2024-25 MHSAA 3A Boys Champions
Congrats to Coach Michael Smith
and the
Booneville Blue Devils
Region 1 #1 Booneville Blue Devils finished the season 29-4. The Devils won the eighth boys title in school history. They finished the season ranked #7 according to MaxPreps with an average score of 66-46. These seniors are leaving Booneville with an unofficial record of 115-13. They finished with 4 state championships. In the last 4 years, Michael Smith has an unofficial combined record of 228-25 and 7 state championships. He has a 2nd place finish that was two points away from having his eight title. He also has a 2nd place finish with the guys in the 2020-21 season which puts him coaching in the boys title game 5 years in a row.
Key wins include:
#11 Tupelo 53-42
7A 2nd place AL #4 Florence 74-63
AL #60 Jasper 75-62
TN #174 Evangelical Christian 60-45
#11 Tupelo 64-61
6A runner up #10 Olive Branch 60-34
5A Sweet 16 FL #239 Clearwater 67-39
3A runner up #24 Coahoma County 57-39
Losses:
6A runner up #10 Olive Branch 52-43
#5 Columbus 51-41
6A champs #2 Ridgeland 60-57
#41 Desoto Central 70-63
My record in the 3A boys playoffs:
15-1 1st round
7-1 2nd round
4-0 quarterfinals
2-0 semifinals
1-0 championship
29-2 Combined record
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