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The Biloxi Indians sat atop the world of prep baseball 35 years ago as they captured the 1988 Class 5A state championship in dramatic fashion. Under the direction of first-year head coach Chuck Butler, Biloxi overcame a talented and nationally-raked Starkville squad in the best of three state title series winning the third and final […]

The pair of catholic schools in the “Southern Six” still laive in the state baseball playoffs each got off to successful starts in the South State semifinal round in their respective clasifications Tuesday night with each picking up home wins. Defending Class 1A state champion Resurrection dispatched Enterprise Lincoln 6-2, while St. Stanislaus whitewashed Seminary […]

Gulfport remained unbeaten in the Class 6A state playoffs Tuesday night. And in doing so, the Admirals moved within a step of playing for the Class 6A South State championship. Under the direction of veteran head coach Jamie McMahon, Gulfport won its fifth straight postseason game and second against two different opponents in as many […]

A trio of teams from the “Southern Six” are among the four in the Class 5A South State semifinals this week. But only one came up with a win as the two series’ started Tuesday night. Defending Class 5A state champion East Central took yet another step towards defending its crown as the home-standing Hornets […]

(Editors note: This story was inadvertently omitted from publication late last week. Some of these results are not updated. We apologize for the delay.) South Mississippi will be well represented in the South State Softball Semifinals which get underway (last) Thursday night. Division 8-5A leads the way with 3 teams still alive while 8-6A has […]

The rubber match between Stone High and perennial state baseball power Purvis takes place on the baseball diamond this week as the Class 4A South State semifinals get underway. The Tomcats host the Tornadoes Tuesday night to open the best of three series Tuesday night at Kevin Conard Field. This marks the third straight season […]

The Class 5A South State semifinal round has a definitive “Southern Six” flavor to it this season. Three of the four remaining teams alive are from the six most southern counties in the state, as East Central faces Picayune and Vancleave meets West Jones. The next round of play starts Tuesday night with games in […]

GULFPORT — For the first time in five years, Gulfport is headed to the Class 6A South State semifinals on the baseball diamond. The Admirals slipped past visiting Warren Central 10-9 in a wild and wooly affair Monday night at Herbert Wilson Field to clinch a two-game sweep in the second-round series and move on. […]

A total of six squads in Class 6A in th “Southern Six” began the Class 6A South State playoffs almost two weeks ago. And as of today, only one is left still standing. The Gulfport Admirals host Warren Central in game two of their best-of-three series’ Monday nighta t herbert Wilson Field. Veteran head coach […]

The pair of Catholic high schools left alive in the “Southern Six” advanced to the South State semifinals in their respective classifications in fine fashion with some solid individual performances last week. In Class 1A, defending state champion Resurrection moved on after sweeping Sebastapol in two straight games as the Eagles under the direction of […]

The two remaining teams from Region 7-6A alive in the Class 6A South State playoffs didn’t fare well Tuesday night in the opening game of the second round of play. Home-standing D’Iberville, the region champs, fell to visiting Petal 7-3 to begin that series while second-seed Ocean Springs dropped a heart-breaking 5-4 loss on the […]

After sweeping all eight games in the opening round of the Class 4A South State playoffs, the quartet of Region 8-4A squads didn’t fare quite as well as the seond round began Tuesday night. Stone beat Mendenhall 10-4, while Pass Christian fell to Newton County 5-3 and Greene County lost by the same count to […]

Gulfport went on the road to Vicksburg Tuesday night to open the second round of the Class 6A South State playoffs and stunned home-standing Warren Central by handing the Vikings a 3-1 loss. Unfortunately, the Admirals’ longtime arch-rival Biloxi suffered the same type of predicament as visiting Northwest Rankin came in and shout down the […]

Both Region 8-5A champ East Central and league second seed Vancleave came up with impressive wins in differing fashions to open the second round of the Class 5A Sout State playoffs Tuesday night. The home-standing Hornets, the defending Class 5A state champions, exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the second stanza and went […]

The second round of the state playoffs begins Tuesday night, and 13 teams in the “Southern Six” remain alive in the chase for a state championship in their respective classifications. In Class 1A, defending state champion Resurrection advanced under some unusual circumstances Friday in Pascagoula. The Eagles hosted West Tallahatchie in the first round and […]

Vancleave was the first team from the “Southern Six” to advance to the second round of the Class 5A state playoffs, after the Bulldogs beat Long Beach on Saturday. Monday night, Pearl River Central moved on as well after knocking off George County. After falling to the visiting Bearcats last week 4-1 to open the […]