Electro-Mech's shipping record for Meridian, Mississippi shows 39 scoreboards shipped to 20 organizations between April 2004 and January 2025, with baseball leading at 21 entries, basketball at 14, football at 3, and soccer at 1. Baseball outpacing football in a Mississippi city's scoreboard record is notable - football typically dominates state sports coverage - but the diamond has led Mississippi's statewide Electro-Mech record for as long as I have followed these numbers, and Meridian is consistent with that.

The record covers Lauderdale County's largest city across three ZIP codes. Organizations range from Meridian Community College, with four entries spanning all four sports, to Newton Co. High School and Northeast Middle School, each with one. A sign company with no verified website accounts for 7 of the 39 entries - more than any single named school. This article reads the record as the record reads: it names the seven organizations with verified official websites, reports their shipments exactly as the data shows, and does not speculate about where commercial orders were ultimately placed or why any purchase was made.

What Does the Meridian, Mississippi Shipping Record Show?

The Electro-Mech shipping record for Meridian, Mississippi covers 39 entries across 20 organizations, with shipments spanning from April 2004 through January 2025.

The clearest finding when I read this record is the sport split. Baseball accounts for 21 of the 39 entries, giving the diamond more than half of all Meridian orders. Basketball follows at 14 entries, football at 3, and soccer at 1. That breakdown fits Mississippi's statewide pattern closely. According to our review of the Mississippi shipping data, baseball leads the state at 252 of 543 records across 120 cities and towns. Basketball accounts for 150 statewide, football for 125, soccer for 12, softball for 3, and hockey for 1. Meridian's order mix tracks that hierarchy almost exactly - baseball first by a wide margin, basketball second, football a distant third, as of September 2026.

Mississippi ranks 12th of 50 states by units shipped in our record, which runs from 1999 through September 2025. The statewide data covers 73 distinct models. Meridian's 39 entries spread across three city ZIP codes. The most common models in the city, per our review of the shipping record, are the 1060 (3 entries), the LX1700 (3 entries), and the LX2350 (3 entries), followed by the 2350-C, the 2650, and the LX1050-L, each appearing twice. No single model dominates, which reflects the range of sports and facility types across 20 organizations.

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Before going further, it is worth being precise about what this record shows and what it does not. Every entry represents a scoreboard that Electro-Mech sold and shipped to a Meridian address. The record does not confirm the scoreboard is installed, currently in service, or still standing. Some orders sit in storage for months before going up. The record also does not state why a purchase was made, what earlier equipment it followed, or what any order cost. Where the record is silent, this article says so rather than filling in the blanks.

Among the 20 organizations in the record, seven carry verified official websites and are named in this article. The remaining organizations are not named here. Within those unnamed entries, the record includes a sign company that accounts for 7 orders - more than any individual named school - and a bottler that accounts for 2. The article treats both the same way the record does: it states what was shipped and when, without speculating about where those scoreboards ultimately went.

Which Organizations in Meridian Appear in the Shipping Record?

Seven of the 20 organizations in the Meridian record carry verified official websites, and our review of the shipping data shows each ordered between one and four scoreboards between 2004 and 2025.

Meridian Community College leads among named organizations with four entries. The college's orders span all four sports in the city record: an LX6430 in the soccer order code (September 2019), an LX2180 and an LX2665 both in the basketball order code (November 2020), and an LX1700 in the baseball order code (January 2025).

Southeast Lauderdale High - also listed in the record as Southeast High School - holds four entries as well: a 1250 in the baseball order code (July 2007), an LX2655 in the basketball order code (February 2022), and two baseball entries - an LX1700 and an LX1730 - both shipped in November 2022. Clarkdale High School accounts for three entries, with an LX2350 and an LX2665 both in the basketball order code (October 2023) and an LX1700 in the baseball order code (December 2024).

Coca-Cola appears twice in the record, both entries in the baseball order code: an MM-108 (April 2004) and an LX1440 (April 2014). Russell Christian Academy also holds two entries: a 3250 in the football order code (June 2008) and an LX1250 in the baseball order code (February 2024). Newton Co. High School holds one entry, a 1530-C in the baseball order code (June 2006). Northeast Middle School holds one entry, a 2650 in the basketball order code (December 2005).

The table below lists every entry from these seven organizations exactly as our review of the shipping record presents them.

The record lists the organization that placed the order. Some fields in the record are facility labels - a gym or a playing field - rather than the buyer's name, and the record does not provide enough information to separate those cases. Ship dates are taken verbatim from the record and are not adjusted.

Why Does Baseball Account for More Than Half the Meridian Record?

Baseball's 21 entries represent more than half of all 39 Meridian shipments, a proportion that mirrors Mississippi's statewide record where the diamond leads every other sport by a wide margin.

In my experience reading these records city by city, the explanation is straightforward: baseball and softball programs need one scoreboard per field, and a school with two or three fields can generate multiple orders. A football program typically operates one field. That arithmetic shows up consistently across Mississippi, and Meridian is no exception. Baseball's lead here is structural, not accidental.

Among the named organizations, the LX1700 appears three times in baseball entries: once for Meridian Community College (January 2025), once for Southeast Lauderdale High (November 2022), and once for Clarkdale High School (December 2024). Southeast Lauderdale High's November 2022 order also included an LX1730, making that a two-scoreboard baseball shipment on a single date. The 1250 - a pre-LX baseball model - shipped to Southeast Lauderdale High in July 2007, and the 1530-C shipped to Newton Co. High School in June 2006. Both are early entries in the city record, before the LX-series transition.

Coca-Cola's two entries are both in the baseball order code. The MM-108, shipped in April 2004, is among the earliest entries in the Meridian record. The LX1440, shipped ten years later in April 2014, is a current-catalog model. According to our data from the LX1440 spec sheet, the LX1440 is an outdoor baseball and softball scoreboard measuring 8 feet by 16 feet, weighing 400 pounds, with an aluminum cabinet. Score, hits, and errors digits are 18 inches tall; all other digits are 15 inches. The standard LX1440 draws 2.5 amps at 120 VAC. The record does not say where Coca-Cola placed either scoreboard or whether the 2014 order followed the 2004 one at the same location.

Pitch count tracking is now standard practice for high school baseball across NFHS member states. According to NFHS, the Baseball Rules Committee revised Rule 6-2-6 in 2016, requiring each member state association to establish its own pitching restriction policy based on pitches thrown in a game. Mississippi's own state association administers that requirement. Full-linescore baseball scoreboards in the Electro-Mech catalog include pitch count displays as a standard feature. The LX1753, for example, carries a 2.1-digit pitch count display, 18 inches tall, reading to 199, per our data from the LX1753 manual - well within the range high school operators track during a game.

The oldest named-organization baseball entry in the Meridian record is the 1530-C at Newton Co. High School, shipped in June 2006. The most recent is the LX1700 at Clarkdale High School, shipped in December 2024. That span of 18 years shows continuous demand for baseball scoreboards in Lauderdale County, with models progressing from pre-LX to the current LX series across that period.

Sport Split: Meridian vs. Mississippi Statewide

Source: Our review of the Electro-Mech shipping records for Meridian, Mississippi and for the state of Mississippi. Mississippi statewide data covers 120 cities and towns. Figures are verbatim from the record and have not been recomputed.

What Does the Basketball and Football Side of the Record Look Like?

Basketball's 14 entries make it the second sport in the Meridian record, and the LX-series indoor models that appear are consistent with what Lauderdale County school gymnasiums have ordered across nearly two decades.

The most active basketball period in the named-organization record runs from 2020 through 2023. Meridian Community College received both an LX2180 and an LX2665 on November 18, 2020 - a two-unit basketball order on the same date. Clarkdale High School repeated that pattern in October 2023, receiving an LX2350 and an LX2665 on the same date. Southeast Lauderdale High received an LX2655 in February 2022. Going back further, Northeast Middle School received a 2650 in December 2005, the second-oldest entry from a named organization in the entire city record.

High school basketball rules have shifted since most of these scoreboards shipped. According to NFHS, since the 2023-24 season NFHS Rule 4-8-1 awards two free throws for all common fouls once a team commits five fouls in a quarter, with foul counts resetting at the end of each period. That per-quarter foul reset replaced the previous one-and-one system that had been in place for decades. Any scoreboard console Electro-Mech ships today is built to handle current NFHS scorekeeping requirements, including per-quarter team foul counts.

Football accounts for only 3 of the 39 entries in the Meridian record. That number is low relative to basketball in a Mississippi city, and it is lower than football's statewide share (125 of 543) would suggest for a city of Meridian's size. One of the three football entries comes from a named organization: Russell Christian Academy received a 3250 in the football order code in June 2008. The record does not state what field that scoreboard was intended for or whether it remains in place.

Soccer accounts for a single entry in the Meridian record: the LX6430 shipped to Meridian Community College in September 2019. The LX6430 is part of the same outdoor multi-sport product family as the LX6650. According to our data from the LX6650 spec sheet, that family uses a 10-foot by 5-foot aluminum cabinet, weighs 175 pounds, and draws 1.5 amps at 120 VAC in its standard form. Period clock digits are 18 inches; all other digits are 15 inches. That compact footprint suits facilities that host multiple sports and need a scoreboard that does not require a large post span.

Together, the basketball and football entries in the named-organization record span from December 2005 (Northeast Middle School) through October 2023 (Clarkdale High School). The basketball side alone covers five named organizations across 18 years, which speaks to the sustained demand for indoor gymnasium scoreboards in Lauderdale County through two generations of LX-series models.

How Does Electro-Mech Support Schools and Organizations in the Meridian Area?

Electro-Mech has manufactured scoreboards in Wrightsville, Georgia since 1963, and the Meridian record shows 39 shipments to Lauderdale County organizations over 21 years across baseball, basketball, football, and soccer.

Every scoreboard Electro-Mech ships carries a five-year limited warranty and LED displays rated for 100,000 hours of service. ETL listing to UL Standard 48 for Electric Signs applies across the catalog. Most customers choose the ScoreLink RF wireless system to connect the console to the scoreboard; a shielded two-conductor burial-jacket cable is available for hardwired installations running up to 1,000 feet and is laid directly in a trench. Electro-Mech builds every order to specification and keeps no stocked models. Typical lead times run four to six weeks, though complex builds can take longer.

The table below compares three models that appear in the Meridian record or their close equivalents in the same product families, drawing figures from the published spec sheets. All run on 120 VAC.

For baseball, the sizing choice usually comes down to whether the venue needs a compact run/hit/error display or a full linescore with inning-by-inning scoring and pitch count. The LX1440, which shipped to Coca-Cola in Meridian in April 2014, is the compact option: it shows total runs, hits, errors, current inning, balls, strikes, and outs in an 8-foot by 16-foot cabinet drawing 2.5 amps. The LX1480, a step up, measures 20 feet by 10 feet, draws 3.0 amps, and adds a batter number display and 24-inch primary digits. Both carry the same five-year limited warranty. The LX1753, Electro-Mech's full linescore baseball scoreboard at 26 feet wide and 9 feet tall, adds inning-by-inning scoring and the pitch count display to 199.

For basketball, the LX2655 and LX2665 serve indoor gymnasiums; the LX2350 covers multi-sport outdoor applications. For soccer, the LX6430 that shipped to Meridian Community College is from the same outdoor family as the LX6650. For football, Electro-Mech's catalog includes outdoor scoreboards from the compact LX6650 up through larger models, and every console includes Practice Segment Timer mode as standard equipment.

Schools and organizations in the Meridian area can reach the Electro-Mech team at electro-mech.com/request-quote for a quote, or at electro-mech.com/support for technical questions. Toll-free technical support continues for the life of every product, regardless of model or age.

Meridian's 39-entry record is organized around baseball first, basketball second, and football a distant third. That order matches Mississippi's statewide shipping record, where the diamond leads at 252 of 543 entries across 120 cities and towns. Seven of the 20 organizations in the Meridian record carry verified websites and appear in this article by name; the others are not named here. The oldest named-organization entry is the MM-108 at Coca-Cola, shipped in April 2004. The most recent is the LX1700 for Meridian Community College, shipped in January 2025, which means Electro-Mech has shipped baseball, basketball, soccer, or football scoreboards to Lauderdale County organizations in each decade since 2004.

Schools and organizations in the Meridian area considering a new scoreboard can contact the Electro-Mech team directly. The company's baseball scoreboard and basketball scoreboard pages describe the current catalog, and electro-mech.com/request-quote is the starting point for a quote. Every new scoreboard carries a five-year limited warranty and ETL listing to UL Standard 48, manufactured in Wrightsville, Georgia.