(#33) I specifically remember two shots that Stan Prewitt hit when he was our great shortstop and leader at Magnolia Academy from 1977 through 1979. He hit more than two shots in his career, but these two are ingrained in my mind decades later. One was a line drive off Tim Schutz, a hard throwing … Continue reading Stan the Man
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1979 State Championship in Pictures (Magnolia Academy)
(#167) The Raiders won the 1979 State Championship, the first in school history. Got these photos from the school annual. See if you can recognize anybody. Jamie David and Penny Logan 1979 MPSA AA State Champions Front row (from left to right): Steven Dickey, Jeff McClaskey, Steve Vandevender, Bill Moore, Ricky Chisolm, Jeff East, Tim … Continue reading 1979 State Championship in Pictures (Magnolia Academy)
Sacred Ground at 555 Magnolia Road
(#50) If you went to Magnolia Academy and ever want to visit your old school, you're gonna have to rent a house. The subdivision is called Keystone Estates. What the tenants don't know is that those houses are built on sacred ground with a lot of blood and guts and memories inside those gates, under … Continue reading Sacred Ground at 555 Magnolia Road
“Take It All Off!”
(#25) At Magnolia Academy we always seemed to lose to our neighborhood, arch-rival Mississippi Baptist at least once each season. Either we played differently when we played them or they played differently when they played us. Or both. But it could have just been facing crafty pitchers like Bo Kirby and others, who were masters of screwing with the heads of their … Continue reading “Take It All Off!”
My Favorite Magnolia Academy Baseball Memories, Volume 1
(#23) In no particular order..... We won 26 championships in six seasons...unprecedented. Nobody ever won that many tournament and playoff championships in that span of time. We were the first private school team to win 30+ games in a season and the second Mississippi High School to do it. Clinton High School went 32-2 in … Continue reading My Favorite Magnolia Academy Baseball Memories, Volume 1
Chisolm
(#22) It was spring of 1979 and the Magnolia Academy Raiders were leading arch-rival Brandon Academy Rebels 2-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning on the road in Brandon. Magnolia ace right-hander Ricky Chisolm was on the mound. He was on cruise control, dominating the Rebels, pitching a 2-hit shutout, with no walks and … Continue reading Chisolm
Remembering Magnolia Academy Baseball – (1977-1982)
(#8) In a six season period from 1977-1982, the Magnolia Academy Raiders won 168 games, an unprecedented 26 championships, including 3 consecutive MPSA AA state championships in 1979 (31-3), 1980 (27-4), and 1981 (40-5), and probably everyone believes we should have won our first state championship in 1978 (26-7), making it four in a row. … Continue reading Remembering Magnolia Academy Baseball – (1977-1982)
Rick Clarke's Diary of a Mad Baseball Coach 