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USM prepares for North Texas

With their first bye week of the season officially wrapped up, the USM football team is now turning their attention to North Texas. The Golden Eagles welcome in the Mean Green to MM Roberts on Saturday for their second conference…

WXXV Student Athlete of the Week: Moss Point QB Deuce Lee II

Looking for their first winning season since 2015, the Moss Point football team is in the midst of a redesign. After struggling in non-district play, the Tigers stunned the St. Stanislaus Rock-A-Chaws last Friday night 46-38. The key piece in…

MGCCC football ranked number one in the country

It’s safe to say that it was a successful homecoming last Saturday for the MGCCC football team. The second ranked Bulldogs took down Southwest Mississippi 55-24. Another win for the Bulldogs came in the form of a loss as number…

Ole Miss QB named ‘SEC Freshman Player of the Week’

A key contributor in Ole Miss’ 31-16 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday night is being recognized by the Southeastern Conference. Freshman Quarterback and Hattiesburg native John Rhys Plumlee was named ‘SEC Freshman Player of the Week.’ The young signal caller…

Mississippi State heads into bye week

Over in Starkville, the Bulldogs are also trying to get a past a big loss to an Alabama school. Mississippi State lost to the seventh ranked Auburn Tigers last Saturday night 56-23. The Bulldogs struggled on defense, giving up 335…

Ole Miss ready for next week

It was a tough weekend for the Ole Miss football team as they suffered a 28 point loss to the number one ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. The 59-31 loss was a particularly tough game for the Ole Miss defense, who…

De’Michael Harris propels Southern Miss to win over UTEP

On Saturday, Southern Miss led wire-to-wire in its 31-13 win over UTEP and senior running back De’Michael Harris had a lot to do with that. Today, the converted wide receiver was one of five players named to the ‘Paul Hornung…

New Orleans Saints vs. Dallas Cowboys

Prior to this season, the last time the New Orleans Saints went a whole game without finding the end zone was week 14 of the 2016 season. But now, the Black and Gold have failed to score touchdowns twice through…

News 25 Game of the Week: Picayune vs. East Central

An undefeated Picayune pays a visit to East Central in one of the most high-octane match-ups we’ll see on the Gulf Coast all season. Coming in both teams are averaging more than 49 points per game. Picayune-35 East Central-14

News 25 Game of the Week Preview: East Central vs. Picayune

Week six of the high school football season is upon us and so is district play. That makes the ‘News 25 Game of the Week’ extra important for more reasons than one. Tonight’s match-up between East Central and visiting Picayune…

JUCO Football: PRCC vs. Hinds

In the junior college ranks, 1-3 Pearl River hosting 3-1 Hinds, last chance for the Wildcats to get a win in the month of September and that chance wouldn’t last very long. Hinds-51 PRCC-9  

MGCCC prepares for big match

The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Bulldogs remain undefeated through four weeks of the season. The Bulldogs are ranked fourth in the entire country and tomorrow they’ll face their toughest task yet. MGCCC will head north to take on the…

Alabama offense overwhelms Southern Miss

Not all college football games are created equal and that was evident in USM’s 49-7 loss at Alabama on Saturday. Southern Miss had no answer for last year’s Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa, who burned the Golden Eagles for four…

Jevan Snead, ex-Ole Miss quarterback, dies in Texas at 32

Jevan Snead, the former Mississippi quarterback who ranks among the school's career passing leaders, has died in Texas at 32. Police say officers responding to a call found Snead dead in Austin on Saturday night. Austin police provided no information…