Baseballs have nothing to do with bananas, but Mississippi State went bananas with bananas as its good luck charm in the Nashville Super Regional. What else can you even say about Omaha-bound MSU following its 11th inning victory over the…
A local athlete from D’Iberville High School graduated with only one DI offer from the University of South Alabama. Now, he is about to start his career as a professional baseball player. Dylan Hardy was an outstanding player at the…
Fresh off its 6A state championship crown, the Gulfport boys soccer team is no stranger to post-season accolades, but even for the Admirals, Ashton LeBlanc is the recent recipient of some extremely high praise. The rising senior defender has been…
Pascagoula’s Willie Joe Garry Jr. and Harrison Central’s Brendan Hardy were the only two Coast products drafted right out of high school in the 2018 MLB first year player draft. Those turned out to be picks well spent as both…
Following its third straight NCAA regional appearance, the Southern Miss baseball team is losing seven extra players this off-season, but the Golden Eagles have plenty of talent returning to Hattiesburg just waiting in the wings. The breakthrough player would have…
Today, News 25 was the first to report that Harrison Central’s Brendan Hardy has opted to forego his commitment with Jones County Junior College and sign with the New York Mets. That being said, the most hectic week of his…
Harrison Central star pitcher Brendan Hardy will have to think about what to do next after being drafted by the New York Mets late this afternoon. The right-hander was taken in the 31st round as the 920th overall pick after…
Willie Joe Garry Jr. has a lot to think about this summer. On the one hand, the Pascagoula center fielder has already signed with Pearl River Community College and then on the other he has until July 6th to decide…
Joe Gray of the Hattiesburg Tigers was taken late last night in the second round by the Milwaukee Brewers. It’s believed that his draft slot at 60th overall would be enough to convince him to sign for more than a…
In the high school ranks, Pascagoula center fielder Joe Garry Jr. was the first local product to hear his name called as a ninth round pick of the Minnesota Twins. The speedy center fielder was taken at 274 overall, leaving…
East Central alum Konnor Pilkington didn’t have to wait very long to hear his name called on day two of the draft as a third round pick of the Chicago White Sox. The left-handed junior out of Mississippi State was…
With the seventh-to-last pick of the day, USM’s Luke Reynolds went to the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round. At 308 overall, Reynolds is a day two pick with incredible upside as both the Conference USA Player of the Year…
Late last night, Southern Miss pitcher Nick Sandlin got the call of his life and it sounded like something straight out of a movie. On the other line was his agent who asked him “are you ready to be a…
In the minor league sector, the Biloxi Shuckers are home to a pair of award winners in the form of right-hand pitcher Zack Brown and second baseman Keston Hiura. Today, the Double A duo swept the Milwaukee Brewers organizational honors…
After losing back-to-back games just once prior to the Fayetteville Regional, the Southern Miss baseball team did it for a second time over weekend, promptly ending its 2018 post-season run. USM won its opening game of the tournament versus Dallas…
Up in Oxford, one seed Ole Miss doing battle with two seed Tennessee Tech, match-up of the most wins in all of division I baseball. Eagles put up five more in the 9th as they go on to win it…
Bigger the setback, bigger the comeback would be an accurate way to describe the Mississippi State baseball program. Last year, the Bulldogs dropped their first game of the Hattiesburg Regional only to win four consecutive elimination games to advance to…
Back in 2002, D’Iberville High School football team won the 4A High School State Championship. Now, all these years later, three members of that championship team are back together, but this time in a different way. From bleeding Black and…
Biloxi Shuckers taking on in-state foe Mississippi Braves tonight at MGM Park. Biloxi wins 9-1. They’re winners of two games in a row at MGM Park.
High school softball was a force on the Gulf Coast in 2018 with three programs from the six Coastal counties advancing all the way to their respective title games. St. Patrick was the only one to win it all, leaving…
On the eve of USM’s third consecutive regional appearance, there’s an unwavering confidence that comes from winning both the Conference USA regular season crown as well as last week’s league tournament in Biloxi. Beyond that, Southern Miss is just plain…
Much like the MLB All-Star break features a futures game between the United States and the rest of the world, high school softball on the Gulf Coast does the same thing with schools from the East and West. Tonight, the…
Biloxi Shuckers hosted the Mississippi Braves for game two of the series tonight. Biloxi wins 6-3 to get back on track in the Southern League South standings. Shuckers return to MGM Park for game three tomorrow at 6:35 p.m.
Following the 2014 Conference USA men’s basketball tournament, Southern Miss became the first school in the history of March Madness to be left out of the big dance with 25 wins or more and an RPI better than 32. But…