The Southern Six is well represented this weekend as 14 teams open the 2nd round of the South State Playoffs. East Central and Pearl River Central are set to open week 2 on Thursday night with a matchup in Carriere. The other 9 matchups involving our local teams kick off with game 1’s on Friday […]

Pearl River Central wasted no time in taking the wind of visiting George County in opening-round play in the Class 5A South State playoffs on Tuesday. The Blue Devils tallied two runs in the first frame and added three more markers in the third inning to take quick command at 5-0 and then followed the […]

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Homefield was the place to be for an advantage Tuesday night in Class 6A play in the “Southern Six”. Both Ocean Springs and Gulfport picked up wins to open the Class 6A South State playoffs, as the Greyhounds bounced Harrison Central 12-2 in just five frames and the Admirals shutout St. Martin 5-0 behind a […]

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By Hunter Dawkins/The Gazebo Gazette And Curtis Rockwell/228Sports Director A quartet of teams in the “Southern Six” got off to a successful start Monday night as the South State baseball playoffs got underway a day early. In Class 4A, Pass Christan, got a combined no-hit shutout on the mound and the Pirates also carried some […]

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LongBeach starting pitcher Eli Hodges wasn’t necessarily overpowering against home-standing Vancleave Tuesday night, as the two teams open their Class 5A South State playoffs series. But he was certainly too powerful for the Bulldogs’ bats to handle. Hodges, a senior, tossed a complete game and got the win as the Bearcats took a 4-1 decision […]

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The first round of the Mississippi High School Activities Association softball playoffs got underway last Thursday and heading into Monday night seven squads in the “Southern Six” have punched their tickets to this weekend’s second round. While the next best-of-three series is set to start this Friday, a trio of teams face win-or-go-home game three […]

The state baseball playoffs are getting off to a bit of an early start across the state of Mississippi as well as in “Southern Six”. Long Beach travels to “The Landing” in Vancleave to start that best-of-three series in that Class 5A opening round match-up with the Bulldogs. The Bearcats are the third seed out […]

A friend once asked, “What is the deal with you people and your mud?” She was referring to Mississippians’ love…