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The second round of the state playoffs begins Tuesday night, and 13 teams in the “Southern Six” remain alive in the chase for a state championship in their respective classifications. In Class 1A, defending state champion Resurrection advanced under some unusual circumstances Friday in Pascagoula. The Eagles hosted West Tallahatchie in the first round and […]

Vancleave was the first team from the “Southern Six” to advance to the second round of the Class 5A state playoffs, after the Bulldogs beat Long Beach on Saturday. Monday night, Pearl River Central moved on as well after knocking off George County. After falling to the visiting Bearcats last week 4-1 to open the […]

Region 8-4A is perfect so far in the Class 4A South State playoffs. All four teams in that league swept their respective opening rounds series last week as Stone, Pass Christian and Greene County all advanced to the second round. The top-seed in the loop, Stone, smacked South Pike 17-0 on Friday to move on. […]

Three teams from the “Southern Six” have punched their tickets to the South State Semi-Finals, but rain created havoc for most of the teams delaying some games. East Central and Vancleave are set to renew their Jackson County rivalry this weekend as both moved on with sweeps Friday and Saturday. St. Patrick will join them […]

OCEAN SPRINGS — Gulfport got a close win over St. Martin 10-7 Friday night to advance to the second round of the Class 6A South State playoffs. After a slow start to the game, the Yellow Jacket held a 1-0 lead after three innings. The Admirals’ offense came alive in the top of the fourth […]

Woo-hoo! It’s high school baseball playoff time in Mississippi. If you don’t enjoy baseball, it’s alright. Well … not really.…

After Pass Christian started the Class 4A South State playoffs off with a win Monday night over Raymond, a trio of other members of Region 8-4A continued that same type of success one day later. League champ Stone slapped visiting South Pike 12-0 Tuesday night, and both Bay High and Greene County followed suit on […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 quartet of teams in the “Southern Six” headed into state playoff action in their respective classifications faced off to end the regular season on the diamond on Saturday. In Lucedale, George County knocked off visiting Harrison Central 3-0 Saturday afternoon. Both teams will be the number three seeds in their regions, the Rebels in […]

Ocean Springs and Stone wrapped up the regular season last week in much different fashion. The Greyhounds, who finished second in Region 7-6A action, seem to be in fine form heading into the state playoffs after beating St. Stanislaus on Tuesday 18-5 and then topping the Tomcats on Saturday 14-4 during “Senior Day”. Stone, after […]