MS SC570

Commends the 2013 Picayune High School "Maroon Tide" football team for winning the MHSAA Class 5A State Championship with a 42-35 victory over Oxford High School on December 7, 2013.

Team scored 21 unanswered points in the final seven minutes of the game, with Kardarius Cross scoring the game-winning 75-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.

Recognizes this as the second state championship title for Picayune in three years with a 12-2 final record.

Team was selected for the Ninth Annual MaxPreps Football Tour of Champions, placing it in the top one-fifth of one percent of nearly 17,000 varsity teams competing nationally.

Recognizes Head Coach Dodd Lee and lists the complete 2013 varsity roster, highlighting individual contributions from players including Preston Dedeaux (three touchdowns) and defensive standouts Chance Kellar and Ethan Frierson.