Hattiesburg Regional Preview
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…
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Trey Shaffer wins Gatorade Player of the Year
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…
Shuckers Kids Clinic set for Thursday
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…
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…
Predicting the Hattiesburg Regional: USM fans calling their shots
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…
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…
WXXV Play of the Day: Taylor Braley walks it off for Southern Miss
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…
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…
C-USA Baseball Tournament: No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No.8 UTSA
On the first day of the Conference USA Tournament, UTSA exacted its revenge on Southern Miss, who swept the Roadrunners in San Antonio to close out the regular season. As fate would have it, the Golden Eagles had the chance…
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…
Southern Miss Mom Squad: Devotion group supporting sons from the stands
After riding a 14 game winning streak heading into the C-USA Tournament, Southern Miss was living on more than just a prayer in today’s elimination game, but even still a little shot to the big guns upstairs can’t hurt. Prior…
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…
Conference USA Tournament: No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 5 La Tech
The Conference USA Baseball Tournament resumed at MGM Park today and Southern Miss needed a win to stay alive. Last night, the Golden Eagles dropped their first game to UTSA, making today’s game vs. Louisiana Tech a win or go…
Conference USA Baseball Tournament Schedule For Thursday, May 25th
All games played are at MGM Park in Biloxi. 9 a.m.: Florida Atlantic vs. FIU 12:30 p.m.: Louisiana Tech vs. Southern Miss 4 p.m.: Rice vs. Old Dominion. 7:30 p.m.: UTSA vs. Charlotte
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…