By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

The next “Southern Six” Senior Spotlight sponsored by Reese’s of the school year is Teegan DeWitt of Hancock.

Each week throughout the school year, we here at SouthMiss6 Sports will highlight a senior student/athlete in the “Southern Six” to honor.

DeWitt has been a mainstay for the Lady Hawks on the diamond for several seasons now, and she has her team sitting one win away from a return trip to the Class 6A South State championship round for the second straight season.

DeWitt, who guided the Lady Hawks to the Class. 6A state finals last season, got her team off to a quick start in the state playoffs this season with a comfortable 12-0 and 16-1 sweep of Terry last week. In game one, DeWitt hit a two-run inside the park and drove in three runs total and in the nightcap she added three doubles and two RBis. She also picked up the complete game pitching win in the opener with a four inning no-hitter striking out seven.

Then, Thursday night, DeWitt picked up right where she left off in round one of the playoffs as Hancock opened the Class 6A South State semifinal round with a 5-0 blanking on the road over Pearl River Central in Carriere.

DeWitt was once again in complete control in the circle, as she turned in yet another complete game worksheet tossing a one-hit shutout while striking out seven in the process.

Hancock, now 21-4 overall, hosts PRC Friday night as they try and clinch the series and move on.

For over a decade now, Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups has been the title sponsor of The Senior Bowl played annually in Mobile, Ala.

In addition to its new partnership with the Senior Bowl, the Reese’s® brand is also the official candy partner of the NCAA® and the title sponsor of the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Reese’s® College All-Star Game, which features the top Division I senior basketball student-athletes from around the country and is played the weekend of the NCAA Men’s Final Four®.

“The Reese’s brand is excited to continue our partnership with the Senior Bowl,” said Drew Iddings, Director, Promotions and Planning, The Hershey Company.  “We are confident that this partnership will continue to solidify the Reese’s brand’s leadership in collegiate athletics as well as honor senior student-athletes who achieved success on and off the field during their athletic careers.”

The Reese’s Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile, Alabama the past 75 years.  More than 900 NFL personnel, including key decision-makers from all 32 teams, and over 1100 media members from around the country were credentialed this year. This past April, the game produced 110 total picks, representing 43 percent of the entire NFL draft.