Division 8-3A is a high school athletic conference

Athletic conference

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 under The Mississippi High School Athletics Association. It comprises teams in the Southeastern Region of the State of Mississippi

Mississippi

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. Numerous sports are played in this division, including football

American football

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, baseball

Baseball

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, basketball

Basketball

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, softball

Softball

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, tennis

Tennis

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, and golf

Golf

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. The teams of all MHSAA divisions can be found at the MHSAA web site.http://www.misshsaa.com/Divisions/sport_divisions.htm

Sports

District 8-3A will consist of the following schools for the 2009-2011 athletic years:

Collins High, Perry Central High, Seminary High, St. Patrick High, Sumrall High, and West Marion High.

Baseball

Division 8-3A won the Mississippi Class 3A State Championship in 2003 (Greene Co.), 2004 (Purvis), 2005 (Purvis), 2008 (Sumrall) & 2009 (Sumrall).


The following charts show past division winners and season results:
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Academic Year !! School !! Season Result
|-
| 2001-2002 || ||
|-
| 2002-2003 || ||
|-
| 2003-2004 || Purvis Tornadoes ||Won 3A State Championship vs. Cleveland
|-
| 2004-2005 || Purvis Tornadoes ||Won 3A State Championship vs. Senatobia
|-
| 2005-2006 || ||
|-
| 2006-2007 ||Sumrall Bobcats ||Lost 3A South State Championship vs. Purvis
|-
| 2007-2008 ||Sumrall Bobcats ||Won 3A State Championship vs. Mooreville
|-
| 2008-2009 ||Sumrall Bobcats ||Won 3A State Championship vs. South-Pontotoc

Basketball

The following charts show past division winners and season results:
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Academic Year !! School !! Season Result
|-
| 2001-2002 || ||
|-
| 2002-2003 || ||
|-
| 2003-2004 || ||
|-
| 2004-2005 || ||
|-
| 2005-2006 || ||
|-
| 2006-2007 || ||
|-
| 2007-2008 ||Pass Christian Pirates||Lost 3A South State Championship to Columbia

Football

The following charts show past division winners and season results:
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Academic Year !! School !! Season Result !! Final Record
|-
| 1994-1995 ||West Marion Trojans||Lost in 3A 2nd Round playoff vs. Franklin Co.||
|-
| 1995-1996 ||Poplarville Hornets||Lost in 3A 1st Round playoff vs. Raleigh||
|-
| 1996-1997 || Purvis Tornadoes ||Lost 3A 1st Round playoff vs. Prentiss||10-1
|-
| 1997-1998 || Purvis Tornadoes ||Lost 3A South State Championship vs. Magee||12-1
|-
| 1998-1999 || Purvis Tornadoes ||Lost 3A 2nd Round playoff vs. Magee||10-2
|-
| 1999-2000 ||Greene Co. Wildcats||Lost 3A 1st Round playoff vs. Forest||11-1
|-
| 2000-2001 ||Tylertown Chiefs||Lost 3A 2nd playoff vs. Newton Co.||9-3
|-
| 2001-2002 ||West Marion Trojans||Lost 3A 2nd Round playoff vs. Columbia||10-1
|-
| 2002-2003 ||Greene Co. Wildcats||Lost 3A 3rd Round vs. Collins||12-1
|-
| 2003-2004 ||Tylertown Chiefs||Lost 3A 2nd Round playoff vs. Hazelhurst||11-1
|-
| 2004-2005 ||Greene Co. Wildcats||Lost 3A 2nd Round playoff vs. West Lauderdale||7-5
|-
| 2005-2006 ||Greene Co. Wildcats||Lost 3A 3rd Round playoff vs. Hazelhurst||9-3
|-
| 2006-2007 ||Raleigh Lions||Lost 3A 2nd Round playoff vs. Hazelhurst||10-2
|-
| 2007-2008 ||Greene Co. Wildcats||Lost 3A 1st Round playoff vs. Tylertown||7-4
|-
| 2008-2009 || Columbia Wildcats|| Lost 3A 3rd Round playoff vs. Franklin Co.||10-3

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