Mantachie girls basketball G Darby Pitts voted SBLive’s Mississippi High School Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Mantachie girls basketball guard Darby Pitts for being voted SBLive’s Mississippi High School Athlete of the Week for Jan. 3-9!

Congratulations to Mantachie girls basketball guard Darby Pitts for being voted SBLive’s Mississippi High School Athlete of the Week for Jan. 3-9!

The junior had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and was 6/10 behind the arc against Kossuth. She also surpassed 1,000 career points in this game.

Pitts received 58.06% of the vote, beating out Leake Central's Ca’Leis Campbell who finished second with 24.89%. Northwest Rankin's KK Morris finished third with7.31% and Madison Central's Caleb Davis finished fourth with 3.15%. There were over 52,000 votes tallied this week! 

If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or message us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivems.

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Here are the other athletes who were nominated for Jan. 3-9:

Ca’Leis Campbell, Leake Central Boys Basketball: Led Leake Central in two district wins with 26 points vs West Lauderdale and 19 points vs Northeast Lauderdale.

Keith Taylor, Lawrence County Boys Basketball: Had 26 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals vs. Amite County.

Gavin Shannon, Tupelo Boys Basketball: Had 23 points in 100-93 upset win over Starkville, who came into the game ranked No. 1 in SBLive’s statewide boys basketball rankings.

Audria Houston, Tupelo Girls Basketball: Scored 15 points in 67-56 win over Starkville. Tupelo came into the game ranked No. 3 in the state in SBLive’s Top 10 girls basketball rankings.

Andie Flatgard, Jackson Prep Girls Basketball: Led Jackson Prep with 20 points in a 56-34 win over Cathedral. 

Madilynn Vuncannon, Walnut Girls Basketball: Vuncannon scored her 1,500th career point and 200th career three-pointer in a 34-48 loss against Blue Mountain at the Tippah County Tournament. Vuncannon recorded 24 points and 11 rebounds in this game as well. 

Caleb Davis, Madison Central Boys Soccer: Recorded a hat-trick (3 goals) in a 4-1 win over Germantown. 

Miles Williams, Northwest Rankin Boys Soccer: Had 2 goals in a 3-0 win over Oxford.

Akala Jacobs, Madison Central Girls Soccer: Recorded a hat-trick (3 goals) in a 4-1 win over Germantown. 

Oscar Hampton, Vancleave Boys Basketball: Had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals in a win over George County. 

KK Morris, Northwest Rankin Girls Soccer: Scored 2 goals in a 3-0 win over Oxford.