﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>North Cotton States High School League Latest News</title><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com</link><description>Latest news about North Cotton States High School League</description><copyright>Copyright 2009 MSBFallLeague.com. All rights reserved.</copyright><item><title>July 2026 Apps due by June 6th </title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left;" src="../images/sponsors/MSS-Sponsor-HSL.jpg" width="98" height="89" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Thank you for all of the text messages and applications we have already received for our 2026 season - we are excited about our 18th year together!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Approved players&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt; will be able to see their name on the website once we start approvng players the third week of April.&amp;nbsp; The league will begin play on July 7th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;We usually experience some difficulty with the approval letters because of various computer filters - if you do not receive it, just send us an e-mail or text us.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;If you have any questions, please feel free to text or call &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(662) 539-2440&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; We hope that you are having a great spring and we look forward to seeing you in early July as we continue getting bigger and better!!!&amp;nbsp; Be sure and follow us on Twitter &lt;strong&gt;@cottonstates&lt;/strong&gt; and find us on Facebook!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=297</link><pubDate>4/6/2026</pubDate></item><item><title>Generals Win Fall LCS</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Congratulations to Carson Tidwell and the Hill Country Generals on their championship win over the Tallahatchie Rascals to take the Fall LCS!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Thank you to everyone (coaches, players, families, umpires, staff, etc.) for another outstanding season. Enjoy the holiday season and get ready for your spring High School seaso.&amp;nbsp; We hope to see you next year!!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=296</link><pubDate>11/9/2025</pubDate></item><item><title>Transition to Fall of 2025</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img style="float: left;" src="../images/sponsors/MSS-Sponsor-HSL.jpg" alt="float: left" width="124" height="113" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The deadline for Fall registration is August 10th,&amp;nbsp;whether it is by e-mail (returning July players) or application for new players.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are playing this July AND would like to play again this fall but did not sign up for both, please &lt;u&gt;do not&lt;/u&gt; re-apply.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;Just&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;send the league an e-mail or text us at 662-539-2440.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;You still get the discount - it is only $250 to return this fall!! If you already signed up for both, you will see an asterisk by the players name starting next week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As we start looking ahead to our Fall season, you will see some changes to the player's names on the website.&amp;nbsp; A player that has already alerted the league that he wants to return for the Fall will&amp;nbsp; have one asterisk (*) next to his name starting the week after the July Championship.&amp;nbsp;The players that will be new to the league this Fall have two asterisks (**) by their name so that we know to order them a uniform.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Games in the fall will start the weekend after Labor Day.&amp;nbsp; We will play on Sunday afternoons at 1:30, 4:00, or 6:30.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=295</link><pubDate>7/28/2025</pubDate></item><item><title>Applications for 2025 Season Due Early June</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img style="font-family: Verdana; float: left;" src="../images/sponsors/MSS-Sponsor-HSL.jpg" width="112" height="101" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;We appreciate all of the applications we have already received for our 2025 season - we are excited about our 17th year together!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Approved players&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt; will be able to see their name on the website once we start approvng players the second week of April.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;We usually experience some difficulty with the approval letters because of various computer filters - if you do not receive it, just send us an e-mail or text us.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;If you have any questions, please feel free to call&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(662) 539-2440&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; We hope that you are having a great spring and we look forward to seeing you in early July as we continue getting bigger and better!!!&amp;nbsp; Be sure and follow us on Twitter &lt;strong&gt;@cottonstates&lt;/strong&gt; and find us on Facebook!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=294</link><pubDate>4/3/2025</pubDate></item><item><title>Schedule Change</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left;" src="blob:https://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/7f8e2df1-1b4a-4ab2-be59-5207e314884f" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Please take note of the schedule changes for the next two weekends due to our rainout last Sunday.&amp;nbsp; Hoepfully, this will get us back on track to host the League Championship Series November 3rd and 10th!!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=293</link><pubDate>9/17/2024</pubDate></item><item><title>Our 2024 July LCS Champs</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="float: left;" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2?ui=2&amp;amp;ik=590a0cf20b&amp;amp;attid=0.2&amp;amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1806494565512986550&amp;amp;th=1911f53c72133fb6&amp;amp;view=fimg&amp;amp;fur=ip&amp;amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;amp;attbid=ANGjdJ9g_erdNw9c-kj26AMboK4OOnuOmqMgmEQ50eggI5xVISa9UhV-wQt9VYdcwsYsv2lrhLJcX6vm7lvYG93fk3dmYDJQRSaio-PBvCk9xSMzr9ZlTNJFUX89dnI&amp;amp;disp=emb" alt="Inline image" width="130" height="105" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Congrats to the SwampMonsters and Coach Andy Dillard for their 2024 July High School championship!!&amp;nbsp; We appreciate all of the participants this summer and we hope to see you again this fall!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=292</link><pubDate>8/4/2024</pubDate></item><item><title>Transition to Fall of 2024</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="float: left;" src="https://ncsl.cottonstatesleague.com/images/Action%20Shot%202019.jpg" alt="float: left" width="111" height="80" /&gt;As we start looking ahead to our Fall season, you will see some changes to the player's names on the website.&amp;nbsp; A player that has already alerted the league that he wants to return for the &lt;strong&gt;Fall&lt;/strong&gt; has one asterisk (*) next to his name.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;If you are playing this July AND would like to play again this fall, please&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;do not&lt;/u&gt; re-apply.&amp;nbsp; Just send the league an e-mail &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;frank.dodds@mississippiselectsports.com&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;You still get the discount - it is only $250 to return this fall!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The players that will be new to the league this Fall have two asterisks (**) by their name so that we know to order them a uniform.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The deadline for Fall registration has been changed to &lt;strong&gt;August 8th,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;whether it is by e-mail (returning July players) or application for new players.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Games in the fall will start the weekend after Labor Day.&amp;nbsp; We will play on Sunday afternoons at 1:30, 4:00, or 6:30.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=291</link><pubDate>7/24/2024</pubDate></item><item><title>Applications for July 2024 Season are Due June 9th</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img style="font-family: Verdana; float: left;" src="../images/sponsors/MSS-Sponsor-HSL.jpg" width="83" height="75" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;We appreciate all of the applications we have already received for our 2024 season - we are excited aboiut our 16th year together!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Approved players&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt; should be able to see their name on the website and should receive an approval letter with instructions for payment.&amp;nbsp; We will start approvng players the first week of April.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;We usually experience some difficulty with the approval letters because of various computer filters - if you do not receive it, just send us an e-mail or give us a call.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;If you have any questions, please feel free to call&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(662) 539-2440&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; We hope that you are having a great spring and we look forward to seeing you in early July as we continue getting bigger and better!!!&amp;nbsp; Be sure and follow us on Twitter &lt;strong&gt;@cottonstates&lt;/strong&gt; and find us on Facebook!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=290</link><pubDate>3/23/2024</pubDate></item><item><title>Preparing for Fall 2023 (New Deadline)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left;" src="../images/DSC_0908.JPG" alt="" width="100" height="126" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;We have started looking ahead to our Fall season so you will see some changes to the player's names&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;on the website.&amp;nbsp; A player that has already alerted the league that he wants to return for the &lt;strong&gt;Fall&lt;/strong&gt; has&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;one asterisk (*) next to his name. &lt;strong&gt;If you are playing this July AND would like to play again this fall,&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;please &lt;u&gt;do not&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;re-apply.&amp;nbsp; Just send the league an e-mail using the Contact Us feature.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;You still&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;get the discount - it is only $250 to return this fall!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The players that will be new to the league this Fall have two asterisks (**) by their name so that we know to order them a uniform.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;The deadline for Fall registration has been extended to &lt;strong&gt;August 11th,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;whether it is by e-mail (returning July players) or application for new players.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Games in the fall will start the weekend after Labor Day.&amp;nbsp; We will play on Sunday afternoons at 1:30, 4:00, and 6:30.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=289</link><pubDate>7/28/2023</pubDate></item><item><title>Applications Due by June 4th</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;img style="font-family: Verdana; float: left;" src="../images/sponsors/MSS-Sponsor-HSL.jpg" width="83" height="75" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;We appreciate all of the applications we have already received for our 2023 season - as soon as we have The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;background IT things taken care of, we will start approving them!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Approved players&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;should be able to see their name on the website and should receive an approval letter with instructions for payment.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;We usually experience some difficulty with those letters based on various computer filters - if you&amp;nbsp;did not receive&amp;nbsp;it,&amp;nbsp;just send us an e-mail or give us a call.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;If you have any questions, please feel free to call&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(662) 539-2440&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; We hope that you are having a great spring and we look forward to seeing you in early July as we continue getting bigger and better!!!&amp;nbsp; Be sure and follow us on Twitter &lt;strong&gt;@cottonstates&lt;/strong&gt; and find us on Facebook!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ncshl.cottonstatesleague.com/news.aspx?id=288</link><pubDate>4/17/2023</pubDate></item></channel></rss>