This week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week is St. Patrick boys basketball star Nick Krass. Playoffs haven’t even started and Krass has already had a junior season to be proud of, including his first college basketball scholarship offer. Nick…
The Gulfport High School girls soccer team was recognized by the City of Gulfport and Mayor Billy Hewes at today’s city council meeting. Head Coach Chris Pryor, his staff, and the senior captains were on hand to receive the honor…
Over at Gautier High School, football star Bryson Hurst has another Power 5 offer to add to his bag. Oregon is the latest division I FBS school to come calling for the four-star offensive lineman, joining the following teams: Kentucky,…
According to multiple sources, a developing situation at West Harrison High School. Today, Head Boys Basketball Coach Tommy Searight tenured his resignation just three days before his Hurricanes were scheduled to play a first-round playoff game at Oak Grove. Allegations…
WXXV Play of the Day goes to a pair of former high school softball standouts from right here on the Coast. On Saturday, Virginia took on South Alabama as a part of Georgia’s 14th annual Red and Black Showcase which…
From the Big Apple to the Windy City, Jonathan Holder will have already pitched for two of the biggest brands in Major League Baseball before his 28th birthday. The former New York Yankee signed with the Chicago Cubs back in…
Same game in the Region 8 girls championship, except flip the one and two seeds, Lady Admirals on the winning side of the first two match-ups, how about the third? Gulfport-64 Harrison Central-57 Gulfport Head Girls Basketball Coach Brooke Glass…
As one of three Final Four teams from the Gulf Coast a year ago, the Harrison Central boys were supposed to be the favorite in Region 8 Class 6A, but the Gulfport Admirals always seem to have something to say…
The Biloxi Shuckers might have been robbed of their entire 2020 season due to COVID-19, but as of today, their future on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is more secure than ever before. Major League Baseball has officially announced that 120…
The State Senate has voted to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls or women’s sports in the state’s schools and universities. There was little discussion before senators passed Senate Bill 2536 in a late-night session Thursday.…
Region 8 Class 6A District Tournament consolation game, three seed West Harrison taking on four seed Hancock, win or go home. West Harrison-39 Hancock-37
To find the last time the Pearl River Community College men’s basketball team lost a home game, you’d have to go all the way back to Valentine’s Day 2019 against Mississippi Gulf Coast. Since then, the Wildcats have an overall…
One local high school runner is taking his talents to the next level. This afternoon, D’Iberville’s Kevin Cooley signed a National Letter of Intent with West Alabama to run both track and cross country. It wasn’t long after district championships…
Today, Major League Baseball announced its health and safety protocols for the upcoming season as it pertains to COVID-19. How are college baseball programs like Southern Miss going to handle the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic? Coming off a…
Over at D’Iberville, three seed Lady Warriors hosting the Region 7 Class 6A Tournament, taking on two-seed Biloxi. Biloxi-31 D’Iberville-13 Two seed Harrison Central trying to ice the game over three seed Hancock. Harrison Central-33 Hancock-29
They say the next game is the most important and when it comes to high school basketball district tournaments, that couldn’t be more true. Win the first game and it’s on to the playoffs, no matter what. Three seed West…
Perhaps the best boys soccer tradition of any high school program on the Gulf Coast, St. Stanislaus is pretty much, at this point, competing against itself. Ten state titles, going on 11 and it was never really close. Rock-a-Chaws and…
Five would enter, three high school teams from the Gulf Coast would leave with MHSAA state championships over the weekend. Starting with the Lady Admirals and their quest to cap off the best two-year run-in school history. Coming in with…
In just their second trip to the post-season in school history, the St. Patrick Lady Irish made it all the way to the Class I championship game. Their reward was a date with St. Andrew’s Episcopal, who won via the…
The Long Beach boys soccer program has a painful history with the 5A state championship, having lost in the title game each of the last three seasons, but maybe fourth time is the charm. Bearcats taking on Center Hill, the…
The regular season is wrapping up and high school basketball post season is just around the corner. However, there are still plenty of big games to be played before any seedings or rankings are finalized, including tonight’s battle for Harrison…
While many high school football players were putting pen to paper this week to solidify their collegiate careers, so did D’Iberville short stop and pitcher Marquette Scott. Scott inked his name on his national letter of intent to Jones College…
On the hardwood, Pascagoula hosting Wayne County in some region 8 class 5A hoops, Panthers beat the War Eagles by 14 two weeks ago. Pascagoula-51 Wayne County-31
Having graduated only three seniors from last year’s state championship roster, the Gulfport girls soccer team came into this season as a heavy favorite to go back-to-back. The Lady Admirals are just one win away from delivering on all their…