What do all of these have in common? All are playing in the Mississippi High School Football State Championship games this week!
My hometown Pirates will play in Class 1A on Thursday night. The last time Mt. Olive won State was in 1989, when former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was our quarterback. I rememeber that game like it was yesterday! If you don't know about Steve, let me introduce you to the one who put a town of 1000 on the map when he took the Tennessee Titans to the 2000 Super Bowl. He later played for the Baltimore Ravens. Steve retired a few years ago and his life was taken suddenly in a shooting on July 4 of this year. We remember Steve and the "hometown boy" he remained, never forgetting his roots. Steve's oldest brother, Fred, is one of the Mt. Olive coaches.
Steve's oldest son, Steve Jr, now plays ball at Oak Grove High School, near Hattiesburg, less than an hour from Mt. Olive. Oak Grove plays in the Class 6A championship on Saturday. Seems that Steve Jr is quite the ball player like his dad!
NFL quarterback Brett Favre is from South Mississippi and his nephew is playing for St. Stanislaus on the Gulf Coast, in the Class 5A championship game. Just in case you don't know, Brett was the Green Bay Packers' QB for many years and is now with the Minnesota Vikings.
Mississippi is very proud of our star atheletes!
Will be awesome if Mt. Olive, Oak Grove, and St. Stanislaus win State!
GO PIRATES GO!
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