high school football

25 Teams in 25 Days: Pascagoula Panthers

Stop number nine of News 25’s ’25 Teams in 25 Days’ doesn’t really feel like it’s coming off a 1-10 season especially considering Pascagoula dominance over the past decade, a couple down years appear to be the exception to the…

25 Teams in 25 Days: West Harrison

Perhaps the team with the most to prove out of any on the Gulf Coast, West Harrison lines up as stop number eight on News 25’s ’25 Teams in 25 Days.’ During their first ten years as a football program,…

25 Teams in 25 Days: East Central Hornets

Stop number seven on News 25’s 25 Teams in 25 Days, and go figure, a team with 25 seniors. After running the table in Region 8 Class 4A for the past two years, East Central is now looking to turn…

25 teams in 25 Days: Poplarville Hornets

For the second time in three years, Class 4A South runs through stop number six on News 25’s ’25 Teams in 25 Days.’ There’s no indication of that changing heading into 2019, with Poplarville reloaded and back for another shot…

25 Teams in 25 Days: Pearl River Central

There’s a quote that reads ‘the best things in life don’t come easy, but those things are the ones worth the sacrifice.’ Sounds like something the Pearl River Central football program would have written right around the time Jacob Owen…

25 Teams in 25 Days: Moss Point Tigers

Perhaps the best view on all of News 25’s ’25 Teams in 25 Days,’ Moss Point is lakeside, getting ready for the 2019 season. But the Tigers are more fixated on the view from inside the fieldhouse and the finishing…

25 Teams in 25 Days: Biloxi Indians

If there’s any school on the Gulf Coast that thinks it can take its division by storm this season, it is stop number three on News 25’s ‘25 Teams in 25 Days.’ The Biloxi Indians are oozing with confidence heading…

25 Teams in 25 Days: Gulfport Admirals

Still heavy-hearted at stop number two on News 25’s ’25 Teams in 25 Days’, Gulfport High School is less than three weeks removed from the tragic loss of former Admiral Zae Crain, and yet exactly a month away from playing…

25 Teams in 25 Days: Gautier Gators

Here at News 25, we have the honor of claiming 25 high school football teams from across the six coastal counties as our own. “25 Teams in 25 Days” is back for a second straight year to kick off the…

MHSAA high school football rule changes

A couple of new rules are coming to the high school football ranks in 2019, passed down by the Mississippi High School Activities Association. For starters, a 40-second play clock from the time the previous play is blown dead as…

St. Patrick hires new football head coach

Today, St. Patrick Catholic High School officials announced the football program’s next head coach to be Trey Bailey. He joins the Fighting Irish after stops at St. Andrew’s, Raymond, and most recently Richland where he led the Rangers to just…

D’Iberville hires new head football coach

Larry Dolan’s success as a football coach in Mississippi is well-documented and so is D’Iberville’s football tradition. Now, they get the chance to win a possible second state championship together. Yesterday, the Harrison County School Board approved Dolan as the…

No. 15 recruit in Mississippi flips to Ole Miss

A big flip right before National Signing Day late last night with the Ole Miss Rebels landing one of the best players in all of Mississippi for the class of 2019. John Rhys Plumlee out of Oak Grove had a…

Ocean Springs RB Micah Kelly shuts down recruitment

There’s nothing wrong with doing a little double-checking and that’s what Ocean Springs running back Micah Kelly did with his college football future. The man is sticking with Toledo despite having briefly reopened his recruitment to explore late offers from…

St. Martin running back Ham McGee shuts down recruitment

When St. Martin running back Ham McGee was added to the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game roster in December, it validated his late surge in college recruitment. Now, that recruitment process is officially closed. The graduating senior announced his decision on Twitter…

Ocean Springs football: Micah Kelly commits to Toledo

Today, Ocean Springs running back Micah Kelly committed to the University of Toledo over five other division I FBS offers. A three star recruit, Kelly didn’t start to generate a lot of buzz until the 2018 season, but now the…

Jim Bloomfield leaving St. Patrick football

Long-time high school football coach Jim Bloomfield is stepping down from his post as the head man at St. Patrick. The story was first reported by the Sun Herald and was later confirmed by WXXV. Bloomfield tells News 25 there…

Ocean Springs Football: Micah Kelly offered by Akron

The recruiting profile of Ocean Springs running back Micah Kelly continuing to pick up steam as National Signing Day fast approaches. On Thursday, the three-star Greyhound pulled in some love from Akron which makes it six FBS division I offers.…

Harrison Central’s Bryce Ramsey signs with Ole Miss

Closing out the division I signees from the Gulf Coast is Harrison Central’s Bryce Ramsey. This morning, the three-star offensive lineman put pen to paper with Ole Miss from the comfort of his own home. Head Coach Casey Cain says…