Lafayette’s Williams earns first POW award

Chequille Williams provided the spark that got Lafayette’s season off to a bang Friday, returning an interception for a touchdown minutes into the Commodores’ 8-3 win against Tupelo. (August 21, 2012, Page 6)

Blue Devils blow out Wildcats

WATER VALLEY — Midway through the second quarter of Water Valley’s opener against Independence, Jarard Williams had an 80-yard touchdown run called back only to see teammate E.J. Bounds rip off an 81-yard touchdown run of his own on the next play. (more…) (August 20, 2012, Page 3B)

Water Valley cruises in opener

BLOG: It’s hard to imagine the Blue Devils could have started their 2012 season in a more impressive fashion.

Friday night, Water Valley cruised to a lopsided 41-0 victory over Independence at Bobby Clark Field with all of the game’s points coming before halftime.

(more…) (August 18, 2012)

WVHS wraps up Rams in exhibition

WATER VALLEY — The Water Valley Blue Devils’ football team shook off some rust before its season opener against Independence with a 14-0 win against Vardaman on Friday night at Bobby Clark Field. (more…) (August 13, 2012, Page 8)

Blue Devils have productive first practice

WATER VALLEY — Classes don’t officially begin for another week, but that didn’t stop the Blue Devils from getting plenty learned on Monday.
With Clark Field serving as the classroom, the Water Valley football team officially began preparing for the upcoming season.
 (July 31, 2012, Page 7)

Devils hold their own while playing up

Water Valley didn’t have an easy draw in the third annual O-Zone Classic 7-on-7.

Playing in Group 3, the Class 3A school had the tough task of competing against larger schools like 4A Lafayette, 5A Saltillo and 6A schools Horn Lake and Southaven. (more…) (June 18, 2012, Page 7)

Embry pleased with Devils’ progress

WATER VALLEY — Brad Embry and his football staff gave their DVD player in the Water Valley fieldhouse a workout this spring. In an effort to find out who could help the Blue Devils in 2012, Embry evaluated film on almost 80 players following the end of spring drills on May 10. The end result of the evaluation was positive moving forward, Embry said, and several newcomers impressed. (May 23, 2012, Page 7A)

McCammon leads Blue Devils

Led by a first-place finish by Justin McCammon in the shot put, the Water Valley Blue Devils finished in a tie for 18th place during Friday’s MHSAA Class 3A state track meet held at Pearl High School. (more…) (May 14, 2012, Page 3B)

Water Valley track teams fare well in division meet

Water Valley earned two first-place finishes in the Division 2-3A meet held at Tishomingo County. (more…) (April 18, 2012, Page 9)

WV knocked out of 2-3A title contention

ABERDEEN — The good fortune and momentum the Water Valley Blue Devils garnered in their first game of the Division 2-3A Tournament was not enough to lift them past Aberdeen in the semifinals Thursday night in the “Aberdome.” The top-seeded Bulldogs beat the Blue Devils 65-51 to advance to tonight’s championship in the tournament, while the Blue Devils will face Nettleton tonight in the boys’ consolation game.

WVHS coach John Sherman said the Bulldogs, who led 36-20 at the half, did a good job of pressuring his team and forcing them to play in a more up-tempo style longer than he would have liked. (February 10, 2012, Page 8A)