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In the high school ranks, Pascagoula center fielder Joe Garry Jr. was the first local product to hear his name called as a ninth round pick of the Minnesota Twins. The speedy center fielder was taken at 274 overall, leaving…
East Central alum Konnor Pilkington didn’t have to wait very long to hear his name called on day two of the draft as a third round pick of the Chicago White Sox. The left-handed junior out of Mississippi State was…
With the seventh-to-last pick of the day, USM’s Luke Reynolds went to the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round. At 308 overall, Reynolds is a day two pick with incredible upside as both the Conference USA Player of the Year…
Late last night, Southern Miss pitcher Nick Sandlin got the call of his life and it sounded like something straight out of a movie. On the other line was his agent who asked him “are you ready to be a…
In the minor league sector, the Biloxi Shuckers are home to a pair of award winners in the form of right-hand pitcher Zack Brown and second baseman Keston Hiura. Today, the Double A duo swept the Milwaukee Brewers organizational honors…
After losing back-to-back games just once prior to the Fayetteville Regional, the Southern Miss baseball team did it for a second time over weekend, promptly ending its 2018 post-season run. USM won its opening game of the tournament versus Dallas…
Up in Oxford, one seed Ole Miss doing battle with two seed Tennessee Tech, match-up of the most wins in all of division I baseball. Eagles put up five more in the 9th as they go on to win it…
Bigger the setback, bigger the comeback would be an accurate way to describe the Mississippi State baseball program. Last year, the Bulldogs dropped their first game of the Hattiesburg Regional only to win four consecutive elimination games to advance to…
Back in 2002, D’Iberville High School football team won the 4A High School State Championship. Now, all these years later, three members of that championship team are back together, but this time in a different way. From bleeding Black and…
Biloxi Shuckers taking on in-state foe Mississippi Braves tonight at MGM Park. Biloxi wins 9-1. They’re winners of two games in a row at MGM Park.
High school softball was a force on the Gulf Coast in 2018 with three programs from the six Coastal counties advancing all the way to their respective title games. St. Patrick was the only one to win it all, leaving…
On the eve of USM’s third consecutive regional appearance, there’s an unwavering confidence that comes from winning both the Conference USA regular season crown as well as last week’s league tournament in Biloxi. Beyond that, Southern Miss is just plain…
Much like the MLB All-Star break features a futures game between the United States and the rest of the world, high school softball on the Gulf Coast does the same thing with schools from the East and West. Tonight, the…
Biloxi Shuckers hosted the Mississippi Braves for game two of the series tonight. Biloxi wins 6-3 to get back on track in the Southern League South standings. Shuckers return to MGM Park for game three tomorrow at 6:35 p.m.
Following the 2014 Conference USA men’s basketball tournament, Southern Miss became the first school in the history of March Madness to be left out of the big dance with 25 wins or more and an RPI better than 32. But…
Up in Hattiesburg, the Southern Miss baseball team has landed on a Friday starter for the upcoming Fayetteville Regional. Ace of the staff, Nick Sandlin, is the man for the job as confirmed by Head Coach Scott Berry earlier today…
After a day of rest for MGM Park following the Conference USA Tournament, it was time for the Biloxi Shuckers to reclaim their first base dugout for a five game homestand versus the Mississippi Braves. While they were gone, the…
For as good as former East Central tight end Brad Cumbest is at football, his senior numbers were even more gaudy on the baseball diamond. Playing both sports at Mississippi State is something that’s been on his wish list for…
Mississippi State opted for a private viewing session this morning even though its regional fate wasn’t really in jeopardy. MSU draws the two seed in the Tallahassee Regional where Florida State will also play host to three seed Oklahoma and…
The Ole Miss baseball team didn’t necessarily need to pad its resume heading into the SEC Tournament, but winning the league crown for the first time since 2006 certainly didn’t hurt. Today, the Rebels were able to kick back and…
Thirty-one automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament and that ice bath dogpile was USM’s ticket to the big dance. But, for all that was guaranteed, Selection Monday would turn out to be a bit of a surprise for the Natural…
Yesterday, the Southern Miss baseball team finished what it started, ending its Conference USA Tournament run with a regional dog pile for the second time in the last three years. After losing to Charlotte on a walk-off homerun Saturday night,…
Double elimination style college baseball tournaments lend themselves to second chances more often than a lot of things in life. Two days ago, Ole Miss dropped its opening game of the SEC Tournament. Rebels needing a win against Auburn to…
As it stands now, the Conference USA tournament has been delayed at least eight different times due to lightning strikes within ten miles of the stadium. The fans aren’t too happy about it. Starting on Wednesday, only 15 of the…