New Hope Trojans Football

New Hope Touchdown Club April 2009

December 26, 2008 · Comments Off

New Hope Touchdown Club meets Monday April 20th.

At 6:30pm in the NHHS cafeteria, there will be a free seminar on the many facets of the recruiting of high school athletes by colleges.  For more see www.NewHopeTrojans.com

The NH TD Club meeting will follow the seminar.

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MHSAA 5A North Half Regions for 2009-2011

December 6, 2008 · Comments Off

 

Region 1

Clarksdale
Indianola Gentry
Hernando
Lake Cormorant
New Hope
Oxford
Saltillo
West Point

 

 

Region 2

Callaway
Canton
Lanier
Neshoba Central
Pearl
Provine
Ridgeland
Yazoo City

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MHSAA 2009 5A Classification

November 27, 2008 · Comments Off

 MHSAA 5A Schools (32)

Schools are listed from largest to smallest in the new 5A Class.

For a complete listing of MHSAA Classifications.

Picayune
Provine
Wayne County
Forest Hill
St. Martin
West Harrison
D’Iberville
West Point
Pearl
Callaway
Canton
Hernando
Moss Point
Clarksdale
Gautier
Brookhaven
Lake Cormorant
Ridgeland
Gentry
Long Beach
New Hope
Pearl River Central
Neshoba Central
East Central
Oxford
West Jones
McComb
Yazoo City
LANIER
Stone
Saltillo
Vancleave High

North Half Schools (16)

Provine
West Point
Pearl
Callaway
Canton
Hernando
Clasrksdale
Lake
Ridgeland
Gentry
New Hope
Neshoba Central
Oxford
Yazoo City
Lanier
Saltillo

North Half Schools by proximity to New Hope:

New Hope  (distance in miles per Yahoo Maps)
West Point 33
Saltillo 85
Neshoba Central 95
Oxford 128
Canton 140
Gentry 147
Ridgeland 153
Callaway 165
Pearl 165
Provine 165
Lanier 165
Yazoo City 178
Lake Cormorant 187
Hernando 188
Clarksdale 189

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Trojans Reign over Vicksburg 13-7

November 15, 2008 · Comments Off

Vicksburg Post article “Trojans Rain on Gators Parade

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The Only Previous Home Playoff Game

November 13, 2008 · Comments Off

The Only Previous Home Playoff Game was in November of 1990.

From the 1990 Trojan Annual:

The 1990 Trojan Football team was led by a great group of seniors.  They helped pull it all together and with the teams dedication and hard work, they came out with a 10-4 record.

The Trojans started off with a preseason win over Fulton and on September 9, New Hope’s ofense and defense did a remarkable job against the South Lamar Stallions.  Trailing 21-7 at the half, New Hope rallied to take a 28-21 victory.

The homecoming game against the Kemper County Wildcats was a sure win for the Trojans as they took the victory 34-0.

On October 21, the Trojans gave Coach Jimmy Moore his 200th win with the final score 28-0 against Winona.

New Hope payed a perfect game in the first round of the State Play-offs and beat Collins, the number 2 ranked team in South Mississippi, 14-12.

In the second round of the State Play-offs against Forrest, New Hope won 21-14 due to team effort and an interception in the last minute of the game.

Advancing to the Final Four in South Mississippi, New Hope lost the last game of the year to Mendenhall.

1990 New Hope Trojans

1990 New Hope Trojans

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New Hope Football Advances

November 8, 2008 · Comments Off

New Hope Football has advanced to the second round of the MHSAA playoffs.  For the first time since 1991, New Hope Trojan Field will host an MHSAA playoff game when the Vicksburg Gators travel to New Hope on Friday November 14th.

The Vicksburg Gators are the second place team in their district, with Pearl placing 1st and Yazoo City and Yazoo County ranking 3rd and 4th.  Pearl was the only district team to defeat Vicksburg (40-13) and their only other loss was the season opener to South Panola (27-6).

Vicksburg hosted 3rd seed Pontotoc in their first round playoff game and won 30-21.  Vicksburg Post article.

Vicksburg’s two losses are highlighted in red below.  The visiting team is listed first and the most recent game is at the top of the list.

Pontotoc 21 Vicksburg 30  Vicksburg Post article
Ridgeland 0 Vicksburg 42   Vicksburg Post article  2nd article
Vicksburg 41 Canton 0  Vicksburg Post article
Vicksburg 49 Lanier 0  Vicksburg Post article
Yazoo County 6 Vicksburg 36  Vicksburg Post article
Vicksburg 12 Yazoo City 6  Vicksburg Post article  Game article
Pearl 40 Vicksburg 13  Vicksburg Post article  Game article 
Vicksburg 31 Callaway 6  Vicksburg Post article
Vicksburg 17 Hazlehurst 6  Vicksburg Post article
Warren Central 0 Vicksburg 7  Vicksburg Post article   2nd article 
South Panola 27 Vicksburg 6   Vicksburg Post article  2nd article

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Schedule for the Week of the Playoff Game

November 3, 2008 · Comments Off

Tuesday – practice on the game field until around 6:30pm

Wednesday – practice until around 5pm

Thursday – practice until 5pm, then thursday night team dinner at Mr John’s Place, bonfire at the practice field afterwards (team members only)

Friday – sausage biscuit breakfast at the field house at 7:15am, dismissed from class at 11am, lunch, depart for Cleveland at Noon, 4pm eat at Delta State, game time 7pm.

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Travel to Playoff game at Cleveland

November 1, 2008 · Comments Off

Friday November 7th at Cleveland High School. Map showing school location in Cleveland.

300 W Sunflower Rd
Cleveland MS

All 4 lane route – Route map showing route through Greenwood, Indianola, Leland, highway 61N to Cleveland with (I’m told) all 4 lane roads (186 miles total per Yahoo maps, 3hrs 28min, 155 miles to Leland, then 31 miles to Cleveland).  At 70mph average, equals an additional 24 minutes over ideal traffic on the 26 mile shorter route listed next.

Route map showing route through Greenwood, highway 49N, highway 8, Ruleville to Cleveland with 45 miles of two lane roads (160 miles total per Yahoo maps, 3hrs 11min).  Considering friday afternoon traffic, school bus traffic, etc, would add an additional 20 minutes cushion to this route.

Another route map shows going to Winona, interstate 55 to Grenada, and highway 8 (two lanes) for 52 miles to Cleveland (166 miles total per Yahoo maps, 3hrs 21min).

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New Hope Football defeats Caledonia, makes Playoffs!

October 25, 2008 · Comments Off

The New Hope Football Trojans traveled to Caledonia Friday night and defeated the Feds 34-0.  Commercial Dispatch article.

The Trojans are in the playoffs with an upcoming matchup at Cleveland on Friday November 7th.   As both New Hope and Cleveland are playing out of district next week, and, there is no outcome in the other district games which can change the standings, the Cleveland matchup is definite.  Cleveland Roster

MHSAA has posted a bracket, which should be filled in with team names soon.  New Hope is in the region 4 #4 slot.

The playoffs 1st round pits 4A region 2 versus 4a region 4.  No.1 plays No. 4 and No. 2 plays No. 3.  Here are the rankings current as of Oct 25th for the two districts:

4A REGION 2
Cleveland 5 1 0.83
Lafayette 4 2 0.667 – defeated both Clarksdale 35-14 and Hernando 35-21
Clarksdale 4 2 0.667 – defeated Hernando 47-26
Hernando 4 2 0.667
Oxford  2 4 0.33
Gentry  2 4 0.33
Greenwood 0 6 0.0

4A REGION 4   
Noxubee County 6 0 1.0
West Lauderdale 5 1 0.83
West Point 4 2 0.667
New Hope 3 3 0.5
Neshoba Central 2 4 0.33
Kosciusko 1 5 0.167
Caledonia 0 6 0.0

Below is what Cleveland (8-1) has done in 2008.  Their only loss is in red.  The visitor team is listed first, so all listings are “first team” at “second team.”

2008-10-31 Boys Northeast Jones 27 Cleveland 7
2008-10-24 Boys Lafayette County 21 Cleveland 22 article
2008-10-17 Boys Cleveland 14 Clarksdale 6 article
2008-10-10 Boys Hernando 27 Cleveland 13 article
2008-10-03 Boys Cleveland 34 Greenwood 8
2008-09-26 Boys Oxford 15 Cleveland 21 article
2008-09-19 Boys Cleveland 20 Indianola Gentry 18 article
2008-09-12 Boys Cleveland 22 Cleveland East Side 0 article
2008-09-05 Boys Leland 6 Cleveland 25 article
2008-08-29 Boys Cleveland 14 West Bolivar 7 article

As you can see Cleveland is playing out of district on Oct 31st against NE Jones.  Below is what NE Jones (6-3) has done in 2008.  Losses in red.  Last year Cleveland traveled to NE Jones and NE Jones came away with a 41-21 victory.

2008-10-31 Boys Northeast Jones 27 Cleveland 7
2008-10-24 Boys NE Lauderdale 13 Northeast Jones 24
2008-10-17 Boys Northeast Jones 27 Laurel 0
2008-10-10 Boys Wayne County 35 Northeast Jones 3
2008-10-03 Boys Northeast Jones 35 West Jones 16
2008-09-26 Boys South Jones 6 Northeast Jones 30
2008-09-19 Boys Northeast Jones 14 Quitman 15
2008-09-12 Boys Vancleave 0 Northeast Jones 25
2008-09-05 Boys Harrison Central 14 Northeast Jones 2
2008-08-29 Boys Northeast Jones 28 Gulfport 7

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New Hope defeats Neshoba Central 45-21

October 18, 2008 · Comments Off

New Hope defeats Neshoba Central 45-21

New Hope defeats Neshoba Central 45-21

With this victory by this margin the Trojans have to defeat Caledonia next week to be assured a playoff berth.

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