Amateur Athletic Union basketball has been in Clarksdale the past three years and it is still growing.
Dennis Dupree Jr., son of Clarksdale Municipal School District Superintendent, Dennis Dupree, Sr. and wife, Shelia, founded the Mississippi Delta Elite team.
Coahoma County High School won two more basketball games to remain in first place in their district.
The most recent victories were at home against division opponent O’Bannon on Tuesday night.
The Red Panthers won 60-29, while the Lady Red Panthers won 53-7.
The Coahoma Early College High School boys defeated Ray Brooks at home Tuesday night 78-51.
The Coahoma County girls and boys maintained their standings at the top of the division with three wins last week — two being in the division and one a non-district contest.
The Red Panthers (21-2, 10-0) won at home against South Delta, 68-9, on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
The Coahoma Early College High School boys and girls picked up two division wins at home during the past week to remain in second place in their division.
The Tigers (18-5, 6-2) defeated Madison Palmer High School from Marks, 66-38, on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
The Coahoma Early College High School boys earned a 66-46 victory in a district game at Independence on Tuesday night.
The Coahoma Early College High School boys and girls both maintained their second place standings in the district with victories at home Friday night against Water Valley.
The Tigers won 59-23, while the Lady Tigers won 69-24.
The Lee Academy boys and girls varsity teams both dropped district games at Bayou Academy on Tuesday night.
The Colts (6-11, 0-5) lost 75-30, while the Fillies (9-8, 0-5) lost 53-44.
Anna Byrd led the Fillies with 18 points, while Emily Moser finished with 12.
The Lee junior high boys lost 58-32.
The Lee Academy boys and girls remained winless in district play with losses to North Delta on Tuesday night.
The Colts (6-8, 0-4) came up just short with a 63-60 loss.
Phillip Brownlee and Brett Wilson scored 14 points each followed by Seth Campbell with 13.
The Fillies (7-7, 0-4) lost 63-33.
Although the back-to-back 2A basketball state champion Coahoma County Red Panthers are 4-0 in district play, they were given one of their biggest tests of the season in the Pontotoc tournament on Saturday and fell to Forest Hill from Jackson, 69-58.
The loss gave the Red Panthers an overall record of 13-2 on the season.
