Richardson, Mulrooney of SHS stay close to home at next level
Slater Richardson and John Alex Mulrooney were known for their distance running for the Starkville High School Yellowjackets in track.
When it came time to deciding where they were going to college, they chose to stay close to home.
Richardson didn’t even have to leave home as he signed with Mississippi State on Thursday morning, while Mulrooney will take his talents just down the road to Meridian Community College.
SHS cross country coach Meggan Franks said keeping Richardson and Mulrooney within the boundary of Mississippi is very important and is proud of the decisions they made.
“They are team leaders,” Franks said. “They are fantastic teammates.
second to move into scoring position, but three straight groundouts to the left side of the infield retired the side.
Ward sat down six straight until the Gamecocks led off the third inning with a hit by pitch and a single through the right side. Ward forced a ground ball back to the circle, but with no one covering third all runners were safe to load the bases with no outs.
MSU rallied in the top of the seventh as senior Reggie Harrison slugged a double to left before taking advantage of a mishandled throw at second base to move to third. Carter brought her home with a two-out single to deep short, bringing the tying run to the plate, but a pop up to second snuffed out the comeback.