Gautier football’s Bryson Hurst signs with Ole Miss
National Signing Day turned into National Signing Days here on the Coast with Gautier’s Bryson Hurst putting pen to paper this afternoon and signing with Ole Miss. The…
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Moss Point football’s Larry Simmons signs with Ole Miss
Over the last three years, three Ole Miss wide receivers have been selected in the second round of the NFL Draft and maybe one day Moss Point’s…
George County football’s Marquez Dortch signs with Mississippi State
George County High School can measure its success as a football program in a way that perhaps no other program in South Mississippi can. This morning, the…
Class of 2022 no. 1 prospect flips from FSU to Jackson State
The state of Mississippi involved in perhaps the most shocking National Signing Day flip of all-time, courtesy of Jackson State and the master recruiter…
Poplarville football’s Khalid Moore signs with Mississippi State
Rounding out the D1 signees out of high school here on the Coast, Poplarville outside linebacker Khalid Moore signing with Mississippi State. Moore capped off his varsity career…
George County football’s Ashton Hollins signs with Illinois
George County quarterback Ashton Hollins put pen to paper as an athlete with the University of Illinois. A transfer out of Mary ‘G’ Montgomery High School in Alabama…
St. Martin Head Football Coach Eddie Wayne Whitehead retiring
Coach Eddie Wayne Whitehead is retiring after 11 years as the head coach of the St. Martin Yellowjackets. His teams were .500 or better for seven straight…
Mississippi blanked by Alabama in annual All-Star Game
Not the best showing for Mississippi in Saturday’s Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic as they got shut out by Alabama 20-0. The Coast was well represented by Biloxi’s R.J. Moss,…
Celebrations continue in Picayune as Maroon Tide football championship parade rolls through
In Picayune, there’s a motto that goes ‘we can, we will, we must.’ After beating West Point 40-21 in the 5A state title game…
Coast high school football players prepping for Mississippi Alabama All-Star Game
In a who’s who of high school football super stardom, the Gulf Coast is responsible for more who’s in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game than any…
Student Athlete of the Week: Picayune Football’s Dante Dowdell
Striking while the iron’s hot for this week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week and there may not be a Mississippi High School football player hotter right…
Picayune running back Dante Dowdell third in the state in rushing
In 14 games this season, Picayune running back Dante Dowdell has racked up 2,406 yards rushing which equates to 1.37 miles. Thankfully, the Maroon Tide…
Picayune Maroon Tide facing West Point in rematch of 2019 5A Title Game
In December of 2019, the Picayune football program went on a bad first date, but after doing a couple years of soul searching,…
Student Athlete of the Week: Moss Point’s Kaleb Raston
Region three champs three years running, Moss Point’s football season didn’t end quite how they wanted it to, losing to Poplarville in the second round of the…
5A South State Championship Preview: Picayune vs Laurel
Picayune is another perennial powerhouse that is no stranger to holding Thanksgiving week practices, having been to the South State Championship now four times in the last six years. Back in the semi-finals…
4A South State Championship Preview: Poplarville vs Columbia
Nothing goes better together than turkey and football practice and Poplarville can attest to that. The Hornets are practicing over Thanksgiving break for the sixth consecutive year as they prepare for their 4-A…
Picayune continues 5A domination with 28-3 second round win over Brookhaven
Picayune never left any doubt in its second round playoff game, taking down Brookhaven, 28-3. The Maroon Tide are the highest-scoring team on the Coast heading into its South State bout with Laurel the…
Poplarville advances to 6th straight South State title game with 21-12 win over Mendenhall
The Hornets scored 21 unanswered points in the first half, en route to a 21-12 win over Mendenhall. The third round victory sends Poplarville to the 4A South State title game for the sixth…
Ocean Springs falls just short of South State in 28-21 loss to Oak Grove
On Friday night, Ocean Springs fell just short of advancing to the South State title game for the first time in 12 years, by way of a 28-21 defeat to Oak Grove. The Greyhounds…
Ocean Springs football eyes first trip to South State since ‘09
Ocean Springs is one of three high school football teams from the Gulf Coast with a chance to punch its ticket to South State tonight.…
Ocean Springs football hosting Oak Grove in 6A second round Friday
Ever since Ocean Springs beat Clinton by one point in double overtime all the way back in week one, the Greyhounds haven’t played a game…
Gautier’s Bryson Hurst decommits from Ole Miss
Four Star Gautier Offensive Lineman Bryson Hurst, also playing in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game, also decommitted from Ole Miss. He says his recruitment is one hundred percent back open…
High School Football: Brandon vs. Harrison Central
Tall task for Harrison Central, the four seed out of region 4 6A, paying a visit to three champion Brandon. Brandon-39 Harrison Central-13 Warren Central-30 D’Iberville-21 Oak Grove-33 Gulfport-7…
High School Football: Picayune vs. Hattiesburg
D’Iberville the only team to beat Picayune this season. After that, Maroon Tide ripping off seven straight wins to run the table in region 4 class 5A, playing host to…