High School Sports

It’s time to vote for the Mississippi Coast boy’s Athlete of the Week for November 27

Football season is officially over in South Mississippi after three teams came up empty at South State.

That brings us to our final poll of the season featuring a top football athlete. This week’s nominees come from East Central, Harrison Central, George County, Poplarville and St. Stanislaus.

This is not a scientific poll, and you can vote as many times as you’d like until voting ends at noon Monday, Dec. 4, at sunherald.com.

For details about how to contribute to our new fan page, click here.

To submit a nominee for next week’s poll, send game stats from an event this week to swatkins@sunherald.com.

Get to know the nominees here:

  • Aden Dedeaux, Poplarville football: Dedeaux recorded 11 tackles, 2 tackles for loss and a sack in a playoff loss to Columbia.
  • AJ Hopkins, East Central basketball: Hopkins scored 25 points in a 69-33 win over Poplarville.
  • Aujaylen Barron, Harrison Central basketball: Barron scored 17 points in a 70-31 win over South Pike.
  • Paxton DeBardeleben, St. Stanislaus basketball: DeBardeleben scored 17 points and hauled in 9 rebounds in a 51-44 win over Sumrall.
  • Marlin Odom, George County basketball: Odom scored 22 points in a 56-54 win over North Forrest.

This story was originally published November 27, 2023 at 11:15 AM.

Scott Watkins
Sun Herald
Scott is the high school sports and Southern Miss athletics reporter for the Sun Herald.
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