MHSAA Golden Football Trophies (Photo from MHSAA online)
For the first time ever, seven classifications in the Mississippi High School Activities Association will crown a season champion this weekend. See which high school football teams made it to Oxford.
The 2023 Mississippi high school football season comes down to three days in Oxford where the North and South State Champions will meet to see who takes home the coveted golden football trophy.
For the first time ever, seven classifications in the Mississippi High School Activities Association will crown a season champion. MHSAA added the seventh classification this year to help provide parity, narrowing the gap between the largest student enrollment and the smallest in each classification.
This year’s State Championship games, known as the 2023 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi Gridiron Classic, are being played at Ole Miss’s Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium. Kickoff to the three-day event starts Thursday, November 30th and runs through Saturday, December 2nd.
Here are the teams competing for a State title by game day and classification:
Thursday, November 30
4:00pm – 1A: Biggersville vs. Velma Jackson
7:30pm – 5A: Laurel vs. West Point
Friday, December 1
4:00pm – 2A: Heidelberg vs. Charleston
7:30pm – 6A: West Jones vs. Grenada
Saturday, December 2
12:00pm – 4A: Columbia vs. Louisville
3:30pm – 3A: Noxubee vs. Winona
7:00Pm – 7A: Oak Grove vs. Starkville
If you can’t make it up to Oxford, MHSAA has announced the broadcast partners airing the games either on TV or radio. Below is how you can keep up with all of the action:
Broadcast TV:
- Jackson – ME TV – WAPT Channel 16.2
- Gulf Coast – WLOX – Bounce 13.2
- Northeast MS – WCBI-MY MS – Channel 4.2
- Meridian – WTOK – myTok 11.2
- Hattiesburg – WDAM – BOUNCE 7.3
- Delta – WHCG – Channel 8.1
- Livestreamed on the NFHS Network’s Mississippi channel here.
Radio:
MHSAA (neutral) Broadcasts: – ESPN Radio 105.9 FM – Mississippi Public Broadcasting
