The undefeated South Panola Tigers won their 11th state football championship December 7, defeating Oak Grove in overtime in a memorable Sunday afternoon game at Mississippi State University’s Davis Wade Stadium, where the Mississippi High School Activities Association had moved the state championships from Jackson this year. A power outage and severe thunderstorm interrupted the game Friday night, December 5. The teams took up December 7 where they had left off in the first quarter, before an e