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Pearl River County stands atop Region 7-5A after one week of league play on the prep baseball diamond. Both Pearl River Central and Picayune share first place in the region race after sweeping home and home series on Tuesday and Thursday. The Blue Devils knocked off Long Beach 10-1 and 5-1 while the Maroon Tide […]

Softball division play is in full swing across the “Southern Six: this week. Tuesday night saw two tight games in Division 8. In 6A Hancock squeezed by Gulfport 2-1 and in 5A East Central won a back-and-forth affair with Vancleave 8-7.  In the Kiln, Hancock’s Teegan DeWitt, and Gulfport’s Anna Kate Rounsaville got locked in […]

Pass Christian stayed unbeaten in the second week of action in Region 8-4A play on Tuesday night. The home-standing Pirates moved to 3-0 in league play with an exciting 3-2 win over Greene County. Southern Miss signee and senior standout Peyton Lacy came up big for Pass Christian in the win as he hurled the […]

Home-standing Ocean Springs used a big three-run walk-off home run by lead-off hitter Maddox Moreland in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Biloxi 6-3 Tuesday night at Greyhound Park. The win in the interleague battle of Class 6A neighboring foes moves the Greyhounds to an even 8-8 overall on the season as the […]

Both Pascagoula and Gulfport came up with 4-0 shutout wins in Class 6A play in Jackson County Tuesday night. Pascagoula celebrated senior night with a 4-0 shutout win over visiting Harrison Central. The Class 6A interleague match-up was a defensive battle through most of the game, and an error by a Harrison Central outfielder gave […]

Home-standing Pearl River Central got warmed up for upcoming region play with a solid 11-1 win over visiting East Central in match-up between a pair of recent Class 5A state champions Monday night. The Blue Devils moved to 11-5 overall and recorded their fifth straight win with the decision in the contest that ended after […]

The Class eight Class 6A prep baseball teams in the “Southern Six” are using a quartet of interleague series’ this week amongst each other to wrap up pre-region play. The action began Monday night when Hancock traveled to D’Iberville. Play continues Tuesday night when Biloxi heads to Ocean Springs, Gulfport travels to St. Martin and […]

There was other prep baseball action in the “Southern Six” recently as the annual Battle at the Beach was wrapping up it’s 10-day run. Defending Class 1A state champion Resurrection earned a measure of revenge over class 6A foe Harrison Central with a 7-6 win Friday night at MGM Park. Max Askew led the Eagles […]

Region play in prep baseball circles in the ‘southern Six” is a mixed bag of sorts. After all, in Class 4A, Region 8-4A action is already underway after beginning last week while most teams in the “Southern Six” were participating in the annual Battle at the Beach. In Region 4A, the five teams that comprise […]

There was other prep baseball action in the “Southern Six” in addition to the annual Battle at the Beach recently. Hancock swept a home-and-home series with Long Beach last week, winning 9-7 at LBHS on Tuesday and then 9-8 at home in the Kiln on Friday. In game one, Max Garrett smashed a two-run home […]

The annual Battle at the Beach wrapped up its 10-day run Saturday with a tripleheader at MGM Park as Gulfport picked up a  win while West Harrison and St. Stanislaus each suffered losses at the home of the Biloxi Shuckers in the shadow of the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. The Admirals finished up action in […]

The annual Battle at the Beach reached its one-week mark on Thursday as the prestigious event heads toward the finish line. On the antepenultimate day of the annual affair that consists of over 40 teams playing games over a span of 10 days all in the “Southern Six”, George County, St. Martin, Resurrection, Ocean Springs […]

This week has been a busy one on the coaching front in prep football circles across the “Southern Six” One new head coach has been named as well as a pair of new coordinators for a new head coach that has just been on the job for a few weeks. On Thursday, Stone High announced […]

By Bruce Thornton 228Sports Contributing writer Former Biloxi Head Baseball Coach Eddie Loftin began the Bash/Battle at the Beach a couple of years ago and now it has grown to one of the premier high school baseball tournaments in the South.  Lady Indian head softball coach Emily Todd is looking to match that success with […]

Wednesday was a light night of action for “Southern Six” squads in the annual Battle at the Beach, as only a trio of area teams were on the baseball diamond. Pascagoula posted a 12-0 thumping of visiting West Point at Ingalls Field, while home-standing West Harrison got shutout by perennial state power Oxford 6-0. Also, […]

By Hunter Dawkins The Gazebo Gazette Both Long Beach and Pascagoula have new head basketball coaches in place. Kevin Hunt has taken the reigns of the Long Beach Bearcats boys’ squad, while Lakeria Westfield is now in place to guide the Pascagoula Lady Panthers. Both moves were announced on Tuesday after meetings by the respective […]