For the second straight season, the LSU Tigers are in a Super Regional and so is Mississippi State. The common thread between the two is a former LSU assistant that now occupies the other dugout. Back so soon is first…
During the course of a college football season, the approach is almost always the same: one game at a time. Similarly the concept of one day at a time also applies to Ole Miss following its response to the NCAA.…
At times, the game of baseball can be unforgiving. Costly errors and judgment calls by the umpire sometimes overshadow accomplishments that can only be appreciated later. On the flipside, winning an NCAA Regional Championship is something that can be appreciated…
From the day Ole Miss received its notice of allegations from the NCAA, school officials made it clear of their plans to contest those allegations. Today, they did just that. The Rebels fire back with yet another response to the…
Good news for Saints fans! The pros are making a touchdown in Biloxi this weekend. More than two dozen of the greatest New Orleans Saints players, including some Hall of Famers and several current players will be in downtown Biloxi…
USM’s quest to return to its first Super Regional since 2009 was scheduled to start at 1 p.m. yesterday. Long story short, Southern Miss saw its season come to a screeching halt early this morning. That was after close to…
Perks of rolling through the winner’s bracket in the regional round of the NCAA baseball tournament is having two chances to beat the same team once. Today, Southern Miss needed just one win to advance to Super-Regionals whereas Mississippi State…
After waiting out a rain delay of more than four hours, Southern Miss and Mississippi State finally got things rolling in the Hattiesburg Regional final at 5:45. Originally slated to start at 1 p.m., Mother Nature had other ideas, postponing…
Fourteen years ago, the people of Hattiesburg got their first taste of a regional and they’ve been craving that second bite ever since. Today, the NCAA tournament finally made its first trip back to Pete Taylor Park and the Southern…
It was an exciting game in Hattiesburg today for the first game of the NCAA Regionals. Host Southern Miss faced off against Illinois Chicago in the double elimination tournament. Number one seed USM fell in a hole early, but were…
This is the first regional game Southern Miss has hosted in the NCAA Tournament since 2003. The USM faithful responded by showing out in full force. News 25’s Jeff Haeger joins us from Pete Taylor Park with one of those…
A big part of the hype surrounding the Hattiesburg Regional has everything to do with a potential second day matchup between USM and Mississippi State. But first, the Bulldogs have to take down South Alabama in their first game on…
Perhaps the most important weekend in the history of Pete Taylor Park is less than 24 hours away. Southern Miss is hosting a regional for the first time since 2003 with a trip to Super Regionals on the line. The…
One of the biggest individual accolades a high school athlete can receive is Mississippi’s Gatorade Player of the Year. For baseball, this year’s recipient hails from right here on the Gulf Coast. Yesterday, the award went to former Biloxi Indian…
The Biloxi Shuckers postponed the first Shuckers Kids Clinic at MGM Park due to the possibility of rain. The clinic scheduled for this morning has been postponed until tomorrow. If you have a conflict with Thursday’s date, those registered can…
The Biloxi Shuckers are hosting the first Shuckers Kids Clinic Wednesday and Thursday morning at MGM Park. The kids clinic aims to help youth baseball players along the Mississippi Gulf Coast improve their baseball skills while receiving hands on instruction…
On the diamond, opening day is the time for wishful thinking, even if those thoughts are a little bit out of left field. For Southern Miss, the prospect of hosting a regional wasn’t that farfetched, but there was still a…
For better or worse, three of the teams in the Hattiesburg regional are all pretty familiar with one another, but there’s still one other school that has everyone guessing. USM’s first opponent is the University of Illinois-Chicago, whose mascot is…
After being overlooked as a regional host last year, the Southern Miss baseball team didn’t leave anything to chance in 2017. The Golden Eagles ripped off 14 consecutive wins to close out the regular season and followed that up with…
More Southern Miss for our WXXV Play of the Day which goes to junior third baseman Taylor Braley. Walks it off with a two-run heat seeker in the bottom of the ninth against Charlotte and at that point you’re thinking…
Despite falling short of their second straight C-USA Tournament Championship, the Golden Eagles showed a lot of heart to make it back to the title game after being stunned by UTSA on day one. They got things rolling with a…
Had the end of the regular season gone differently for the Mississippi State baseball team perhaps the Bulldogs would be hosting a regional of their own, but instead it’s off to Hattiesburg. Including the SEC Tournament, the Diamond Dawgs lost…
The Conference USA Baseball Tournament concluded at MGM Park in Biloxi Sunday with a rematch between Southern Miss and Rice. Last year, the Golden Eagles beat the Owls in dramatic fashion to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. This…
In terms of former high school baseball players hailing from the Gulf Coast, Michael Gilbert is about as local as it gets. The Harrison Central alum went on to play at Mississippi Gulf Coast before spending the rest of his…
