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Barry Lyons, Shuckers kids clinic at MGM Park

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…

Southern Miss Regional Preview

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…

Southern Miss Watch Party: NCAA regionals announced Monday

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…

Conference USA Tournament in review

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…

Mississippi State Regional Reaction

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…

C-USA Tournament Championship Game: Southern Miss vs. Rice

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…

Catching up with former Red Rebel Michael Gilbert

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…

Conference USA Baseball Tournament Day Three

The Conference USA Tournament is back for day three and the number of teams remaining is starting to dwindle. By the time Southern Miss takes the diamond at MGM Park, there will only be five schools remaining. News 25’s Jeff…

Conference USA Tournament: Southern Miss vs. La Tech

From here on out, every Conference USA Tournament game is win or go home for Southern Miss. Today, the Golden Eagles needed to eliminate Louisiana Tech to avoid that same fate on their second day in Biloxi. A big sigh…

C-USA Tournament: No.2 Old Dominion vs. No.7 FIU

Let’s check in with the other side of the bracket, starting with FIU and the only team from C-USA to beat USM in a series this season, Old Dominion. Old Dominion holds off the Panthers in the top of the…

Southern Miss faithful invade MGM Park

Win or lose, there’s always been a special connection between Southern Miss baseball and its fan base even away from the right field roost of Pete Taylor Park. Today, the USM faithful made MGM Park their home away from home,…

C-USA Tournament: No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 8 UTSA

Last week the Southern Miss baseball team put an exclamation point on the best regular season in school history with a three game sweep at UTSA. The Golden Eagles outscored the Roadrunners 39-13, but you wouldn’t have known that based…

C-USA Baseball Tournament

The Conference USA Baseball Tournament is bringing fans in from all over the states to the Coast. Right now at MGM Park in Biloxi, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs are facing off against the Charlotte 49ers, two of the eight teams…

Southern Miss faithful invade MGM Park for C-USA Tournament

The Conference USA Baseball tournament began today at MGM Park. There’s always been a special connection between Southern Miss and its fan base. Today, the USM faithful made MGM Park their home away from home and that’s where we find…

Players arrive for Conference USA Tournament

The Conference USA Baseball Tournament begins tomorrow morning at MGM Park in Biloxi. Eight teams, including Southern Miss, will play in a double elimination tournament. The games begin Wednesday and a champion will be crowned on Sunday in Biloxi. The…

2017 Conference USA Baseball Awards

Some high praise today from those Golden Eagles and there was plenty to go around for the others. The nation’s leader in hits, Dylan Burdeaux, has been tabbed as Conference USA Player of the Year. Matt Wallner as Freshman of…