Mississippi Playoff Performers: Sweet 16 Edition
May 2, 2024
Throughout the Mississippi High School Playoffs, we have decided to highlight some of the top performances from game play each week. Last week Class 7A-5A got started in their Round 1 matchups, while Class 4A-1A entered Round 2. In this article, you will see some standout performances from each class in the Sweet 16 Round.
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PLAYOFF PERFORMERS: SWEET 16
CLASS 7A
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Preston Johnson OF / RHP / Hernando , MS / 2025Rankings StateRank: 75 / POS: 11
The uncommited junior went 5 for 8 with a home run, 2 double, and 3 RBI’s out of the lead off spot in 2 wins over Tupelo. |
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Meyer Maddox RHP / HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2024The Northwest MS CC recruit went 5 for 7 with a home run, and 2 RBI’s in 2 wins over Tupelo. |
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Brody Martin OF / 3B / Hernando , MS / 2024The uncommitted senior went 5 for 6 with a double and an rbi in 2 wins over Tupelo. |
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Hallas Lawson C / 1B / Hernando, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 15 / POS: 2
The Northwest MS CC recruit and former Future Gamer went 4 for 6 with a home run, 2 doubles and 2 RBI’s in 2 wins over Tupelo. |
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Kody Gilmore 2B / SS / Lewisburg , MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 79 / POS: 2
The Mississippi Delta CC recruit went 5 for 7 with a double and 2 rbi’s in 2 wins over Starkville. |
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Caden Nelson SS / 2B / Lewisburg , MS / 2026Rankings StateRank: 33 / POS: 7
The uncommitted sophomore and 2 time Junior Future Games participant went 4 for 6 with 2 RBI’s in 2 wins over Starkville. |
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Wes White RHP / 1B / Northwest Rankin , MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 60 / POS: 18
The Copiah Lincoln CC threw 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 7 strikeouts in a game one win over Harrison Central. |
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Brady Saxton OF / LHP / Northwest Rankin, MS / 2025Rankings StateRank: 34 / POS: 5
The Northwest Florida CC recruit and former Future Gamer threw 6 innings, allowing 2 hits, 0 runs, with 10 strikeouts in a series clinching win over Harrison Central. |
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Brady Stinnett RHP / 3B / Oxford , MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 24 / POS: 9
The Ole Miss recruit and former Future Gamer went 4 for 10 with 3 home runs and 5 RBI's in 3 games versus Germantown. |
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Maddox Miller LHP / 1B / Oak Grove , MS / 2025The Mississippi State recruit and former Future Gamer threw 6 innings, allowing 1 hit, 0 earned runs, with 12 strikeouts versus Gulfport. |
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Jackson Clark LHP / Brandon , MS / 2025Rankings StateRank: 49 / POS: 6
The East Central CC recruit threw 5 innings, allowing 1 hit, no runs, while striking out 4 in a series clinching win over Biloxi. |
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Jackson Hood SS / C / Germantown, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 25 / POS: 5
The Pearl River CC recruit threw 7 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 run, while striking out 5 in a win over Oxford. |
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Dewight Temple OF / OF / OAK GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2024The uncommitted senior went 5 for 10 in 3 games versus Gulfport.
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Gage Thompson RHP / SS / Oak Grove , MS / 2025Rankings StateRank: 19 / POS: 5
The uncommitted junior and 2 time Future Gamer threw 7 innings, allowing 3 runs, with 8 strikeouts in a game 2 win over Gulfport.
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CLASS 6A
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Houston Green SS / RHP / Center Hill , MS / 2024Green threw 5 innings, allowing 1 hit, 0 runs, while striking out 10 in a game 1 win over Vicksburg. |
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Jude Westmoreland LHP / 1B / Grenada, MS / 2024Westmoreland threw 6 1/3 innings, allowing 1 unearned run, with 9 strikeouts in a win over Neshoba Central. |
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Hayden Lee OF / 1B / GRENADA HIGH, MS / 2026Lee went 4 for 8 with a triple and 4 RBI’s in 2 wins over Neshoba Central. |
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Smythe Mccoy OF / RHP / Saltillo, MS / 2025McCoy went 6 for 9 with 2 double and 6 RBI’s in 3 games versus Ridgeland. |
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Brady Robertson 1B / LHP / Picayune, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 146 / POS: 8
Robertson threw 7 innings, allowing 1 unearned run on 3 hits, while striking out 3 in a series clinching win over Hattiesburg.
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Ben Davis UTILITY / George County, MS / 2025Davis went 4 for 6 with a home run, double, triple, 4 RBI’s, and 5 runs scored out of the lead off spot in 2 wins over Jim Hill. |
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Tripp Lightsey RHP / George County , MS / 2025Lightsey went 4 for 7 with 2 doubles and 5 RBI’s in 2 wins over Jim Hill. |
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Camden Clark C / RHP / West Jones , MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 30 / POS: 5
The Pearl River CC recruit and former Future Gamer threw a CG shutout, allowing 3 hits while striking out 13 in a game 1 win over Hancock.
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Jaxon Rayborn 1B / RHP / West Jones, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 126 / POS: 7
The Copiah Lincoln CC recruit threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing 2 hits, 0 runs with 8 strikeouts in a series clinching win over Hancock.
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Conner Watkins SS / RHP / Warren Central, MS / 2024Watkins threw CG shutout, scattering 6 hits, while striking out 3 in a win over Lake Cormorant. |
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Wilson Rodriguez RHP / SALTILLO HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2025Rodriguez threw a CG shutout, allowing 2 hits, while striking out 8 in a game 2 win over Ridgeland.
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Cooper Burleson OF / SALTILLO HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2025Burleson went 5 for 6 with 2 doubles, a triple, and 2 RBI’s in 3 games versus Ridgeland. |
CLASS 5A
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Corbyn Clayton SS / RHP / Pontotoc City, MS / 2026Clayton threw 4 innings, allowing 2 hits with 9 strikeouts in a game 1 win over Greenville. Also went 5 for 8 with a double, triple, and 2 RBI’s out of the lead off spot. |
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Jackson Williams 3B / C / Pontotoc , MS / 2025Williams went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 6 RBI’s in 2 wins over Greenville. |
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Cole Richardson RHP / 3B / South Jones, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 26 / POS: 10
The Southern Miss recruit threw 5 innings, allowing 2 hits, no runs, with 7 strikeouts in a game 1 win over Gautier. |
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Cambridge McDaniel / SOUTH JONES HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2025McDaniel went 6 for 7 with a 3 home runs and 7 RBI’s in 2 wins over Gautier. |
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Chase Billiot OF / RHP / South Jones, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 137 / POS: 28
The Jones College recruit went 3 for 7 with a home run, 2 doubles, and 5 RBI’s in 2 wins over Gautier. |
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Dylan Causey C / RHP / South Jones, MS / 2025The Southern Miss recruit went 3 for 5 with a home run, 5 RBI’s in 2 wins over Gautier. Also threw 3 shutout innings with 6 strikeouts.
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Hunter Harper 1B / Vancleave , MS / 2025Harper threw 7 innings, allowing 3 hits, 1 run with 5 strikeouts in a game 1 win over North Pike. |
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Tyler West SS / RHP / Vancleave, MS / 2024West threw 6 innings, allowing 1 unearned run on 2 hits, with 9 strikeouts in a game 2 win over North Pike. |
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Connor Tice RHP / OF / Stone, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 82 / POS: 21
Tice threw 6 innings, allowing 2 hits, 1 run, with 12 strikeouts in a series clinching win over Brookhaven. |
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Anderson Hickman 1B / LHP / Stone, MS / 2025Hickman threw 6 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits with 7 strikeouts in a game 1 win over Brookhaven. |
CLASS 4A
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Drew Davis RHP / SS / Sumrall, MS / 2027Davis threw 6 innings, allowing 2 hits, 0 runs, with 10 strikeouts in a game 1 win over Greene County, Also went 4 for 6 at the plate with a homer.
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Cade Clinton C / OF / Sumrall, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 135 / POS: 14
Clinton went 4 for 8 with a home run, a double, and 5 RBI’s in 2 wins over Greene County. |
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Lane Robertson LHP / OF / Columbia , MS / 2024Robertson threw 6 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits with 6 strikeouts in a win over Bay High. |
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Mac McDaniel CF / Columbia, MS / 2026Rankings StateRank: 13 / POS: 1
McDaniel went 3 for 6 with 2 home runs a double, and 7 RBI’s in 2 wins over Bay High. |
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Ethan Walker C / 1B / Purvis, MS / 2025Rankings StateRank: 31 / POS: 5
The uncommited former Future Gamer threw 6 innings, allowing 2 hits, no runs, with 9 strikeouts in a series clinching win over Pass Christian. Also hit 2 home runs with 6 RBI's in the same game. |
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Joseph Parker SS / 2B / Purvis , MS / 2025The Mississippi State recruit went 5 for 9 with 5 doubles in 3 games versus Pass Christian. |
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Carter Horton RHP / WEST LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2025Horton threw CG shutout, allowing 2 hits, with 12 strikeouts in a series clinching win over Itawamba AHS. |
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Kayden Peoples OF / WEST LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2025Peoples went 4 for 8 with a home run, double, triple, and 4 RBI’s in 2 wins over Itawamba AHS. |
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Preston Smith 3B / POPLARVILLE JR SR HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2024Smith went 6 for 9 with 3 home runs and 5 RBI’s in a 3 games series win over Forrest County. |
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Tylan Keyes OF / POPLARVILLE JR SR HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2027Keyes went 5 for 10 with a home run out of the lead off spot in 3 games versus Forrest County. |
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Brock Sheppard / POPLARVILLE JR SR HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2025Sheppard went 4 for 11 with a home run and 7 RBI’s in a 3 game series win versus Forrest County. |
CLASS 3A
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Cade Morrow RHP / EAST WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2024Morrow threw 5 innings, allowing 2 hits, 1 run, while striking out 8 in a Game 1 win over Kossuth. |
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Kaleb Warnock RHP / 3B / East Webster, MS / 2024Warnock went 5 for 8 with a double, triple, and 4 RBI’s in 2 games versus Kossuth. |
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Ethan Hillhouse / EAST WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2025Hillhouse went 5 for 7 with a double and an rbi out of the lead off spot in 2 wins over Kossuth. |
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Jarrett Thomas / Alcorn Central, MS / 2026Thomas threw 6 shutout innings, scattering 4 hits with 9 strikeouts in a win over Choctaw Central. |
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Jackson Miller OF / Tupelo Public Schools, MS / 2029Miller threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing 0 hits with 7 strikeout. He also went 7 for 14 at the plate with a double and 6 RBIs. |
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Noah Canten C / ALCORN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2025Canten went 6 for 10 with a double, 3 home runs (all in game 3) and 12 RBI’s in a 3 game series win over Winona. |
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Cohen Weinhofer RHP / OF / St. Patrick, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 116 / POS: 29
Weinhofer went 5 for 7 with a home run, double, and 5 RBI’s in 2 wins over Franklin County. |
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Drake Williamson LHP / Seminary, MS / 2025Williamson threw 7 innings, allowing just 1 hit, 1 run, with 9 strikeouts in a win over Wesson. |
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Kolby Stringer RHP / West Marion, MS / 2026Stringer threw 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits, while striking out 15 in a game 1 win over Enterprise Clarke. |
CLASS 2A
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Landon Harmon RHP / OF / East Union Attendance Center, MS / 2025The Mississippi State recruit and former Future Gamer threw a 5 inning no hitter with 12 strikeouts over Ingomar. |
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Ben Basil 1B / 3B / East Union, MS / 2025Basil threw 6 shutout innings with 9 strikeouts in a series clinching victory over Ingomar. |
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Drew Hollimon OF / C / East Union Attendance Center, MS / 2025Rankings StateRank: 37 / POS: 7
The East Central CC recruit and former Future Gamer went 4 for 9 with with 2 doubles, a homer, and 8 rbis in 2 wins over Ingomar. |
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Tristan Baldwyn OF / RHP / EAST UNION ATTENDANCE CENTER, MS / 2025Rankings StateRank: 61 / POS: 9
Baldwyn went 3 for 4 with a triple, 2 home runs, and 6 runs batted in in two wins over Ingomar. |
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Daniel Whitfield OF / SS / East Union , MS / 2025Whitfield went 4 for 7 with 2 doubles and 5 rbi’s in 2 wins over Ingomar. |
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JD Whitaker RHP / 2B / Hamilton, MS / 2026Rankings StateRank: 46 / POS: 5
Whitaker went 5 for 7 with a home run and 7 rbi’s in 2 wins versus Eupora. |
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Aiden Swales C / 2B / Pisgah, MS / 2024Rankings StateRank: 131 / POS: 13
The Hinds CC recruit went 5 for 6 with a double, home run and 6 RBI’s in 2 wins over Loyd Star. |
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Luke Williams SS / RHP / Clarkdale , MS / 2025Rankings StateRank: 119 / POS: 20
Williams threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing 2 hits, 1 run, with 8 strikeouts in a win series clinching victory over Mize. |
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Carter Everett RHP / 1B / ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, MS / 2024Everett threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing 1 hit, 0 earned runs, while striking out 6 in a game 1 win over Bogue Chitto. |
CLASS 1A
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Hunter Davis 2B / SS / Hickory Flat, MS / 2025Davis threw a CG, 2 hit shutout with 6 strikeouts in a series clinching win over Myrtle. |
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Gehrig Shinall OF / Pine Grove , MS / 2024Shinnall went 4 for 6 with a double, home run, and 4 RBI’s in the Panthers 2 game sweep of Baldwyn to move to round 3. |
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Drew Rowsey RHP / BIGGERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, MS / 2024Rowsey threw a CG, 1 hit shutout with 10 strikeouts over Faulkner. He also went 6 for 8 in the 2 game sweep moving the Lions on to the 3rd round. |
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