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Gulfport softball honors senior class of 2020

Over at Gulfport, the softball program already honoring their two seniors Tuesday night with a scoreboard tribute. At bat number 10, that’s Kellan Haller and then one hit, or error, number one, that’s Lorna Fornea. The fourth through seventh innings…

Long Beach to honor class of 2020

Also today, Long Beach announced their plans to honor the class of 2020 in light of the recently canceled spring seasons across the state. Beginning Monday, April 20th, at 8:20 p.m., that 20:20 military time, the football stadium lights will…

Conference USA asking for financial relief

Conference USA is in the headlines this week for a couple different reasons, both Coronavirus related. For one, the league is one of five major football conferences that acted in unison by sending a letter to the NCAA on behalf…

Saints adapting to new NFL business model

In a world without sports, we’re still very much living in a world that’s preparing to have sports again and have them again soon. The best example of that is the NFL going on with its annual draft as scheduled,…

MHSAA cancels all spring sports for 2020 season

When Governor Tate Reeves ordered schools to stay closed throughout the remainder of the spring semester, it forced the hand of the Mississippi High School Activities Association to follow suit. The end result is a lost 2020 season for all…

PRCC’s Rod Brown signs with Tulsa

Also heading back to the D1 level is Pearl River’s Rod Brown who made it official with the University of Tulsa. The former reverse transfer from Wichita State made his one year in Poplarville count, accounting for more than 13…

PRCC’s Tae Hardy signs with Southern Miss

Moving on from PRCC is Sophomore Point Guard Tae Hardy who signed with Southern Miss earlier today. The former reverse transfer from East Carolina had quite the banner season with the Wildcats as a First Team NJCAA All-American. Hardy was…

West Harrison Alum Tate Parker transferring to PRCC

Former West Harrison baseball star Tate Parker is getting closer to home as a recent signee of Pearl River Community College. Parker originally signed with Dallas Baptist University out of high school where he hit for a .500 average as…

News 25 Sports Virus Vault: April 13th

In today’s ‘Virus Vault’ segment News 25’s Jeff Haeger takes a look back at this day in sports history. Watch the video above to relive some past moments in sports!

Southern Miss alum Dylan Reda recovering from COVID-19

The Coronavirus has shown no bias in terms of impacting anyone, anywhere, anytime, the same slogan embraced by linebacker Dylan Reda during his time at Southern Miss. According to the Clarion Ledger, the former Golden Eagle tested positive for COVID-19…

Southern Miss alum Cameron Tom re-signs with the Saints

Some extra help for Drew Brees earlier this week with the Saints re-signing unrestricted free agent Cameron Tom. The former Southern Miss Golden Eagles is on the books for a new one-year deal worth upwards of $800,000. The USM alum…

PRCC Head Basketball Coach named NJCAA Coach of the Year

The Pearl River Community College Men’s Basketball team will never know what could have been as the one seed in the NJCAA Tournament, but that doesn’t mean PRCC’s dream season is a total loss. This morning, Chris Oney was named…

News 25 Sports Virus Vault: April 8th

In today's ‘Virus Vault’ segment News 25's Jeff Haeger takes a look back at this day in sports history in South Mississippi. Watch the video above to relive some past moments in South Mississippi sports!

Mississippi State baseball looking ahead

On March 11th, the Mississippi State baseball team completed a two-game sweep of Texas Tech in the Inaugural Hancock Whitney Classic at MGM Park in Biloxi. On March 12th, the NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring championships due to…