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PRCC vs. Hinds

PRCC hosted Hinds, the only undefeated team in the MACJC South. Hind Eagles get the best of the PRCC Wildcats in this battle for first place, winning by the final score of 42-16. Pearl River hits the road for a…

Mississippi State safety played for Georgia in 2015

Mississippi State Defensive Coordinator Todd Grantham is pretty familiar with Georgia. He spent four years there before going to Louisville, but as it turns out he’s not the only Bulldog that spent some time between the hedges. One of the…

D’Iberville football embracing fresh start

With pre-district games now on the backburner, 6A schools like D’Iberville are about to enter the depths of the second season. Region 4 play takes center stage on Friday with the Warriors looking to defend their crown at Biloxi. They…

Ole Miss looks to rechannel aggression

As far as coaching debuts go, Matt Luke’s went about as well as possible for about two and a half games. The Gulfport native led Ole Miss to a pair of wins to start 2017, but eventually ran into some…

Saints trade away Stephone Anthony

The Saints started the 2017 season with a pair of homecoming games featuring Adrian Peterson’s return to Minnesota and Brandin Cooks coming back to New Orleans. Today that homecoming tour just got even longer. The Saints have traded away linebacker…

Saints start 0-2 for the sixth time in Sean Payton era

Five previous times during the Sean Payton era the New Orleans Saints started the season with two or more straight losses and at no point during any of those seasons have they made the climb back over .500. That’s the…

Ole Miss students will vote on mascot

Years after it traded Colonel Reb for a bear, the University of Mississippi could again change its sidelines mascot. Student government president Dion Kevin III announced Monday that students will vote next week on changing from a black bear to…

Biloxi Shuckers update

Today was a big day for Aaron Wilkerson and Corbin Burnes. The former has finally made his way up to the Big Leagues after being called up by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Triple AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox. The…

High School Football: East Central vs. Hazlehurst

With district play on the horizon for the East Central football team, tonight’s game versus Hazlehurst is not only its final tune up but perhaps its tallest task yet. News 25’s Tanner Stewart is in Hurley with more on the…

High School Football: Long Beach vs. Greene County

Just five weeks into the high school football season, the top dogs are starting to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. Tonight there was only one match-up of two undefeated teams on the Gulf Coast between Long Beach…

Football schedule for WXXV this weekend

Saturday WXXV-FOX – 3:30pm Nebraska @ Oregon; 7:30pm Stanford @ USC WXXV-NBC – 6:30pm Georgia @ Notre Dame Sunday WXXV-FOX – Noon Atlanta @ Chicago; 3:25pm Seattle @ Green Bay WXXV-NBC – 7:20pm NY Giants @ Dallas Image License MGN…

Southern Miss staying the course at QB

The Southern Miss football team went into the opening week of the season with two viable options at quarterback, but two games into the new year the coaching staff has settled on one guy under center. Kwadra Griggs remains atop…

Mississippi State remains unbeaten

For Mississippi State defensive lineman Jeffrey Simmons, it’s been an uphill climb before ever taking his first snap at the division I level. He’s starting to become known for his play on the field as he continues to repair his…

Pascagoula senior running back sets new single game mark

On Friday night, Pascagoula senior running back Dalvin Abney went off against Gautier. He racked up 355 yards on the ground, by the time it was all said and done, to go along with four touchdowns. That breaks the previous…

Ole Miss meets with NCAA committee on infractions Monday

As Ole Miss prepares for its biggest game of the season at Cal Berkeley, it’s also fighting for the fate of the football program for years to come at this week’s hearing with the NCAA committee on infractions. This morning,…