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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 […]

University of Southern Mississippi head baseball coach Scott Berry saw fit to sign five student/athletes with ties to the Southern Six” to scholarships in the off-season, and the trio that still are in the midst of their prep careers seem intent on making Berry look good. T.J. Dunsford, the reigning 5A Mississippi Player of the […]

In a battle between a pair of early-season unbeaten teams in Class 5A in the “Southern Six”, visiting Vancleave knocked off Real River Central Tuesday night 5-1 in Carriere. The win moved the Bulldogs to a solid 3-0 on the young campaign, while the loss left the Blue Devils with a 3-1 mark. The match-up […]

By HUNTER DAWKINS The GAZEBO GAZETTE PASS CHRISTIAN — Pass Christian Head Football Coach Chase Carmody officially resigned from his position recently. Carmody was hired in 2020 as the head coach leaving his former job as the defensive coordinator of Pearl High School. In his three seasons of coaching, the Pirates have a record of […]

“The Starting 5 in the Southern 6” It’s Week eight of our “Starting 5 in the Southern 6” presented by 228 Sports.com in which each week throughout the rest of the prep basketball season we will highlight five individual performances from the following week as well as five upcoming games that week in our area […]

The Bay High boys and the Pass Christian girls are the only survivors from the “Southern Six” left as the Class 4A Southe State basketball playoffs enter the quarterfinal round. Both the Tigers and Lady Pirates head to Poplarville on Wednesday for action at Marvin R. White Coliseum on the campus of Pearl River Community […]

There’s been quite a bit of cross-region action in Class 5A in the “Southern Six” early in the new prep baseball season and so far Region 8-5A has the advantage over Region 7-5A, And that interleague play will continue Tuesday night in Pearl River County when George County travels to Picayune and Vancleave heads to […]

Defending Class 5A state champion East Central is off to is off to quick start in the new prep baseball campaign. The Hornets of veteran head coach Bo Long have swept four games in the first week of play, including a trio of contests games against other Jackson Couty foes on all the road. East […]

Region 8-6A was considered by many as the most competitive girls’ league in the state of Mississippi this season. And for good reason. That’s because three-fourths of the Class 6A South State quarterfinal field in girls’ basketball is made up of teams from that league. Biloxi, Gulfport, and Harrison Central will all converge on Marvin […]