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Southern Miss eyeing sixth straight opening day win

Opening Day Baseball is always a special time in South Mississippi and that’s especially true when Southern Miss throws out the first pitch. News 25’s Jeff Haeger joins us from Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg where game one between the…

Moss Point alum Devin Booker gets first All-Star nod

On Saturday, Moss Point alum Devin Booker will take part in the NBA’s All-Star Weekend for the fifth time to start his career, but this will be his first time on an actual All-Star roster. The Phoenix Suns guard is…

MACJC South Men’s Basketball: MGCCC vs. PRCC

Ever since Pearl River and Mississippi Gulf Coast settled the score in a battle of the unbeatens last month, the two sides have gone in very different directions. PRCC won that game and then six more while Gulf Coast came…

Southern Miss baseball out to defend C-USA crown

With each passing Conference USA championship, the Southern Miss baseball program has the added responsibility of changing its tradition of excellence sign in left field to properly represent the correct number of titles, a minor inconvenience for the right to…

Fresh start for Trent Grisham in 2020

In Minor League Baseball, there are two kinds of success. First is the collective kind, that comes from the Biloxi Shuckers winning back-to-back Southern League South Division titles. Then there’s the individual kind that comes from having a former first…

High School Boys Basketball: St. Martin vs. Ocean Springs

Whereas most high school sports live and die by the regular season, when it comes to punching a ticket to the playoffs, basketball is a little different. In basketball, it’s all about seeding and the district tournament is where post-season…

Harrison Central’s Gino Johnson signs with Alcorn State

National Signing Day may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the moment has passed at Harrison Central. This afternoon, outgoing senior Defensive Back Gino Johnson signed his National Letter of Intent with Alcorn State. In 2019, Johnson anchored…

George County names James Ray new head football coach

As one era comes to an end at George County High School, another one begins. Overshadowed by the suspenseful moment of truth at McKinnley Jackson’s National Signing Day, the Rebels found their new head football coach earlier this week in…

PRCC Point Guard Tae Hardy commits to Southern Miss

At Southern Miss, first year Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jay Ladner landed a big time JUCO transfer in the form of PRCC Point Guard Tae Hardy. According to jucorecruiting.com, Hardy has given his verbal commitment to the Golden Eagles, who…