There’s a saying at Southern Miss, leave it better than you found it, and Head Softball Coach Wendy Hogue certainly did just that. On Friday, Hogue announced her decision to step away from her dream job after five years at…
Now it’s hard to explain what happened to the Lady Bulldogs in game one of their double-header against Meridian Community College. Gulf Coast had an 11-0 lead, but all of a sudden it’s 11-7 in the top of the seventh.…
The WXXV Play of the Day goes to Mississippi Gulf Coast pitcher Kristen Cade. The Harrison Central alum tossed her first-ever collegiate no-hitter, striking out nine over six innings in a 12-1 road victory over Southwest Mississippi Community College. On…
A familiar face making headlines up north at Jones College as St. Patrick alum Raven Blackwell has been named MACJC Player of the Week. The freshmen twin led the top-ranked team in the nation to a 3-1 record last week…
How about some softball for the WXXV Play of the Day. We cover Harrison Central a lot because they’re good a lot and the one that makes it all go is long-time Head Coach Jimmy Parker alongside Coach Sherri Davis.…
Only three times this season has the Mississippi Gulf Coast softball team lost game one of a doubleheader and two of those games, the Lady Bulldogs lost to the first and second ranked teams in the country. Rival Pearl River…
April 16th, 2016 is the last time the Mississippi Gulf Coast softball program hosted a conference game before today. More than 1,000 days in between and a proper house-warming at the newly renovated Ross-Smith Field. Lady Bulldogs rising to the…
When Kenneth Long begins his 18th year at the helm of the Mississippi Gulf Coast softball program, the ends will have certainly justified the means. Today, two long years of waiting finally came to an end with a ribbon cutting…
High school softball was a force on the Gulf Coast in 2018 with three programs from the six Coastal counties advancing all the way to their respective title games. St. Patrick was the only one to win it all, leaving…
Much like the MLB All-Star break features a futures game between the United States and the rest of the world, high school softball on the Gulf Coast does the same thing with schools from the East and West. Tonight, the…
In the JUCO circuit, Mississippi Gulf Coast softball hosting Hinds for a sophomore day double-header over at Ocean Springs High School. Hinds wins part one of the twin bill 5-1, but the second outing was a much different story. Lady…
There’s not a single player on the Mississippi Gulf Coast softball team that’s ever played a home game. While the new stadium at Ross-Smith Field is nearing completion, the Lady Bulldogs hosted today’s double header against Baton Rouge at West…
A big day for a set of twins from Harrison Central as the Cade sisters are heading to the next level to play collegiate softball. This afternoon, the older one Kristen, and the younger one, Kayla, signed with Mississippi Gulf…
Identical twins stole the show over at St. Patrick this evening as Raven and Raylen Blackwell signed to play softball at the next level. They’ll be heading up to Jones County Junior College which is a perennial power on the…
For the last several years, Jones County Junior College has fielded one of the best softball teams in the entire country. Friday, the lady bobcats took their program to the next level. Located in Ellisville, JCJC held a press conference…
As the hype surrounding Ole Miss hosting its first ever NCAA softball regional continues to grow, so does the legend of Kaitlin Lee. Under-recruited out of high school, the Harrison Central alum never lost faith and now she’s showing out…
Also hopeful for a return trip to the winner’s circle is the St. Patrick softball team. After wearing the 3A state crown from 2012 to 2014, the Lady Irish are now in the midst of a two year drought without…
Since the inception of fast pitch softball in the state of Mississippi in 1995, Harrison Central has won it all four times. The last three of those state championships have come in back-to-back-to-back seasons from 2014 to 2016. In order…
The Gulfport Sportsplex is serving as the host site for the biggest fast pitch high school softball event in the state. Twenty three schools are represented and there are 27 teams overall. News 25’s Jeff Haeger joins us from the…
When it comes to high school softball in the Magnolia State, the Gulf Coast always does it big, especially on opening weekend. The Gulfport Sportsplex is home to the state’s largest fast pitch event. First pitch is Friday for the…
The collegiate softball season is underway. Today, 11 teams are sliding into Gulfport for the third annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Softball Classic. Teams like Baylor, Southern Miss and Mississippi State will play all weekend long at the Gulfport Sportsplex. Tonight,…
It’s almost time to take your bat and balls out of storage. One D’Iberville team is looking for girls to sign up for softball this year. If your daughter is interested in playing softball for the City of D’Iberville’s ASA/USA…
No stranger to bear hugs on the pitcher’s mound, the Mississippi Gulf Coast softball team is no stranger to the NJCAA top 25 poll either. The preseason version was released today where the Lady Bulldogs find themselves at number five…
You may notice a few extra girls and boys in uniform running around Gulfport this weekend. They’re all in town for the GSSA Baseball and Softball World Series which got into full swing today. News 25’s Shelby Myers is at…