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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 […]

Defending Class 5A state champion has achieved its first goal on the road to what the Hornets hope will results in yet another celebration at the end of the season. East Central went on the road to Lucedale Tuesday night and brought home an exciting 8-7 eight-inning win over George County to capture the Region […]

(Editors note: Much of this story was written by Creg Stephenson and printed in The Mississippi Press in early May of 2013. Curtis Rockwell, Sports Director for 228Sports, has added some material to the story as well) It was 40 years ago, in 1983, that one of the more talent-laden teams in Pascagoula High School […]

Saturday promises to be a big day for the Pascagoula High School baseball team. The possibilities are endless actually. First of all, the Panthers will definitely celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1983 team winning the state championship at around 1:50 Saturday afternoon, just before PHS hosts D’Iberville in what could be a huge Region […]

The State Softball Playoffs are set to begin April 21, and while only one division title has been clinched three teams in the “Southern Six” can clinch top seeds this week. In Class 6A, D’Iberville has clinched the Division 7-6A title and will draw the first-round bye. Ocean Springs has been playing its best softball […]

Biloxi blazed its way to the top spot in Region 8-6A last week as the Indians swept away Hancock in a three-game league series. The Indians wrapped up the 3-0 week with a 7-3 win over the Hawks Friday afternoon at home at the Biloxi Sports Complex. Ian Henry homered for Biloxi for the second […]

D’Iberville entered last weeks key three game Region 7-6A series with arch-rival St. Martin on a two game league losing streak after dropping the final two contests against Ocean Springs the week before. The Warriors bounced back from those losses to the Greyhounds in fine fashion against the Yellow Jackets, however. D’Iberville swept all three […]