Thirty five years running and the Gulfport Hardwood Holiday Classic is still going strong with tonight’s title game featuring two of the top teams on the Gulf Coast. Unlike last year, the 2017 tournament is guaranteed to produce a local…
‘Tis the season for high school basketball on the Gulf Coast with several Christmas tournaments taking center court. The Gulfport Hardwood Holiday Classic has been a local tradition for more than three decades and the competition is stronger than ever…
The Christmas season always brings the best out of high school basketball on the Gulf Coast with Gulfport’s Hardwood Holiday Classic now less than a week away. Tonight, the Admirals played their final tune-up game at home versus Pass Christian.…
Gulfport’s first boys basketball game of the season was played on November 4th which was more than three weeks ago. Twenty four days later, the Admirals finally took the court at Bert Jenkins Gymnasium for the first time all season.…
The holidays bring out the best in high school hoops around the Gulf Coast, but not every tournament has a true champion. St. Martin’s Joe Barlow Thanksgiving Invitational is one of the ones that does crown a winner. Biloxi Indians…
Heated rivals on the hardwood, Gulfport and Biloxi are guaranteed to go head-to-head twice a year with the first game scheduled for December 15th. This season, we give thanks for a third game in the semi-finals of St. Martin’s Joe…
St. Martin took on Buckhorn out of north Alabama tonight in the Joe Barlow Thanksgiving Invitational. Yellow Jackets fall into the consolation bracket with the 49-37 loss which means Biloxi will play this same Buckhorn team for all the marbles…
The Thanksgiving holiday season means a lot of things to us here on the Gulf Coast and it’s no different in the world of sports. When Turkey Day rolls around, it’s time for high school basketball to take center stage…
Keith Robinson has been the head boys basketball coach at St. Patrick going on seven years now and he’s been hosting the St. Patrick Invitational for the last six of those. Tonight, the two day tournament came to an end.…
Part of the weekly Tuesday high school basketball slate on the Gulf Coast featured a two-day tournament over at St. Patrick. The only boys game on the schedule was St. Stanislaus versus Sacred Heart. Rock-A-Chaws looking for their second win…
Over at St. Martin tonight, somebody was going to have to take their first loss of the season. Would it be the Yellow Jackets or visiting Long Beach? St. Martin goes on to win this one by the final count…
The year was 1991 and Jay Ladner was hired as the head boys basketball coach at St. Stanislaus. After two losing campaigns, he went on to lead the Rock-A-Chaws to 18 straight winning seasons, culminating with SSC’s lone state title…
High school basketball is officially upon us and the big dogs aren’t wasting any time in the non-district portion of the schedule. Tonight, Gulfport made the trip over to Ocean Springs for an early season 6A clash. This was the…
Down in class 5A, another Jackson school in the form of Wingfield pays a visit to West Harrison. West Harrison advances by way of a 53-37 win.
Minus having a first round bye in 2016, the Gulfport boys basketball team is starting its post-season run the same exact way in 2017 with a home game against Terry. The first round of the class 6A playoffs took place…
They say the sequel can’t top the original, but Alabama and Clemson already proved that theory wrong. Leave it to Gulfport and Biloxi to schedule part two on the last night of the regular season, also senior night for the…
The future is bright for the Gulfport boys basketball team, but tonight the spotlight was on the four Admirals set to play their final regular season game at Bert Jenkins Gymnasium. St. Martin was in the house for senior night…
Just like that, tonight was the last regular season home game for the Harrison Central basketball teams. Tonight was senior night for the Red Rebels and Rebelettes, not to mention a high profile match-up versus Biloxi. Both teams are looking…
For those not affected by Saturday’s tornado in the Pine Belt, life goes on. That doesn’t mean it goes on without those on the Gulf Coast lending a helping hand to those still in need. Tonight was Pennies for Petal…
When Gulfport and Biloxi square off in high school basketball there’s a combined 14 state championships backing one of the most heated rivalries on the Gulf Coast. Tonight the old friends took the court together for the first time this…
At this point in the high school basketball season district games run the show, but tonight’s tune-up game between West Harrison and D’Iberville had other implications. Hurricanes hosting the Warriors in what was a preview of one of the eight…
Four schools hit the hardwood today for the third annual MLK Gulf Coast Classic. In the first boys game, it was Biloxi taking on St. Martin. This was the only game of the four that wasn’t a rematch from earlier…
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…
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…