The Pascagoula Panthers and St. Martin lady Yellow Jackets come up short in MHSAA semi-state finals
The Pascagoula Panthers put their 29 game winning streak on the line Wednesday night against Ridgeland in MHSAA semi-state finals. It was…
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East Central high school baseball receives state championship rings
The East Central high school Hornets baseball team received their 5A state championship rings on Monday for the 2022-23 season. The Hornets finished the season with a 28-11 win/loss record, including…
Three Biloxi high school seniors sign to play college sports
It's that time of the year again where local high school athletes will be making their decision as to where they will be spending the next stage of their…
Biloxi Indians sending 13 student athletes to the next level
Pretty epic senior send-off at Biloxi High School this afternoon in the form of a spring Signing Day ceremony for a baker’s dozen student-athletes. In chronological…
Ocean Springs High School sends 11 student-athletes to the next level
As one of the biggest high schools in the state of Mississippi, Ocean Springs consistently produces some of the biggest National Signing Day classes in…
Student Athlete of the Week: St. Patrick’s Bella Jordan
This week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week, St. Patrick’s Bella Jordan, truly does it all: soccer, track, cheerleading, you name it! She’s a freshman striker on…
East Central walks off Neshoba Central with 3-2 win
After hours high school baseball last night between East Central and Neshoba Central in game one of the 5A State Championship series at Trustmark Park in Pearl.…
Gautier wins 5A Golf State Championship
Winning a state championship, in any sport, is the pinnacle of high school athletics and just about the only thing that could make it better is winning a state championship…
Several Coast teams win State Championships
Some congratulations are in order for some high school state champions from the Gulf Coast. Starting with the Long Beach girls golf team, going back-to-back at the Oaks Golf Club…
St. Martin twins put pen to paper on Signing Day
Two signings for the price of one at St. Martin High School where a set of fraternal twins picked up the pens for two different schools.…
MHSAA adds Class 7A beginning at the start of the 2023-24 school year
For the first time in more than a decade, the Mississippi High School Activities Association is adding a new classification, bringing the Magnolia State to the 7A…
MHSAA to vote on seventh classification
Every other year, the Mississippi High School Activities Association reclassifies its teams based on up-to-date enrollment numbers. But soon enough, there could be a massive shift in who calls who…
Dual Sport Spotlight: Pascagoula’s Keilon Parnell and Gautier’s Kaden Irving
Kaden Irving goes to Gautier High School with plans to go to Ole Miss. Keilon Parnell goes to Pascagoula High School with plans to go to…
News 25 Student Athlete of the Week: West Harrison’s Luke Holland
It may be over five months until high school football returns to the Coast, but there’s never an off-season for WXXV Student Athlete of the Week Luke Holland. This West Harrison junior approaches life as a competitor, making him not…
WXXV Student Athlete of the Week: Alex Raybourn
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, News 25 featured a student athlete of the week segment during high school football season. But now, News 25’s Grace Boyles is bringing that concept back to the entire school year each Wednesday. Starting at…
MHSAA votes to proceed with winter sports
Today, the Mississippi High School Activities Association voted to allow winter sports to begin their seasons on schedule. That includes boys and girls basketball and soccer as well as bowling and powerlifting who can start practice as early as October…
A closer look at MHSAA’s June 1st restart
The Mississippi High School Activities Association is on board with the June 1st restart, but it’s not always that simple. The guidelines set forth by Governor Reeves will also be met by those handed down by the MHSAA as soon…
MHSAA to resume June 1st
It’s been more than two months since high school athletics took a backseat to COVID-19. Seasons cut short, senior nights canceled, memories never made, and champions never crowned, but today the first signs of life from the Mississippi High School…
MHSAA to vote on June 1st return on Thursday
According to Brandon Shields of Mississippigridiron.com, the Mississippi High School Activities Association will have an executive committee meeting on Thursday to discuss the potential June 1st restart. If the date is upheld, schools across the Magnolia State will immediately be…
MHSAA still targeting June 1st return
It’s been close to a month since the Mississippi High School Activities Association closed up shop on seven different spring sports. Today, the governing body released its first update since April 15th. For the first time since the start of…
MHSAA cancels all spring sports for 2020 season
When Governor Tate Reeves ordered schools to stay closed throughout the remainder of the spring semester, it forced the hand of the Mississippi High School Activities Association to follow suit. The end result is a lost 2020 season for all…
2020 season lost to COVID-19; MHSAA to make final ruling Wednesday
With the fate of high school athletics already hanging in the balance due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, Governor Tate Reeves ordering schools to stay closed throughout the remainder of the semester is essentially the kiss of death for all…
OLA Volleyball Coach Mike Meyers hanging it up after 20 years
The end of an era at Our Lady Academy upon the retirement of long-time Volleyball Coach Mike Meyers. A staple of high school volleyball in Bay St. Louis, Meyers steps down after 20 years at the helm in which he…
NCJAA National Signing Day around the Coast
Five athletes put pen to paper this afternoon at St. Martin as a part of NCJAA National Signing Day. Headlining the class are baseball standouts Leif Moore and RJ Fletcher, heading to Pearl River and East Central respectively. Cheerleading also…