Now more than a month removed from his last game at George County perhaps no high school football player in America has improved his National Signing Day stock more since that time since McKinnley Jackson. In December, the four-star defensive…
The grim reality of high school football is in the heartbreak almost every team feels when their season inevitably comes to an end. And unless that end is one of just six gold balls, chances are graduating seniors are feeling…
For the third year in a row, Eric Collins finds himself in charge of a different high school football program on the Coast, leaving behind a trail of success in his wake, but this time it appears as if the…
Any given Friday D’Iberville’s Jaden Walley is one of those high school football players that just looks different. And a good kind of different, the one percent kind of different that now gets to live out the dream of playing…
After going five years without a playoff victory at Ocean Springs High School, the football program was in need of a shot in the arm. And who better to give such an injection than the coach who just led Pass…
The annual Mississippi Alabama All Star game rarely disappoints your average football fan and this year it hit close to home for George County fans. Mississippi wins it over Alabama for the third straight time, 17-16 final.
After losing Seth Smith to Pearl River Community College, East Central has found its new head football coach. Former Bay High Head Man Eric Collins will be introduced as the new head coach for the Hornets pending school board approval.…
Former Ole Miss Head Coach Matt Luke, now Georgia offensive line coach, hasn’t wasted any time trying to shift alliances. Today, George County Defensive Tackle McKinnley Jackson received an offer from the Bulldogs, his 30th overall at the Division I…
The number of Coast high schools looking for a new head football coach is now up to four. Long Beach Head Coach Philip Pigott officially resigned his position today. The former Petal defensive coordinator spent the last two seasons with…
In the early Saturday game, Poplarville representing 4A South for the third time in four years, taking on a 13-1 Corinth squad that knocked out two undefeated teams to get here. 9-5 Hornets battling back from a 1-4 start just…
If there was any team that could dethrone three time defending 5A State Champion West Point, it was the Picayune Maroon Tide. Rolling right into its final game under the direction of longtime Head Coach Dodd Lee with a perfect…
Picayune’s run to the State Title Game didn’t happen by accident and that price of admission certainly wasn’t free. The Maroon Tide has gotten every team’s best shot on its way to a perfect 14-0 season up to this point,…
Poplarville is taking on Corinth tomorrow in the 4A State Championship in Hattiesburg. Poplarville’s recent South State Championship track record speaks for itself, but in this case so did its rocky start to the 2019 season. Sitting at 9-5 overall,…
George County Defensive Lineman McKinnley Jackson is certainly one of a kind. This afternoon, the state’s number one recruit for the class of 2020 was the one player from Mississippi to receive his All-American Bowl jersey, making him the only…
Over at George County, McKinnley Jackson is slated to receive his All-American Bowl jersey at 2 p.m. Thursday. This comes on the back of Monday’s Mr. Football Awards, going to the four star defensive lineman as the top player in…
Poplarville football is no stranger to the big stage in recent years, having now gone to the 4A State Championship game in three out of the last four seasons. Historically, it’s what happens next that the Hornets are trying to…
Being the best in the state is one thing, but how about the country? The Picayune Maroon Tide currently lead the entire nation in rushing yards, a feat that has played an integral role in getting them to Saturday’s 5A…
The outcome of the Egg Bowl doesn’t seem to bother one high school football standout from the Gulf Coast. On Friday, George County’s M.J. Daniels made his verbal pledge to the Rebels despite their dramatic 21-20 loss at the hands…
There are only two teams left practicing in December in Class 5A high school football, one of them being Picayune. Head Coach Dodd Lee says his Maroon Tide always expected to be in this moment, playing for the chance to…
Tonight’s second round matchup between Picayune and Laurel marks the fourth year in a row these two schools have done battle in the second season. Laurel winners of the first two, but Picayune got its revenge last year and looking…
If this was March Madness, it would be the Elite 8, but instead it’s the ‘News 25 Friday Night Showcase.” “News 25 Game of the Week” is Gulfport, fresh off its first playoff wins since 2010, against visiting Oak Grove.…
As has been the case a lot recently, Gulfport is home to the News 25 Game of the Week fresh off its first post-season win since 2010. But after snapping that seven-game first round losing streak, why would the Admirals…
Ocean Springs is also in the market for a new head coach upon the resignation of Ryan Ross earlier today as first reported by the Sun Herald and later confirmed to News 25 by the man himself. During his nine…
As if the gravity of a do-or-die playoff scenario wasn’t enough, Gulfport doubled down on the pressure in its first round match-up against George County and lived to tell about it. In a game the Admirals converted just one more…