Regents School of Oxford wins first baseball state championship
A six-run fourth inning lifted Regents School of Oxford to its first baseball state title, a 10-0 win at the Oxford-Lafayette Sportsplex that capped a comeback series.
A six-run fourth inning turned a championship game into a hometown celebration for Oxford and Lafayette County, as Regents School of Oxford claimed its first state baseball title with a 10-0 win over Prairie View Academy at the Oxford-Lafayette Sportsplex.
The Lions finished the MAIS Class 2A Division I series by coming back from a 1-0 deficit, then closed the door in the deciding game against Prairie View Academy, the No. 1 seed from District 5 and a program based in Bastrop, Louisiana. Regents entered the title matchup as the No. 1 seed from District 1, and the pairing brought together two of the division’s strongest teams for a winner-take-all finish on local ground.
For Regents, the result marked a breakthrough for a young school that opened in 2000 and now serves 460 students from 3K through 12th grade. The school says its athletics program is meant to build character and prepare students for the next level of life, and this title gave that mission a visible payoff in front of the Oxford community.
The win also built on a steady rise. Regents finished as the MAIS 3A state runner-up in baseball in 2025, a result that pointed to a program moving closer to the top. This spring, the Lions got there, with freshman Jayce Wright part of the run that carried the team through the postseason and into the championship series.
The decisive game was settled when Regents broke loose in the fourth inning, the stretch that opened up the score and left Prairie View Academy without a response. The shutout made the final even more emphatic, but the bigger story for Oxford families was the path to get there, from an opening setback in the series to a title-clinching finish at the Sportsplex.
For younger athletes around Lafayette County, the championship offers a clear benchmark. Regents did not just collect hardware; it showed that a small Oxford program can keep climbing, regroup after a loss, and finish as a state champion on the field where local fans could see it happen.
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