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After 13 years at the helm, Pascagoula head coach Richie Tillman will guide his Panthers on to the baseball field for the final time Thursday night. And, fittingly enough, he’ll do so on a field that was recently named after him. Tillman and PHS take on visiting D’Iberville to end both the regular season as […]

Springtime in South Mississippi always creates havoc for baseball and softball playoffs and this year seems to be no exception.  Game one of the state softball playoffs involving 16 teams from the “Southern Six” was scheduled to begin on Friday, however, the threat of rain has pushed most series to a Thursday night start. Game […]

(228Sports Director Curtis Rockwell and Hunter Dawkins of the Gazebo Gazette combined to produce this report) The playoff positioning in Region 7-5A is complete after action on Monday night. Picayune had already secured the top spot in the league standings coming into this week, and West Harrison was already eliminated for postseason possibilities, so it […]

The playoffs began in Class 6A and Class 5A in the “Southern Six” Tuesday night. Well, sort of…. St. Martin wasted little time in wrapping up the third and final playoff berth in Region 7-6A Tuesday afternoon. The home-standing Yellow Jackets knocked off Pascgaouls 9-3 to secure the postseason spot, in the completion of a […]

Under cool spring skies on April 15, Pascagoula’s glorious baseball past was very much on display at historic Ingalls Field.…

Both D’Iberville and Biloxi captured region championships in Class 6A play in the “Southern Six” Monday night. The Warriors took the Region 7-6A title without even stepping on the field when home-standing St. Martin rallied late to beat Ocean Springs 4-3. A couple of hours later, the Indians produced their own kind of rally and […]

The champion in Region 8-6A will be decided Monday night. Long-time arch-rivals Biloxi and Gulfport are tied atop the league standings each at 6-2 going into their respective region finales. Both teams will be on the road Monday night, as the Indians head to Lyman to face home-standing Harrison Central while the Admirals head to […]

And the beat goes on. Or, if you’re part of the baseball team at Resurrection, the more appropriate phrase might actually be “and the streak goes on”. The Eagles won their sixth consecutive Region 8-1A championship Friday night, completing a two-game sweep of Richton with a 13-3 win Friday night at Lee Tingle Field. Coupled […]

Coming into the weekend, it was already pretty much certain that at least one of the two Class 6A regions in the “Southern Six” wouldn’t know who its three playoff representatives would be until sometime next week. But, after some rainy conditions on Saturday, now the region race in both leagues won’t be decided until […]

East Central won the Region 8-5A championship Tuesday night with a win over home-standing George County. On Friday, back home in Hurley, the defending state 5A champions doubled up their pleasure against the Rebels. The teams met in a doubleheader and the Hornets swept George County winning game one 3-2 and then completing the sweep […]

The softball regular season heads into its final week and D’Iberville, George County and Hancock have all secured first-round byes and division titles. While Division 8-5A and 8-6A along with Division 7-6A playoff seedings have all been determined, the other thre divisions in the “Southern Six” are all still up for grabs. Picayune’s 6-3 win […]

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Almost every other region in the “Southern Six” has somewhat of a clear picture of who’s in and who’s out as far as the playoff picture is concerned. But that’s not the case in Region 7-6A. Not at all. After Tuesday night’s action, both Ocean Springs and D’Iberville are tied atop the region race with […]

The dust settled in Region 8-3A play Tuesday night. Home-standing West Marion out-lasted visiting St. Stanislaus 5-4 in nine innings to win the regular season championship in league play. The win pushes the Trojans to a perfect 9-0 in the region race with just one game to play, while SSC drops to 7-2 in the […]

Three things were settled Tuesday night in Region 8-6A. And that trio of items, thanks to a key 1-0 upset of Biloxi by Harrison Central, was that Hancock was eliminated from the playoff race and the other three teams in the league all secured postseason berths. The win by the Red Rebels ensured them at […]

Picayune may have lost the battle Tuesday night in Region 7-5A play but the Maroon Tide actually won the war as well. Picayune dropped its first league game of the year, falling 4-3 on the road at West Harrison. But that decision, combined with a huge 9-1 upset win for Long Beach over Pearl River […]