Browsing: Sports

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 […]

Region 8-4A is perfect so far in the Class 4A South State playoffs. All four teams in that league swept their respective opening rounds series last week as Stone, Pass Christian and Greene County all advanced to the second round. The top-seed in the loop, Stone, smacked South Pike 17-0 on Friday to move on. […]

Three teams from the “Southern Six” have punched their tickets to the South State Semi-Finals, but rain created havoc for most of the teams delaying some games. East Central and Vancleave are set to renew their Jackson County rivalry this weekend as both moved on with sweeps Friday and Saturday. St. Patrick will join them […]

OCEAN SPRINGS — Gulfport got a close win over St. Martin 10-7 Friday night to advance to the second round of the Class 6A South State playoffs. After a slow start to the game, the Yellow Jacket held a 1-0 lead after three innings. The Admirals’ offense came alive in the top of the fourth […]

Woo-hoo! It’s high school baseball playoff time in Mississippi. If you don’t enjoy baseball, it’s alright. Well … not really.…

After Pass Christian started the Class 4A South State playoffs off with a win Monday night over Raymond, a trio of other members of Region 8-4A continued that same type of success one day later. League champ Stone slapped visiting South Pike 12-0 Tuesday night, and both Bay High and Greene County followed suit on […]