The Corner Blitz

On this week's episode of The Corner Blitz, we close out the 2025-2026 school year and prepare for a summer hiatus by getting the good word from Marley Poole, the new coach of the Ole Brook Lady Panthers softball team. We talk to Marley about playing and coaching under some of the area's toughest softball bosses, her plan for the Lady Panthers in Year One, and how she used to burn up the court in...

Four MAIS baseball teams across Southwest Mississippi competed for a state championship last week. Only one went all the way — the ASC Rebels were state champs in 4AD2 after taking a rubber match with Leake Aca. On this week's Corner Blitz, we catch up with the champs. Head coach Cody Hall and seniors Dreher VanNorman and Zane Minton join us on the program to talk baseball, golf, turkey hunting, a...

After a dozen years at Brookhaven Academy, Josh Watts has stepped down from coaching the boys basketball program and taken up the same gig right down the road at Parklane Academy. Watts joins us on The Corner Blitz this week to talk basketball, new horizons and good, old horses. Benji and friend-of-the-show Danny Smith from Lott Furniture put the spurs to the basketball coach and find out about hi...

Broadcasting an hour before what would become a tornado emergency in Southwest Mississippi, The Corner Blitz crew was safe and sound in The Fit Life Sports Plex on Anna Drive in McComb speaking to John Knight, the incoming head of schools for Brookhaven Academy. John talks about the recent upswing of Cougar Athletics, some of the new coaches prowling around campus and what the future holds for BA...

One two three four five six seven ocho NINE... This year, we had NINE local high school tennis players win state championships at the MHSAA and MAIS state tournaments. Four from Brookhaven High School — Crews and Annie Stewart, (5A Mixed Doubles); and Addy Foster and Jenna Townsend (5A Girls Doubles). Two from Loyd Star — Cooper Creel and Brody Thinadeaux (Class 1 Boys Doubles). Two from Brookhave...

A special episode of The Corner Blitz is live at the SMCC baseball field for an MACCC double-header between Co-Lin and Southwest. SMCC athletic director Ken Jackson stops by, along with Enterprise-Journal sports editor Parker Gilliam, and McComb Coca-Cola Bottling Co. area manager Josh Boyd. Bradley and Adam also run through high-school baseball and softball playofss. The Corner Blitz is live ever...

On this week's Corner Blitz, we get to know the great and powerful Co-Lin tennis team. The Lady Wolfpack just finished their regular season as runners-up in the Region 23 Championship, and they're all going to nationals in South Carolina. The men's team is about to embark on their Region Tournament journey tomorrow (April 16, 2026). Head coach Tripp Case brings Nikoloz Gurgenidze, Jax Legget, Alli...

An entire national championship coaching staff, crammed in the K106 studio on a special edition of The Corner Blitz. Coach Daniel McGaffaney (Coach Mookie) of the Southern Mississippi Titans is on the show with all his coaches to celebrate their 10U team's national championship win out in Arizona earlier this year. Brad and Adam also hate on college football playoff expansion, hate on the SEC for...

In the second year of girls' flag football in Mississippi, the league has expanded from 12 to 50 (or so) teams statewide and the MHSAA is slowly taking over from the NFL. The McComb Lady Tigers are one of the dozen OG teams. On this week's Corner Blitz, we hear from them — assistant coach/athletic trainer Robin Bonds is on the show, with senior Gabrielle Poole and sophomore Destiny Bennett. Benji,...

There are a bunch of local high school basketball coaching jobs open in Southwest Mississippi this spring, and we doubt any of the hires made henceforth will be as big as Brookhaven Academy snagging Alissa Adams to lead the girls' program and serve as athletic director. On this week's Corner Blitz, we catch up with Alissa and talk about her days from ASC to West Lincoln to Southwest to BA, and try...

What's better than football season in March? On this week's Corner Blitz, brand-new Bogue Chitto football coach Brandon Mancuso stops by to talk about his life as a coach-in-training, playing and working for a title-winning coach father, and his plans to get the Bobcats up to speed for 2026. Benjie, Brad and Adam also talk about BA making a big hire with Alissa Adams as the new girls basketball co...

On this week's Corner Blitz, we get the inside scoop on officiating from longtime local officials McNair Smith and Edward "Bull Moose" Johnson. The MHSAA continues to fight a years-long shortage of officials (we are around 1,500 short statewide), so McNair and Bull lay out the case for getting involved and making a little spending money. We also get them to tell a few stories from their officiatin...

Here's a group that always wins state championships — the Amite Co. High School Trojans, who boast track and field rosters bigger than many football teams. Head coach Kristie Robinson is on The Corner Blitz this week, along with junior Kyran Magee, a 2025 state title winner in the 300M Hurdles; and Zykeria Blackman, a 2025 state title winner in the 4x100M Relay. Benji, Brad and Adam also get into...

On this week's Corner Blitz, we talk to a brand new coach of a brand new sport — Copiah-Lincoln Community College volleyball, which will play its inaugural season this fall under the direction of Anna Nelson. We sit down with Coach Anna and one of her new recruits, Rylan Varnado, a Louisiana state volleyball champion with Parkview Baptist in Baton Rouge. Our brother Danny Smith helps Adam guest ho...

On this week's Corner Blitz, we get to know the Wesson Cobras baseball team. Head coach Vance Windom brought all six of his senior starters on the show — Tripp Martin, Aiden Wallace, JB James, Baylor Smith, Parker Brooks and Jack Wilson. We get to know these gents (between giggles), talk about the game, the upcoming season, shower singing, guitar lessons, and sweatin' to sour skittles. Benji and A...

The Southwest Lady Bears softball team has been "one pitcher short" for a few years now, and head coach Shea Johnson is more than pleased to have the biggest pitching rotation in his career at SMCC, and the bats to back it up. He joins The Corner Blitz with three hotshot sophomores — Corin Talbot (La.,), Allie Ladnier (Ala.) and Kate Clements (North Pike). Benji and Adam go over the Southwest Miss...

It's almost springtime! Not really. But it is almost time for spring sports, so tonight on The Corner Blitz we sat down with Bogue Chitto softball coach Austin Hood and three of his Lady Bobcats — seniors Abigail Holder and Kylee Reynolds, and junior Joy Leggett. We get the inside dope on BC softball and why they, and their coach, expect big improvement and a shot at the postseason in 2026. Benjie...

On this week's episode of The Corner Blitz, we visit with one of the top girls' basketball teams in the area, the Lady Rebels of Amite School Center. Head coach Lana Milton tells us how stomping on game nights almost costs her a pair of heels every week, while Lady Rebs Caitlin Case, Lacie Clark, Sydni Wolley, Addison Walsh, and Annalynee Gill tell us about their team and how they play the game. B...

North Pike's new man, is their old man. Wes McCullough has been teaching and coaching at North Pike for 24 years, and now he's been named the head coach of the football team. He stopped by the Fit Life Sports Plex with assistant coach Jason Cooksey to talk about North Pike's football culture, the past, the future, and what it takes to get a team ready to compete in MHSAA 5A South. Benji, Bradley a...

The Corner Blitz is back from vacation with the first show of 2026, and we get things started with one of the area's best girls' basketball teams, the West Lincoln Lady Bears. Head coach Lane Young is on the program with half his roster — Elizabeth Burton, Chloe Sterling, Addi Myers, Kylie Jarancik, Gabby DeLaune, Rainee Martin, and Jakayla Hunter. Benji, Brad and Adam get to know the Lady Bears a...

We Are Ole Brook — on the final episode of The Corner Blitz for 2025, the Brookhaven Panthers football team, who shocked Mississippi with a 31-19 win over West Point in the MHSAA 5A state title game. Head coach Darien Dorsey makes his third appearance on the show, and with him are a busload of playmakers: Jaden Allen, Jeremy Bibbs, Dreamus Harron, Corderro McDaniel, Caiden Quarles, Hampton Smith a...

On this week's Corner Blitz, we're on the court with the Fit Life Henderson 18U tennis teams. The girls just won a state title, and the boys finished runner up. All these guys and girls are local high school tennis players, and a few of them will be swinging at the next level. We're live every Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at  The FitLife Sports Plex in McComb . Manuel Scott is our videographer; Andre...

We're back from Thanksgiving and we have champions yesterday, today and (hopefully) tomorrow. Coach Austin Helis from Parklane Academy brings over seniors Trip Stultz and Jace Jones to talk about the Pioneers going back-to-back in state championships, and the crew gets a pair of MHSAA coaches on the phone about to play in title games of their own — Brookhaven's Darien Dorsey and Columbia's Chip Bi...

It's football championship weekend for MAIS football, and we have three teams in Southwest Mississippi competing for state titles. Two of those coaches are on the show this week, with Parklane Aca. coach Ron Rushing and Brookhaven Aca. coach Ryan Ross. The Rs take us through their seasons, break down the title-game matchups and shoot the breeze on changes in the association and what's coming next...

On this week's Corner Blitz, we're joined by Brosef Stalin himself, Cliff Furr. The founder of Y'all Sports takes his annual visit to the show to hit a number of broad topics, and we ham it up about the MAIS playoff brackets, power points, Salem's court battle with the MHSAA, Kentucky State weinering out of its game with Delta State, Brian Kelly's non-firing and refiring, and more. Cliff also runs...