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6A

1. South Panola (2-0) — Beat Colquitt County Ga 65-35

2. Meridian (2-0) — Beat Wayne County 26-6

3. Madison Central (2-0) — Beat Melrose Tenn 20-16

4. Petal (1-1) — Beat Oak Grove 26-21

5. Olive Branch (1-1) — Lost to Coca, Fla. 14-7

6. Oak Grove (1-1) — Lost to Petal 26-21

7. Southaven (2-0)  — Beat Center Hill 55-13

8. Ocean Springs (2-0) — Beat Tylertown 35-34

9. Natchez (2-0) — Beat Wilkerson County 34-7

10. Gulfport  (2-0) — Beat Gautier 45-6

11. Starkville (1-1) — Beat Louisville 34-0

12. Brandon  (1-1) — Lost to Pearl 27-24

13. Clinton (0-2) — Lost to Ridgeland 15-10

14. Tupelo (1-0) — Beat New Hope 33-23

15 Hancock (2-0) — Beat Long Beach 23-13

Lurking Around: Northwest Rankin (2-0), Pascagoula (2-0), Columbus (1-1), Biloxi (1-0), Harrison Central (0-1), George County (1-1), Hattiesburg (1-1), Terry (1-1)



5A

1. West Point (2-0) — Beat Mainland Fla 14-0

2. West Jones (1-0) — Beat Northeast Jones 36-0

3. Wayne County (1-1) — Lost to Meridian 26-6

4. Ridgeland (2-0) — Beat Clinton 15-10

5. Picayune (1-0) — Beat Moss Point 53-13

6. Brookhaven (1-0) — Beat Franklin County 20-0

7. Oxford (2-0) — Beat Charleston 24-14

8. McComb (2-0) —Beat South Pike 35-6

9. Clarksdale (2-0) —Beat Greenville Weston 13-6

10. New Hope (0-1) — Lost to Tupelo 33-23

11. Neshoba Central (2-0) — Beat West Lauderdale 28-6

12. Callaway (2-0) — Beat Murrah 25-14

13. Pearl (1-1) — Beat Brandon 27-24

14. Hernando (1-0) — Open

15. Vancleave (2-0) — Beat Greene County 26-6

Lurking Around: Forest Hill (2-0), Long Beach (1-1), Moss Point (1-1), Provine (1-1), Stone County (0-2), Gautier (0-2)



4A

1. Lafayette County (2-0) — Beat Trezevant Tenn 35-16

2. Noxubee County (2-0) — Beat Columbus 27-6

3. Purvis (2-0) — Beat East Marion 33-26

4. New Albany (2-0) — Beat Ripley 49-0

5. Quitman (2-0) — Beat Heidelberg 39-0

6. Pontotoc (2-0) — Beat South Pontotoc 40-0

7. Greene County (1-1) — Lost to Vancleave 26-6

8. Forrest County AHS (1-1) — Lost to Bassfield 22-16

9. Northeast Lauderdale (2-0) — Beat Collins 16-14

10. Bay High (1-1) — Beat North Pike 14-7

11. North Pike (1-1) — Lost to Bay 14-7

12. St. Stanislaus (1-1) — Beat Mendenhall 28-13

13. Kosciusko (2-0) — Beat Yazoo County 43-6

14. Columbia (2-0) — Beat Perry Central 13-12

15. West Lauderdale (0-2) — Lost to Neshoba Central 28-6

Lurking Around: Shannon (0-2), Lawrence County (1-1), Itawamba AHS (1-1), Greenwood (2-0), Senatobia (1-1), Cleveland (1-1), South Pike (0-1), Magee (1-0)



3A

1. Forest (2-0) — Beat Scott Central 47-0

2. Charleston (1-1) — Lost to Oxford 24-14

3. Philadelphia (2-0) — Beat McClain 46-6

4. Aberdeen (1-1) — Beat Ray Brooks 64-6

5. Franklin County (1-1) — Lost to Brookhaven 20-0

6. Tylertown (0-2) — Lost to Ocean Springs 35-34

7. Belmont (1-0) — Beat Mantachie 42-7

8. Winona (2-0) — Beat J.Z.George 52-6

9. Water Valley (2-0) — Beat Coffeeville 28-0

10. South Delta (1-1) — Lost to Simmons 16-6

11. Raleigh (2-0) — Beat Mize 27-14

12. Collins (1-1) — Lost to Northeast Lauderdale 16-14

13. McLaurin (2-0) — Beat Dexter 41-22

14. Velma Jackson (1-1) — Beat Canton 56-44

15. Choctaw Central (2-0) — Beat Union 30-10

Lurking Around: Leland (2-0), Riverside (2-0), Mooreville (2-0), Kemper County (2-0),Seminary (1-1), West Marion (1-1).

 

2A

1. Taylorsville (2-0) — Beat South Jones 20-3

2. North Forrest (2-0) — Beat Stringer 20-6

3. Puckett (2-0) — Beat Pelahatchie 47-6

4. Bassfield (1-1) — Beat Forrest County AHS 22-16

5. Calhoun City (2-0) — Beat Houston 41-0

6. East Webster (2-0) — Beat West Oktibbeha 55-27

7. Eupora (2-0) — Beat Weir 40-14

8. Lumberton (2-0) — Beat Beat West Morion 20-16

9. Wesson (1-0) — Beat Richland 12-6

10. Simmons (1-1) — Beat South Delta 16-6

11. Baldwyn (1-1) — Lost to Booneville 37-27

12. West Bolivar (0-2) — Lost to Cleveland 12-7

13. Pisgah (2-0) — Beat Edinburg 34-12

14. Walnut (2-0) — Beat Falkner 42-7

15. Union (1-1) — Lost to Choctaw Central 30-10

Lurking Around: Ackerman (1-1), Coahoma County (2-0), Lake (1-0), Mize (1-1), West Tallahatchie (1-0), Newton (1-1)



1A

1. Durant (2-0) — Beat Ackerman 35-0

2. Mount Olive (0-1) — Open

3. Vardaman (2-0) — Beat Bruce 19-14

4. Smithville (1-1) — Beat Hamilton 15-12

5. Nanih Waiya (0-2) — Lost to Kemper County 26-21

6. Bogue Chitto (2-0) — Beat Enterprise Lincoln 28-7

7. French Camp (1-0) — Beat Montgomery County 52-42

8. Natchez Cathedral (2-0) — Beat Loyd Star 48-34

9. Sebastopol (1-1) — Lost to Lake 13-6

10. Okolona (1-1) — Lost to byhalia 28-22

11. Shaw (0-1) — Lost to Leland 20-6

12. West Oktibbeha (1-1) — Lost to East Webster 55-27

13. Greenville St. Joe (0-2) — Lost to Madison St. Joe 14-6

14. Dexter (1-1) — Lost to McLaurin 41-22

15. McAdams (2-0) — Beat Williams-Sullivan 42-0

Lurking Around: Weir (0-2), Coffeeville (0-2), Falkner (1-1), Noxapater (1-1) Biggersville (2-0), St. Aloysius (1-1)



MAIS OVERALL

1. Jackson Academy (2-0) — Beat Oak Forest Aca 36-20

2. Jackson Prep (2-0) — Beat MRA 14-12

3. MRA (1-1) —  Lost to Jackson Prep 14-12

4. Brookhaven (2-0) — Beat Copiah 53-26

5. Simpson Academy (2-0) — Beat Wayne Aca 34-0

6. Pillow Academy (2-0) — Beat Oak Hill Aca 31-6

7. Trinity Episcopal (2-0) — Beat East Rankin 23-9

8. River Oaks (2-0) — Beat Washington School 27-24

9. DeSoto School (2-0) — Beat Hebron Christian 43-8

10. Washington School (0-2) — Lost to River Oaks (La) 27-24

11. Magnolia Heights (2-0) — Beat Marshall Aca 35-19

12. Parklane (1-1) — Beat Centreville Aca 16-0

13. Copiah Academy (1-1) — Lost to Brookhaven Aca 53-26

14. Presbyterian Christian (2-0) — Beat Sumrall 51-15

15. Leake Academy (1-0) — Open

Lurking Around: Oak Forest (1-1), East Rankin (1-1), Clarksdale Lee (2-0), Indianola Academy (1-1), Centreville (0-2), Lamar (1-1).