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Although it doesn’t feel like fall in Mississippi right now—more like we are walking on the sun’s surface- despite our legendary Southern heat, football is back on the gridiron.

Friday night high school football is back!

I know; I know. It’s way too hot for football, but alas, the time is here – ready or not.

Mississippi has produced many incredible athletes. As seasons come and go, there is certainly not a shortage of athletic talent and ability at The Magnolia State. One that certainly stands out is Jackson Prep pitcher Konnor Griffin.

The Pascagoula Athletic Hall of Fame (PAHOF) will induct its Class of 2023 on August 12, 6:00 p.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn in Pascagoula.

The Executive Committee of the Moss Point Sports Hall of Fame, a donor-advised fund of the United Way for Jackson and George Counties, announced its 21-member inaugural class that will be honored at a banquet on September 21, 2023.

The mystique…the allure…the drama. All the great notable stories in sports have those qualities. They are are the legends and…

Talon Haley and Ethan LaMontagne are living proof of Babe Ruth’s legendary words: “It’s hard to beat the person who never gives up.”

Over 70 boats and 360 anglers will gather in the coming days for the annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic.…

Southern Miss baseball heads to Auburn, Ala. for the 2023 NCAA Auburn Regional, hosted by the Auburn Tigers. The Golden Eagles earned the Sun Belt Conference’s automatic bid to the postseason by defeating Louisiana 6-2 in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship.

In conjunction with C Spire, the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MSHAA) and Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) recently announced…

Class 6A has existed in the Mississippi High School Activities Association for 14 seasons. And a school from the “Southern Six” has never won a state baseball championship in the largest classification in the state during that time. And now, the Gulfport Admirals are the final team on the diamond with a chance to break […]

The last time the St. Stanislaus baseball team made it to the South State finals was in 2015, when the Rock-A-Chaws went on to win the Class 4A state championship. And now, SSC certainly hopes that the same scenario reproduces itself some eight years later. St. Stanislaus earned a trio to the Class 3A South […]

VANCLEAVE — It all comes down to this. After an action-packed first inning, Vancleave hung on to beat West Jones 5-4 on Saturday night. That win ties the series at one apiece with a win-or-go-home game three on Monday in Soso. West Jones slipped past the Bulldogs 4-3 at home on Tuesday night to open […]

Defending Class 5A state champion East Central kept its hopes of a repeat live at home in Hurley Saturday night. The home-standing Hornets held off a scrappy bunch from Picayune 5-1, in the third and deciding game of that best-of-three Southe State semifinal series before a large and vocal crowd. The win thrusts East Central, […]

Resurrection is returning to the Class 1A South State championship series for the third consecutive season. The defending state champs dispatched Enterprise-Lincoln Friday night 7-4 just outside of Brookhaven to wrap up a two-game sweep in the third round of the Class 1A South State playoffs. The Eagles have now won 15 straight games. Resurrection, […]

While the Class 5A South state finals situation will be decided Saturday night, the last remaining Class 4A team from the “Southern Six” saw its season come to an end Friday night. In Class 5A, Picayune forced a third and deciding game with defending stat champion East central with a 7-4 win in Pearl River […]