatness is not simply about records broken, points scored, or trophies won. It is about what you choose to do with the opportunities and influence you have been given.”

09/05/2026

MRA keeps Hartfield Academy scoreless in the second half for a 42-21 victory in a district game in MAIS Class 4A Friday night at MRA in Madison

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09/05/2026

Columbia Academy edges Central Hinds Academy 35-34 in a non-district MAIS Class 3A game Friday night at Central Hinds in Raymond

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Jackson Prep wins third game in a row, defeats Copiah Academy 47-7 in a non district MAIS Class 4A game Friday night at Copiah in Gallman

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Senior running back and Michigan commit Tyson Robinson runs for a career high 203 yards to lead Brandon to a 33-23 victory over Madison Central in a non-region MHSAA Class 7A matchup Friday night at Brandon

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09/03/2026

This week’s Scoreboard Toon by Ricky Nobile! ✍️

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Hartfield Academy (2-0) at MRA (1-1)
The first meeting between the MAIS Big 4 (Hartfield, MRA, Jackson Academy and Jackson Prep) takes place Friday night at Madison-Ridgeland Academy in Madison.

Hartfield comes in after a surprising victory at defending MHSAA Class 4A state champion Columbia High. The Hawks won 42-28 and ended Columbia’s 15-game winning streak. The Hawks defeated Washington 41-13 in the season opener.

Hartfield senior quarterback Ethan Elliott had a big night against Columbia. He completed 8 of 18 passes for 162 yards and one touchdown had six carries for 96 yards and two TDs. He completed a 69-yard TD pass to Dylan Harris and ran for TDs of 50 and 9 yards. Freshman running back Kamani Azagani had 24 carries for 101 yards and two TDs. Sophomore running back Ethan Horner had 11 carries for 84 yards and one TD. Senior linebacker Logan Hall had a team–high nine tackles. Senior defensive back Owen Stroh had one interception and one fumble recovery. Junior defensive lineman Kevin Stone had five tackle, one sack and two hurries.

MRA also had a road win over a MHSAA team last week, with a 30-27 victory at Class 3A Jefferson Davis County and bounced back from a 29-14 loss at Tennessee public school power Ravenwood in the season opener.

Playing without senior running back Colson O’Cain (out with an ankle injury), MRA senior quarterback Austin Banks completed 22 of 33 passes for 258 yards and four TDs and has 486 yards (fifth best in Mississippi by MaxPreps) and six TDs this season. Senior wide receiver Jack Dalton caught 10 passes for 132 yards and two TDs and has 22 catches for 259 yards this season (fourth best in Mississippi). Junior Daniel Perkins had a team-high eight tackles, junior defensive lineman Brady Bosarge had two sacks, and junior linebacker Biven Patterson and junior defensive back Brett Tyler had one interception each.

MRA won last year’s meeting 49-21 as the Patriots produced 303 rushing yards, led by O’Cain with 140 yards and five TDs and a two-point conversion.

Both teams lost important players to graduation. MRA lost talented quarterback Samuel Stockett and one of the most sure-handed receiver groups in Mississippi, led by Case Thomas (now playing at Ole Miss) and Will Bizot (now playing baseball at Holmes Community College). Hartfield lost All-American wide receiver-defensive back-return specialist Bralan Womack (now playing at Mississippi State), and running back-linebacker KD Catchings (now playing at Michigan).

MRA has not won a state championship since 2021 when it won three in row. Hartfield won two state titles in row in 2023 and 2024 and reached the championship game in a loss to Jackson Academy last season.

MRA coach Herbert Davis has won 256 games and five state championships (three at MRA, two at Brookhaven Academy and one at Pillow Academy) as he starts his 30th season as a head coach. He is the only football coach in Mississippi history to take five schools (MRA, Brookhaven Academy, Pillow Academy, Heritage Academy and Winston Academy) to state championship games. Davis has won 122 games in 13 seasons at MRA.

Hartfield coach Craig Bowman has 60 wins in his seventh season at Hartfield.

Both have been named Mississippi Scoreboard Metro Jackson Coach of the Year – Davis in 2019 when he led MRA to a 12-2 record and a state championship and Bowman in 2023 when he led Hartfield to a 15-0 record and its first state title in school history.

MRA returns nine starters from last year’s 8-4 team, which played the toughest schedule in school history and lost to eventual champion Jackson Academy in the MAIS Class 4A, Division I semifinals.

Hartfield returns 14 starters from lsat year’s 6-6 team, which lost to Jackson Academy in the championship game.

MRA’s 6-2, 270-pound offensive lineman Caleb Unger is the highest rated player in the game. He is rated as the No. 14 player in Mississippi and the No. 34 interior offensive lineman in the country in the Class of 2027 by 247 Sports.

He was a first-team offensive lineman on the 2025 Mississippi Scoreboard All Metro Jackson team and a member of this year’s Taste Restaurant/Mississippi Scoreboard Preseason Metro Jackson Elite 11 Team.

Unger has 23 Division I offers, including Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, and LSU.

Hartfield also has a lineman with a Division I offer in 6-3, 335-pound junior Jaylen Williams, who has an offer from Jacksonville (Ala.) State.

Hartfield 28, MRA 24.
Madison Central (1-0) at Brandon (0-1)
First-year Brandon head coach Eugene Clinton – who replaced Lance Pogue in midseason last year as interim coach and earned the permanent title in the offseason – is searching for his first victory as the head coach.

Clinton’s official debut as head coach was rough, losing 38-14 at Tupelo, ranked No. 1 in MHSAA Class 7A and No. 1 in Mississippi by MaxPreps.

Clinton guided the Bulldogs to a 4-2 record last season after he took over for Pogue, including wins over Ocean Springs and Oak Grove in the MHSAA Class 7A playoffs before losing to eventual champion Gulfport in the semifinals.

The former Provine High and Mississippi State defensive back was a 10-year assistant coach at Brandon and assistant coach at Provine for eight seasons before coming to Brandon.

Brandon – ranked No. 8 in MHSAA Class 7A and No. 14 in Mississippi by MaxPreps – returns eight starters from last year’s 7-6 team.

Senior running back and Michigan commitment Tyson Robinson, who is rated the No. 10 player in Mississippi and the No. 20 running back in the country in the Class of 2027 by 247 Sports, is back at full strength after being injured most of last season.

Junior linebacker Travion Washington, rated the No. 8 player in Mississippi and No. 21 linebacker in the country in the Class of 2028 by 247 Sports, has 33 Division I offers, including Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Jackson State, and 10 other SEC schools.

Senior quarterback and Illinois commitment Sladen Slack is rated the No. 29 player in Mississippi and the No. 69 quarterback in the country.

In addition, Brandon picked up four talented players from three teams in the MAIS Big 4, SEC prospect and junior wide receiver Josh Parker and SEC prospect and junior defensive back Kam Roberts, both from Jackson Prep, senior running back Kingston Mays from Jackson Academy, and senior defensive back Logan Drummond from Hartfield Academy.

Parker is rated the No. 4 player in Mississippi and No. 20 wide receiver in the country in the Class of 2028. Roberts is rated the No. 11 player in Mississippi and the No. 54 cornerback in the country in the Class of 2028. Mays is rated as the No. 40 player in Mississippi in the Class of 2027. Drummond was one of Hartfield’s top defensive players last season and led the team with seven pass breakups.

Madison Central might not have as much talent as Tupelo, but the Jaguars expect to-have a good season. They return 11 starters from last year’s 6-5 team, including senior linebacker and Western Kentucky commitment Corey Wiggins, a member of the Taste Restaurant/Mississippi Scoreboard Preseason Metro Jackson Elite 11 Team.

Wiggins had 127 tackles, 9 for loss, 5 sacks, 2 pass breakups and 1 caused fumble last season as a junior.

In addition to Western Kentucky, Wiggins has Division I offers from Southern Miss, Jackson State, Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Army, Cincinnati, Dartmouth, East Carolina, Jacksonville State, Middle Tennessee State, Navy, North Alabama, Southern University, South Alabama, Tulsa, and Troy.

Wiggins got off to a great start in Madison Central’s 17-7 victory over Pearl last week in the season opener with a team-high 17 tackles. 2 tackles for loss, and 2 pass breakups.

Madison Central coach Toby Collums – who led the Jaguars to a state title in his first year at the school in 2021 – has won 123 games in his 16-year coaching career, 46 in six seasons at Madison Central, 46 wins in six seasons at Northwest Rankin and 31 wins in four seasons at Itawamba AHS. Collums was named the Mississippi Scoreboard Metro Jackson Coach of the Year in 2020 in his last season at Northwest Rankin.

Both Brandon and Madison Central each lost one of its best returning starters to other schools this summer.

Senior wide receiver-defensive back Tre McQueen – the No. 34 ranked player in Mississippi in the Class of 2027 by 247 Sports and one of the top two-sport athletes in the state – transferred from Brandon to MHSAA Class 6A power Hattiesburg High to join his father, Ze McQueen, who was named head baseball coach. Tre McQueen has committed to Louisiana Tech in baseball, and has seven Division I offers in football.

Senior running back and Duke commitment Mikel Stephen transferred from Madison Central to Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, ranked No. 11 in Tennessee. Stephen is rated as the No. 41 player in Tennessee and has offers from 15 other schools, including seven from the SEC and national power Ohio State. Stephen led Madison Central with 875 yards and eight TDs last season.

Madison Central 28, Brandon 14

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