No bowl bid for Southern Miss
Southern Miss was denied their fourth consecutive bowl game bid. The Black and Gold, who have been bowl eligible in 22 of the past 25 seasons, rallied to win three out of their last four to even hit the six-win…
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Hornet Heartbreak: Poplarville falls to Louisville in 4A Title Game
Saturday, history repeated itself in the 4A State Title Game with the Poplarville Hornets coming up just short of a championship for the second time in three years. The greater the success sometimes the greater the heartbreak and that was…
Poplarville prepares for 4A State Title game
Poplarville Hornet football team's last two runs to the 4A state championship game both started the same way, a season opening loss at St. Martin in 2016 and a season opening loss at Picayune in 2018. Thirty-eight wins later, Poplarville…
Resurrection’s Scott Sisson stepping down
Resurrection Catholic looking to fill some big shoes with head football Coach Scott Sisson stepping down from the program this week. During his six seasons with the Eagles, Sisson led the team to an overall record of 51-24 including a…
Poplarville building championship program
Poplarville’s last two runs to the 4A state championship game both started the same way, a season opening loss at St. Martin in 2016 and a season opening loss at Picayune in 2018. Other than that, the Hornets have only…
Southern Miss AD plans to interview with ECU, hasn’t accepted job
As Southern Miss eagerly awaits a potential invitation to its fourth straight bowl game, the athletic department is eagerly awaiting a potential decision from Athletic Director Jon Gilbert. According to reports, the second year AD has been contacted by East…
High School Boys Basketball: West Harrison vs. St. Martin
Throughout the early part of the high school basketball season, the St. Martin boys have been one of the pleasant surprises on the Gulf Coast. The Yellowjackets came into tonight’s game at West Harrison at 5-0 despite losing their top…
Student Athlete of the Week: Chase Shears- Poplarville Hornets
The weekly stat lines of our News 25 Student Athlete of the Week are hard to comprehend. Poplarville running back Chase Shears has only 63 carries on the season, but 19 of those have gone for touchdowns. The standout junior…
Mississippi State DT wins Conerly Trophy
Mississippi State is home to one of the best defenses in all of college football thanks in large part to Jeffrey Simmons. Tonight, MSU’s anchor on the defensive line validated his place as the best player on that defense and…
Record setting heartbreak for LSU Tigers
Back in 2009, LSU lost a game at Ole Miss due to poor clock management, coming up one second short at the Rebels’ five yard line. Which brings us to Saturday when the officials put one second back on the…
Southern Miss football is bowl eligible
USM’s bowl chances took a big hit following a heartbreaking overtime loss at UAB, but not to be denied, Southern Miss responded with two straight wins to close out the regular season. That puts the Golden Eagles at 6-5 following…
New Orleans Saints maintain singular approach
After piling on their 10th consecutive win on Thursday, it appears that the only team capable of stopping the New Orleans Saints is the Saints and their way of preventing that is being cliché. One game at a time, albeit…
HORNET BOWL PART II
On Friday, Poplarville (13-1) and East Central (12-1) laid it all on the line in the second rendition of the Hornet Bowl for the 4A South State title.
Ocean Springs running back Micah Kelly offered by Indiana State
Ocean Springs senior running back Micah Kelly is really starting to grab some attention, having pulled in yet another division I offer today. Like his cousin, Ham McGee over at St. Martin, Kelly is being recruited by Indiana State, in…
Former St. Martin wide receiver Kalem Reddix commits to Louisiana
Today, St. Martin alum Kalem Reddix finally found a home in the division I ranks. The University of Louisiana has accepted his commitment to the program after finishing second in receptions during his lone season at East Mississippi Community College.…
Hornet Bowl Part 2: East Central, Poplarville ran crash course to 4A South State
Thanksgiving and football just seem to go together, but for most people that experience is a tryptophan induced food coma before the end of the first quarter as opposed to actually playing football. East Central and Poplarville can’t afford to…
High School Boys Basketball: Gulfport vs. McGill-Toolen
Gulfport took on another team from the Mobile area in McGill-Toolen. McGill-Toolen: 50 Gulfport: 47 Moss Point: 63 Laurel: 54
High School Boys Basketball: St. Martin vs. Baldwin Co.
Now football isn’t the only high school sport in session over the holidays with a half-dozen boys basketball teams and half of those being local, taking part in St. Martin’s fourth annual Joe Barlow Thanksgiving Invitational this week. This is…
Picayune’s return to 5A South State
Picayune head football Coach Dodd Lee says he’d drive all the way to Arkansas just to play in this year’s state title game. Thankfully for him, that 5A clash is less than an hour up the road in Hattiesburg, but…
High School Girls Basketball: Gulfport vs. East Central
Sania Wells has a lot to be thankful for this year, having just signed her National Letter of Intent with Auburn last week. With that big day now behind her, the East Central basketball star can go back to being…
Ham McGee offered by Indiana State
St. Martin running back Ham McGee is the recipient of his second division I offer courtesy of Indiana State. The graduating senior tells News 25 his other D1 look came from Southern Miss during his sophomore year to go along…
Saints march to 9th straight win
There’s domination and then there’s whatever the Saints are doing. Yesterday, they ran laps around the Philadelphia Eagles en route to their ninth straight and made some history in the process as well. That 48-7 triumph is the largest margin…
Conerly Trophy finalists announced
Despite not going to a bowl game in each of the past two seasons, the Ole Miss nominee for the Conerly Trophy has gone on to win the award anyway. That could happen again this year with the 2017 recipient…
High School Football: Poplarville vs. South Pike
Tonight, Poplarville was looking for its 12th win in a row, rolling out the welcome mat for the South Pike Eagles at the Hornet’s Nest. Poplarville-49 South Pike-28. Picayune-41 Laurel-22