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USM basketball rolling with the punches

From Southern Miss winning the 1987 NIT championship to St. Stanislaus winning the 2011 4A state title to Jones College winning the 2014 NJCAA Tournament, USM Head Coach Jay Ladner has seen just about everything on a basketball court. Yet…

MACCC South Football: MGCCC vs. Jones

In the midst of a year dominated by COVID-19, reigning national champion Mississippi Gulf Coast has dominated in its own right when actually given the chance to play. Now the Bulldogs are just one win away from claiming their second…

Pascagoula football ready for playoff debut

The Pascagoula football program is going to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2015 just not the way the Panthers had in mind. Last week, Brookhaven had to forfeit due to COVID-19 issues, giving Pascagoula…

Drew Brees out for at least two weeks

Additional testing has confirmed New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees did suffer five cracked ribs and a collapsed lung over the past two weeks and that he’ll be out for at least the next two weeks. Most of the damage…

St. Patrick Girls Soccer: Jessica Harrison signs with PRCC

There are multi-sport athletes and then there’s Jessica Harrison. The St. Patrick senior has spent time with the basketball, volleyball, softball, track and field, and cheer programs at various times during her high school career, but it’s soccer that has…

High School Boys Soccer: Ocean Springs vs. St. Patrick

Early in the high school soccer season covering the defending state champions is always a good place to start. Last week we caught up with the Gulfport Lady Admirals and now this week the Ocean Springs Greyhounds. Boys coming off…

Saints Report: Saints win game, but lose Drew Brees

If the 2019 season taught us anything about the New Orleans Saints, it’s that they’re no longer entirely dependent on Drew Brees to win games. The Saints won five straight without him last year and now they might have to…

High School Football: Picayune vs. West Jones

Picayune might have lost its grip on the region 4 class 5A championship late in the season, but the Maroon Tide is still the reigning South State champ until further notice. Tonight, the two seed Tide kicked off its playoff…

D’Iberville ready for playoff rematch vs. Petal

Sandwiched around Gulfport’s three year run of dominance in region 4 class 6a are two district crowns that belong to D’Iberville. The program’s reward for climbing all the way back to the top of the standings is a date with…

Southern Miss basketball mixing the new with the old

Almost a month after the Southern Miss men’s basketball team took the court for its first official practice of the new campaign, the Golden Eagles are still adjusting to their new look in 2020. Nine newcomers in Jay Ladner’s second…

MGCCC Pitcher Hayden Robb signs with Southeastern Louisiana

MGCCC Pitcher Hayden Robb is heading to the division I level, having signed a national letter of intent with Southeastern Louisiana. Robb is actually a Bulldog twice over, having won a 4A state championship with Vancleave back in 2018. He…

PRCC baseball sends five players to four year programs

For a team that was in the NJCAA World Series as recently as 2019, it’s no surprise to see Pearl River Community College produce five four-year college signees on the same day. Three of them being local, starting with Pearl…

Ocean Springs senior Haley Fox signs with Stetson University

Just like older sister Mikaila Fox signing with Virginia softball two years before her, younger sister Haley Fox is now officially a collegiate softball signee as well. Today, the Ocean Springs senior put pen to paper with Stetson University, a…