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Harrison Central not getting complacent

The Harrison Central Girls’ Basketball team is coming off a district win over Biloxi, which locked up the regular season division title. In that 37-35 comeback victory, the Red Rebelettes had their lowest scoring output since their very first game…

East Central running back commits to South Alabama

A strong student in the classroom and a once-in-a-generation talent on the gridiron, Tony Brown’s lack of division I offers had been baffling after his record-setting career at East Central High School, but this weekend that finally changed. Yesterday, Mississippi’s…

High School Girls Soccer: Gulfport vs. George County

The Gulfport Lady Admirals hosted George County in its first round game, a rematch with the Lady Rebels from earlier in the season. It is 3-0 for the ladies and 3-0 for the guys as both Gulfport teams are moving…

High School Girls Soccer: Long Beach vs. South Jones

After starting the season with a tie against Ocean Springs, the Long Beach girls soccer team had gone a perfect 17-0 entering tonight’s first round playoff game. During that stretch the Lady Bearcats had only allowed one goal, a trend…

High School Boys Basketball: Biloxi vs. Harrison Central

The last time Biloxi took on Harrison Central on the hardwood, the Indians were still undefeated at 18-0. However, the Red Rebels won that game and that loss is still the only difference between first and second place in the…

Long Beach names football coach

Less than two weeks after Long Beach High School announced its vacancy for a head football coach, the Bearcats have already found the man for the job. The new sheriff in town is Philip Pigott who comes from Petal where…

Gulfport residents heading to Super Bowl LII

As a part of the Super Bowl build up, the NFL has given two tickets to every franchise to use in a promotional giveaway. The 64 lucky fans arrive in Minneapolis tomorrow as one big group. Two of them reside…

Mississippi State alum making first Super Bowl appearance

Throughout the NFL playoffs, we’ve seen the Philadelphia Eagles embrace the role of the underdog by wearing a dog mask on several occasions. That trend continued today for a former Bulldog himself, just with a different kind of mask. Welcome…

PRCC baseball renovating facilities

The Pearl River baseball program has announced major renovation plans to Wildcat Stadium and the facilities. The ball park will be renamed Dub Herring Stadium in honor of the man who owns Paw-Paw’s Camper City to go along with a…

Star power carries USM baseball into 2018

What makes the Southern Miss baseball team so dangerous is the roster depth and what makes the Southern Miss baseball team even more dangerous are the players protected by that depth. Last week, sophomore slugger Matt Wallner was named pre-season…

Mike Guerrero returning to Shuckers

By nature, the Minor League Baseball system is comprised of a lot of coming and going, mostly by the players and sometimes by the coaches as well. For the third year in a row, the Biloxi Shuckers have some stability…

Biloxi Shuckers fourth annual job fair

As the Shuckers gear up for their fourth season in Biloxi, team officials are hard at work assembling their staff behind the scenes. Today, the Shuckers held their annual job fair at MGM Park where about 350 people filed in…

Gulfport linebacker receives Vanderbilt

Over at Gulfport High School rising senior Derick Hall has another division I football offer to add to his bag. Vanderbilt is the third program from the SEC to reach out to the standout linebacker and the fifth D1 school…

High School Boys Basketball: Ocean Springs vs. Pascagoula

With the high school basketball regular season winding down, the district races are starting to heat up. Tonight, Ocean Springs had the chance to wrap up region 7 class 6A while Pascagoula had the chance to leapfrog the Greyhounds and…

Magnolia State college baseball fever

Whereas a lot of states would rank football, basketball, and then baseball in terms of most popular sports, Mississippi would probably flip the second and third especially at the college level where the numbers support the Magnolia State baseball fever.…

Basketball: MGCCC vs. Southwest

In the months of November and December, the Mississippi Gulf Coast basketball team combined for an overall record of 8-1. Once the calendar flipped over to January, the Bulldogs have had a lot less bark with a mark of just…

Ocean Springs standout DB commits to Colorado State

When presented with new information what originally seems like the right choice can all of a sudden become the second option. That’s exactly what happened during Malcolm Magee’s recruitment process and his commitment to Colorado State. On Sunday, the Ocean…

2018 Hoopsfest Preview

In 1994, Gulfport Athletic Director Bryan Caldwell and former St. Stanislaus Head Boys Basketball Coach Jay Ladner started a triple-header at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum known as Hoopsfest. Since then it’s more than doubled in size. Tomorrow marks the 24th…

Evaluating Myles Brennan at LSU

Mississippi’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns is former St. Stanislaus Quarterback Myles Brennan who already saw some playing time as a freshman this season at LSU. Albeit a small sample size, so it’s hard to judge the former…