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  < 1996 Summary Region/Division Standings Scores and Schedules Playoff Brackets Alignment Maps 1998 Summary >  
  1A 2A 3A 4A 5A   1A 2A 3A 4A 5A   1A 2A 3A 4A 5A   1A 2A 3A 4A 5A    
  Class 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A  
  State Champions Weir Ackerman Magee Clarksdale Moss Point  
  North State Champions Weir Booneville Senatobia Clarksdale South Panola  
  South State Champions Scott Central Ackerman Magee Northeast Jones Moss Point  
  Region/Division 1-1A 1-2A 1-3A 1-4A 1-5A  
  Champions Smithville Baldwyn Pontotoc Aberdeen South Panola  
  2nd Seed Biggersville Booneville New Albany Houston Starkville  
  3rd Seed         Tupelo  
  4th Seed         Grenada  
  Region/Division 2-1A 2-2A 2-3A 2-4A 2-5A  
  Champions Vardaman Calhoun City Amory Lafayette Madison Central  
  2nd Seed Maben Bruce Shannon Oxford Warren Central  
  3rd Seed         Clinton  
  4th Seed         Vicksburg  
  Region/Division 3-1A 3-2A 3-3A 3-4A 3-5A  
  Champions Durant Broad Street Senatobia Clarksdale Natchez  
  2nd Seed Ethel Ruleville Central Independence East Side Brandon  
  3rd Seed         Forest Hill  
  4th Seed         Pearl  
  Region/Division 4-1A 4-2A 4-3A 4-4A 4-5A  
  Champions Weir O'Bannon South Delta Louisville Moss Point  
  2nd Seed Sturgis Leflore County West Bolivar Neshoba Central Hattiesburg  
  3rd Seed         Biloxi  
  4th Seed         Gulfport  
  Division 5-1A 5-2A 5-3A 5-4A    
  Champions Scott Central Ackerman Forest Northeast Jones    
  2nd Seed Sebastopol Philadelphia Velma Jackson West Jones    
  Division 6-1A 6-2A 6-3A 6-4A    
  Champions Pelahatchie Loyd Star Franklin County Brookhaven    
  2nd Seed Pisgah Hinds County AHS Amite County South Pike    
  Division 7-1A 7-2A 7-3A 7-4A    
  Champions Cathedral Taylorsville Magee Picayune    
  2nd Seed Dexter Newton Collins Petal    
  Division 8-1A 8-2A 8-3A 8-4A    
  Champions Mize Lumberton Purvis Gautier    
  2nd Seed Mount Olive Bassfield Forrest County AHS D'Iberville    
  Class 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A  
  Undefeated Seasons Weir Baldwyn South Delta Northeast Jones South Panola  
    Ackerman Purvis Brookhaven    
        Gautier    
  Class 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A  
  Winless Seasons Thrasher Williams-Sullivan Coldwater Northeast Lauderdale Murrah  
    Bailey   Port Gibson    
    Clarkdale        
    Richton