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Mississippi State DT wins Conerly Trophy

Mississippi State is home to one of the best defenses in all of college football thanks in large part to Jeffrey Simmons. Tonight, MSU’s anchor on the defensive line validated his place as the best player on that defense and…

Record setting heartbreak for LSU Tigers

Back in 2009, LSU lost a game at Ole Miss due to poor clock management, coming up one second short at the Rebels’ five yard line. Which brings us to Saturday when the officials put one second back on the…

Southern Miss football is bowl eligible

USM’s bowl chances took a big hit following a heartbreaking overtime loss at UAB, but not to be denied, Southern Miss responded with two straight wins to close out the regular season. That puts the Golden Eagles at 6-5 following…

New Orleans Saints maintain singular approach

After piling on their 10th consecutive win on Thursday, it appears that the only team capable of stopping the New Orleans Saints is the Saints and their way of preventing that is being cliché. One game at a time, albeit…

HORNET BOWL PART II

On Friday, Poplarville (13-1) and East Central (12-1) laid it all on the line in the second rendition of the Hornet Bowl for the 4A South State title.

EGG BOWL MAYHEM

Last night, one of the more lopsided Egg Bowls in recent memory, still gave us one of the most memorable games in the history of this Magnolia State rivalry.

DIRTY BIRD FEAST

The New Orleans Saints are no strangers to the big stage with five of their 16 regular season games this year occupying a primetime slot. Last night was a little different for the black and gold who hosted their first-ever Thanksgiving Day game in the Crescent City. Here's News 25's Jeff Haeger with more from a hungry Saints team, that feasted on Thanksgiving.

High School Boys Basketball: St. Martin vs. Baldwin Co.

Now football isn’t the only high school sport in session over the holidays with a half-dozen boys basketball teams and half of those being local, taking part in St. Martin’s fourth annual Joe Barlow Thanksgiving Invitational this week. This is…

Picayune’s return to 5A South State

Picayune head football Coach Dodd Lee says he’d drive all the way to Arkansas just to play in this year’s state title game. Thankfully for him, that 5A clash is less than an hour up the road in Hattiesburg, but…

Ham McGee offered by Indiana State

St. Martin running back Ham McGee is the recipient of his second division I offer courtesy of Indiana State. The graduating senior tells News 25 his other D1 look came from Southern Miss during his sophomore year to go along…

Saints march to 9th straight win

There’s domination and then there’s whatever the Saints are doing. Yesterday, they ran laps around the Philadelphia Eagles en route to their ninth straight and made some history in the process as well. That 48-7 triumph is the largest margin…

Conerly Trophy finalists announced

Despite not going to a bowl game in each of the past two seasons, the Ole Miss nominee for the Conerly Trophy has gone on to win the award anyway. That could happen again this year with the 2017 recipient…

News 25 Game of the Week: East Central vs. West Lauderdale

They say the sequel never tops the original, but try getting the East Central football team to believe that. Tonight, the Hornet’s head into the 4A quarterfinal match-up against West Lauderdale, still undefeated for the second year in a row.…

Harrison Central Softball: Jhericka Strickland signs with MGCCC

As one of the perennial powers in Mississippi high school softball, Harrison Central is known to produce quite a few next level players. This morning, one of the Red Rebelettes joined those collegiate ranks. Following her senior year, Jhericka Strickland…

East Central football: Undefeated and Unbroken

It’s hard to believe the East Central football team is still undefeated without the likes of Brown as well as Mississippi State tight end Brad Cumbest. In other ways, it’s exactly where the Hornets expected to be leading up to…

East Central Football: Avery White commits to Southern Miss

East Central linebacker Avery White can’t sign on the dotted line just yet, but he has made up his mind. Yesterday, the star Hornet announced his commitment to Southern Miss, choosing Jay Hopson and the Golden Eagles over South Alabama…