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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 […]

The Picayune is the sole survivor in the “Southern Six” in Class 5A boys’ play after Saturday night. The Maroon Tide mauled visiting South Jones Saturday night at Kelly Wise gym 66-20 in the second round of the Class 5A state playoffs. The win moves Picayune into the quarterfinal round just up the road to […]

For the second time in five days, the Terry High Bulldogs upset a highly-ranked team from the “Southern Six” in the Class 6A boys’ state basketball playoffs. On Tuesday it was Gulfport, and on Saturday it was the Pascagoula Panthers that saw their season come to an end at the hands of the Bulldogs. Visiting […]

A pair of girls teams in the “Southern Six” extended their seasons by at least another game with big wins in the state basketball playoffs Friday night while yet another three area squads saw their respective seasons come to an end. In Class 5A action, the home-standing West Harrison ‘Canes nipped Wayne County 38-36 in […]

D’IBERVILLE — The Gulfport girls knocked off the home-standing D’Ibervile Lady Warriors in one of the biggest games in the state basketball playoffs Friday night. The Lady Admirals blew past DHS 64-43 in the second round of the Class 6A bracket to advance to the South State quarterfinal round in Poplarville beginning on Thursday against […]

BILOXI — The home-standing Biloxi girls and boys basketball teams opened the Class 6A playoffs each in fine fashion Friday night against visiting Meridian. In the night’s first game at the Biloxi Sports Arena, the Lady Indians bounced by the Lady Wildcats 53-34, and the Indians followed that up with an exciting 68-65 decision over […]

The most successful head baseball coach in the history of Ocean Springs High School, as well as one of the tops in the annals of South Mississippi, will be honored Saturday,  The home diamond of the OSHS Greyhounds will be dubbed “Steve Tomaszewski Field” in ceremonies preceding the Ocean Springs-Murphy (Mobile, Ala.) game at Noon. […]

With all opening-round match-ups complete, all eyes in the prep basketball circles across the state of Mississippi turn to the upcoming weekend as second-round action tips off. For the most part, all girls’ games will take place Friday night while the boys will play on Saturday. But there are a few cases involving teams from […]

By Bruce Thornton WRBE Radio The 2023 Fast Pitch softball season got underway this week as 24 teams across the southern six counties of South Mississippi begin their quest for a state championship.  East Central was the only one of those teams last year that advanced to the championship series in 5A but fell to […]

In the midst of the craziness that surrounds prep basketball in South Mississippi in early-to-mid February every year as region tourneys and subsequently, state playoffs commence in gyms across the “Southern Six” outdoors on diamonds and fields prep baseball comes alive as well. And this season is no different. While almost 40 prep basketball squads […]

Ocean Springs has a new head football coach in place. Greyhound administration announced earlier this week that OSHS offensive coordinator Jake Bramlett has been elevated to the top spot of the gridiron program. Bramlett replaces Blake Pennock, who left OSHS after three very successful seasons for a similar post at Gulfport High. Bramlett expressed his […]

On Monday night in girls’ Class 5A state playoff action on Monday night, the four teams in the “Southern Six” all came up short and saw their respective seasons come to an end.  On Tuesday night, as the boys’ joined the fray, things were only a bit better for the quartet of area teams on […]

By Curtis Rockwell/228Sports and Hunter Dawkins/The Gazebo Gazette Results varied for the six “Southern Six” squads in the opening round of the Class 4A state playoffs Monday and Tuesday night. Both Bay High teams picked up wins at home to advance to the second round of action as the Lady Tigers beat Jackson Lanier 54-30 […]

The Resurrection Eagles stood strong in the opening round of the boys’ Class 1A state basketball playoffs Tuesday night in Pascagoula. But in the end, visiting Sebastopol pulled out a 63-58 win in overtime to eliminate RCS from the postseason in the process. The Bobcats led throughout most of the first three quarters, including 37-25 […]

It was a mixed bag of results for Class 6A squads in the “Southern Sox” Tuesday night in the opening round of the state playoffs. Five area teams were in action, but only two survived as the other three saw their respective seasons come o. sudden halt. The Gulfport girls traveled along with their male […]