Prep notebook: St. Patrick rules Class 3A once again: Carter now new AD at Ocean Springs

St. Patrick Catholic High School has announced that the school was named the Mississippi High School Activities Association/ScorebookLive All Sports Award winner for the third consecutive year in Class 3A.
The 2022-23 school year saw the athletic program win four state championships (boys and girls Cross Country, girls Soccer, boys Golf), and finish state runner-up in three additional sports (boys and girls Swimming, boys Track and Field). St. Patrick, with an accumulation of 320 points, was the highest-rated champion of all classifications, making the Fighting Irish the top overall athletic program in the state of Mississippi for the 2022-23 school year.
“Nothing makes me more excited than to announce our school as the top athletic program in the state of Mississippi, regardless of classification,” Interim Principal Trey Bailey said. “The MHSAA All Sports Award is the top award for a school to win athletically in our state, and to accrue the most points showcases the dedication of our tremendous coaches and amazing student-athletes. The fact that we once again are the only school south of Jackson to win this honor through our performance across all sports shows our dedication and support to each of our programs.”
Carter on the job in OS
The administration at Ocean Springs High School also announced the removal of the interim tag on Keith Carter’s title, making the full time athletic director for OSHS.
The Ocean Springs School District Board of Trustees recently voted to approve Carter as permanent athletic director. Carter has been the acting AD on an interim basis since January, taking over for Mark Hubbard who retired at the first of the year.
Carter has been a part of the Greyhound family for 15 years and is a graduate of D’Iberville High School. The upcoming 2023-24 athletic season will be his first as the full-time Athletic Director over all Ocean Springs High School athletic programs.
Friday night under the lights
All prep high school football games are going back to 7 p.m. kickoffs this fall starting in week one.
Last season, the MHSAA changed August and September start times to 7:30 p.m., in an effort to be safety conscious with the heat, but is now reversing that decision a year later as all games will return to a 7 p.m., kickoff throughout the season.
Also, the MHSAA has already announced the continuation of a recent trend for late regular season games.
For the third year in a row the MHSAA has mandated that the last regular season football game will be played on Thursday night. For squads in Class 4A/3A/2A/1A that game will come on Thursday, Oct. 26th and for teams in Class 7A/6A/5A that game will come on Thursday, Nov. 2nd.