South Panola High School

The South Panola School District is a public school district based in Batesville, Mississippi (USA).

In addition to Batesville, the district also serves the village of Pope, the town of Courtland, and the Panola County portion of Crowder as well as rural areas in southern Panola County.

There were a total of 4,671 students enrolled in the South Panola School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 56.13% African American, 42.71% White, 1.03% Hispanic, and 0.13% Asian. 61.8% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

South Panola High School (sometimes referred to as "SP," or "USP," in reference to the nickname of the "University of South Panola," (adorned by Jackson Clarion-Ledger sports writer Rick Cleveland) is known for its impressive football tradition.

SP (whose mascot is the Tiger) holds the third-longest winning streak in high school football history—89 games, which began in 2003 and ended in 2008 at the hands of the Meridian High School Wildcats in the Mississippi 5A Championship Game. Only two winning streaks are longer in high school football: Independence High School (Charlotte, North Carolina) won 109 consecutive games from 2000–2007 and De La Salle High School in Concord, California won 151 consecutive games from 1992-2003.

The Tigers captured five consecutive MHSAA Class 5A State Championships from 2003–2007, which is the longest streak of consecutive MHSAA State Championships since the Association began holding playoffs in 1981. Their streak of seven consecutive appearances in the 5A Championship game is also a record.

In 2009 the MHSAA added a 6A classification and SP was realigned into that classification. In the inaugural 6A championship game on December 4, 2009, SP gained yet another title with a 56–14 win over Oak Grove on December 4, 2009 at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. This title was the Tigers' eighth overall, more than any other MHSAA member school.

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