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Under the direction of first-year head coach Hawtin Buchanan, Biloxi remained unbeaten as the Indians begin one of the biggest stretches of play in the regular season not including region games. Biloxi picked up two more road wins in the past couple of days, as the Indians traveled to Carriere on Thursday and knocked off […]

Something had to give Friday night at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. After all, Picayune has never won boys’ state basketball championship and even though Hattiesburg has won two, the last title came 49 years ago in 1974. Plus, Tiger head coach Ernie Watson had been a part of 19 overall state tournaments in the […]

The Picayune High School boys’ basketball team has never won a state championship. The Maroon Tide will try and change that tonight. Picayune faces South state foe Hattiesburg in the Class 5A state championship contest Friday night at 7 .p.,. in the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. Picayune stands 20-15 overall and the Tigers from the […]

By Bruce Thornton 228Sports Contributing Writer The current prep softball season heads into March with no unbeaten teams remaining in the “Southern Six” as Poplarville defeated Harrison Central 3-2 and Greene County outslugged George County 11-10 Tuesday night. The Red Rebels face Stringer and Northeast Jones this weekend and face an exceptionally talented Northwest Rankin […]

Both the Biloxi girls and boys basketball teams enjoyed successful seasons before each saw their respective season come to an end in the past few days with losses in the Class 6A state playoffs. The Biloxi baseball squad, however, is picking up with the same type of success as their counterparts on the hardwood relished […]

There were a pair of Region 8-6A squads from the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the Class 6A girls’ Final Four Wednesday at The Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. But both Biloxi and Harrison Central’s time in the Big House was short-lived, and a pair of powers from the North side of the bracket will play for […]

By Hunter Dawkins The Gazebo Gazette Southern Miss Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jay Ladner was named the Joe Gottfried Coach of the Year in the Sun Belt Conference after producing one of the best turnaround stories in NCAA Division I basketball history. Ladner’s Golden Eagles have racked up 25 wins after finishing with seven a […]

Half of the four girls’ teams in Region 8-6A comprise the Class 6A Final Four in the overall state championship tournament in The Big House in Jackson this week. That’s the reason that Region 8-6A was considered by many as the toughest girls’ league in the state of Mississippi this season. But will that tough […]

The Picayune football team won the Class 5A state football championship back in early December. Now, three months and one day later, the Maroon Tide basketball squad will try and duplicate the same feat. Picayune stunned the Mississippi prep basketball world Tuesday night by thumping perennial state power Jackson Provine 60-49 in the Class 5A […]

There’s yet another big week of prep baseball action on tap this week as early season action continues to unfold on the diamonds across the “Southern Six” while a half-dozen gold balls will be presented in Jackson over the weekend to wrap up yet another basketball season. One of the bigger match-ups to follow this […]

The Picayune boys return to The Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson for the second straight season Tuesday night with a trip to the Class 5A state championship game on the line. The Maroon Tide, under the direction of head coach Eric Vianney, face perennial state power Jackson Provine in the nightcap of a four-game slate at […]

The Biloxi boys enjoyed one of the most successful prep basketball seasons in the state of Mississippi this season. But that campaign came to a crashing conclusion on the playing floor in Poplarville Saturday night. Northwest Rankin put up an outstanding defensive effort and upset the Indians 57-44 in the Class 6A South State quarterfinals […]

Region 8-6A was considered by many as the toughest girls’ league in the state of Mississippi this season in prep basketball. And for good reason. Because half of the four teams in that region will be the only representatives from South Mississippi in the overall Class 6A Final Four at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. […]

Picayune is apparently not only the best boys’ hoops squad in Pearl River County but Jones County as well. The Maroon Tide punched their ticket to the Class 5A state championship and earned a trip to the Big House in Jackson with a 62-42 win over West Jones Friday night in the quarterfinal round at […]

By Bruce Thornton 228Sports Contributing Writer The 2nd week of the 2023 softball season wraps up this weekend as local community colleges in the area host multi-day tournaments. Pearl River Community College and Jones County Junior College hosted events with local teams participating over the Mardi Gras break. Gulfport High also hosted an all-day event […]

It’ll seem like old home week for Region 8-6A as a prep basketball revival unfolds Saturday afternoon at Marvin White Coliseum on the campus of Pearl River Community College. Four premiere Harrison County squads, three girls and one boys, will converge in Poplarville for the Class 6A South State quarterfinals. This round of the state […]