Division VI, District 6

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2002 Season

Once again, Coach Young guider her team into the post-season. With eight seniors on the roster, a lofty expectation of a State championship was a bit much for the team to handle. A sweep over Vicksburg and a 7th inning rally for a split with Natchez gave the Lady Vikes a second place finish in the District and a road trip to Biloxi. An extra inning 1 run loss in game three ended their season on a down note and a season record of 17-10. Despite the disappointment the Lady Vikes had a good season winning the River City Classic and Clinton Invitational.

2001 Season

Coach Young, last year's Vicksburg Post Coach-of-the-Year, once again successfully lead her team into the playoffs. A sweep of Vicksburg and Natchez also earned a second consecutive Division Championship and home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Along the way they also won the River City Classic, the Lady Vikes' Invitational and a second place finish at the Brookhaven Invitational.  During the course of the season 7 different players were named "Who's Hot" by the Vicksburg Post. Compiling a 24-7 record, the Lady Vikes entered the state playoffs eyeing the state championship.

A first round victory was achieved with a quick sweep over Wayne County by the scores of 11-1 and 12-5. Round two took the Clarion Ledger pre-season Region 2 favorite Lady Vikes to the Region 4 favorite and defending State champion, Moss Point. Home field advantage proved to be too much as the Lady Vikes fell in two games and completed their season with a 26 - 9 record. Moss Point went on to repeat as State Champions.

Lady Vikes Prominent in 2001 Postseason Honors

[02/26/02] State All-tourney Team - A sterling offensive performance in the State playoffs netted Lyn Strawn 1st-team selection to the State All-Tourney Team. Senior Marilyn Landers completed an outstanding high school slow-pitch  career with her Second-Team selection.

[01/06/02] All County - Having led the Lady Vikes in several offensive categories and a trip into the second round of the State Playoffs, the Vicksburg Post named Marilyn Landers as its County Player of the Year for a second consecutive year. Strength of play by the team was also recognized with over half of this year's All-County selections coming from the Lady Vikes' roster. They were; Katie Barnett, Ashley Chaney, Cookie Johnson, Anna Mitchell and Lyn Strawn.

[12/11/01] All-District selections - Despite movement to South State (Division VI, District 6) the Lady Vikes earned their second consecutive Division title. Given their strength of schedule and tournament records it came as no surprise that members of the high-powered Lady Vikes were prominent in the All-District selections. The five Lady Vikes receiving honors were: Senior shortstop Marilyn Landers, junior 1st baseman Ashley Chaney, junior leftfielder Lyn Strawn, junior left-centerfielder Katie Barnett, and freshman right-centerfielder Cookie Johnson. Visit the Honors Page for a complete list of team and individual achievements this year.

2000 Lady Vikes

"Home of the North State Champions"

Coming off a losing season and less four starters, few envisioned the success achieved by this year's team. However, Coach Young was clearly among the minority assigning a Division Championship as the team goal. Quite a task given their youth. With one senior (Heather Barnes), three juniors and five sophomores starting regularly, the Lady Vikes fulfilled the Coach Young's goal and more. Once again in the play-offs, the Lady Vikes went on to win both the first and second round playoff series to advance to North State. Their berth in the final four was the farthest any Lady Vikes softball team had advanced in a State Tournament. By winning the tournament opener over Grenada the Lady Vikes captured the school's first North State Slow-pitch Championship. Although they dropped their final two games, they have plenty to be proud of with a 25 - 14 record and an 3rd place overall finish in State.