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Harlem Globetrotters Return to the Coast

As a part of their 2017 world tour, the Harlem Globetrotters are returning to the Gulf Coast to take on the World All-Stars on Monday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. To preview that game, the one they call ‘El Gato’…

Harlem Globetrotters Preview

The Harlem Globetrotters are in town leading up to their game at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Monday as part of the 2017 world tour. News 25’s Jeff Haeger is with one of them right now, known as ‘El Gato,’…

MGCCC Cheer Heads to National Championship

Last night the Mississippi Gulf Coast cheer squad departed for Orlando, Florida and the College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship. In preparation for MGCCC’s inaugural trip to the UCA and UDA nationals, the team performed its two and a…

Gulfport’s Finest Back on the Diamond

Before Gulfport baseball is allowed to officially start practice under MHSAA regulations, the team is taking a P.E. class together comprised of current and former players. Yankees pitcher Jonathan Holder isn’t the only one. Also taking the diamond is a…

Mississippi North/South All-Star Game Rosters Selected

The Mississippi Gulf Coast is known for its long standing prowess in the high school basketball ranks. That goes for both players and coaches. Last night, the Mississippi Association of Coaches selected the rosters of two All-Star games in the…

New Hancock High Head Football Coach

Neil Lollar has been named the next head football coach at Hancock High School. He replaces Rocky Gaudin after four decades of coaching along the Gulf Coast, stepping in from his role as defensive coordinator last season.

Remembering the 2017 National Championship Game

Monday night’s national championship game evoked a lot of different reactions out of a lot of different people from those rooting for Alabama or Clemson and everything in between. For an Alabama fan it might be hard to appreciate one…

LSU Eunice at MGCCC

The Lady Bulldogs were looking for their second straight win to start the year against yet another team they lost to in 2016. The Lady Bulldogs hang on to win a close one over LSUE by the count of 58-54.

St. Martin WR Kalem Reddix Enrolls at MGCCC

Deciding where to go to college is never easy, but for St. Martin wide receiver Kalem Reddix finding a place to land has been especially difficult. This morning, the former Colorado State commit announced via Twitter that he’s now enrolled…

St. Stanislaus Finds New Football Coach

The St. Stanislaus football program didn’t have to look very far to find its successor to former head coach Bill Conides who left last month for Denham Springs. This morning, the Rock-A-Chaws officially promoted offensive line coach Jeff Jordan as…

23rd Annual Hoopsfest Scheduled Announced

When Gulfport Athletic Director Bryan Caldwell and former St. Stanislaus Head Coach Jay Ladner started what we now know as Hoopsfest, it was simply a high school basketball tripleheader. Now it’s a septuple-header featuring seven games in one day, all…

High School Basketball: Pass Christian at St. Stanislaus

As it pertains to high school basketball, New Year’s resolutions usually fall into one of two categories: start winning or keep winning. For St. Stanislaus and Pass Christian the motto is to start winning again. Both teams come in tonight…

High School Basketball: West Harrison at Long Beach

Long Beach hosted West Harrison tonight, a pair of region 8 teams that somehow avoided one another in the Gulfport Hardwood Holiday Classic. Long Beach goes on to win a close one by the final score of 42-39.

34th Annual Gulfport Hardwood Holiday Classic 3rd Place Game

Tonight’s slate of games featured another rematch from earlier this month, that being Harrison Central versus Pascagoula. Last time, the Red Rebels took care of business at home, but that’s not how things played out on this day. Pascagoula wins…

Gulfport Hardwood Holiday Classic Championship Game

The last time Gulfport played host to Meridian that didn’t go so well. Two weeks ago today, the Admirals lost to the Wildcats by 24 in Bert Jenkins Gymnasium. As fate would have it, those same two teams got together…

Gulfport Hardwood Holiday Classic

The Gulfport basketball program is built on the history of nine state championships, more than any other public school in the state of Mississippi. Another part of that tradition is the Hardwood Holiday Classic. This year marks the 34th annual…