Region 8-3A is expected to be very competitive on the baseball diamond in 2025.Four of the six teams in the region made the postseason last year, including two that reached the state championship finals.St. Patrick and St. Stanislaus will both be looking to make another playoff run.The Irish posted
A familiar face will be skippering Resurrection Catholic baseball this season.Ryan Jordan, who was the coach of the Eagles in 2007, returns to the dugout after Aron Frederick stepped down following a 26-8 campaign that ended with a South State championship run where RCS dropped two of three games ag
A familiar name will be in the dugout when the Resurrection Catholic School Eagles hit the diamond for the 2025 baseball season.Ryan Jordan has taken over the reins as head coach for Aron Frederick, who stepped down after last season.For Jordan, who starred as a left-handed pitcher at Pascagoula Hig
Southern Six high school teams will be well-represented in the annual Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Baseball Games on the campus of William Carey University in Hattiesburg.Three games pitting the South All-Stars against the North All-Stars will take place May 28-30 at Milton Wheeler Stadium.The 5
Vancleave is once again a state champion after the Bulldogs rolled to a 6-1 win over Lafayette in a decisive Game Three to claim the Class 5A baseball title on Saturday night at Trustmark Park in Pearl.It was the first state baseball crown for Vancleave (29-8) since 2018.“I have no words, but seeing
Vancleave will play in a winner-take-all Game Three for the Class 5A state baseball championship on Saturday after Tyler West hurled seven complete innings and struck out 11 batters to lead the Bulldogs to a 2-1 win over Lafayette on Friday night at Trustmark Park in Pearl.“We had to leave it out on
The George County Rebels won their first state baseball championship since 1997 on Friday at Trustmark Park in Pearl, prevailing 3-2 to sweep the Warren Central Vikings in the Class 6A best-of-three series.With the score tied at 2 in the top of the seventh inning, Canyon Reeves singled and knocked i
The Vancleave Bulldogs find themselves with their backs against the wall in the Class 5A state championship series.Balin Bishop lined a single to right field to score Foster Crockett with the go-ahead run in the 12th inning to lift Lafayette to an 8-7 victory over Vancleave in Game One of the best-o
The George County Rebels drew first blood on Wednesday, taking Game One of the Class 6A state championship series with a 3-2 victory over the Warren Central Vikings at Trustmark Park in Pearl.The Rebels grabbed their first lead and the eventual win when Jacob Eubanks hit a sacrifice fly in the botto
George County, playing for a state baseball title for the first time since 2018, will battle Warren Central in a best-of-three series for the Class 6A championship starting Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Trustmark Park in Pearl.Game Two is set for Friday at 4 p.m. and a third game, if necessary, will be pla
Only two Southern Six baseball teams are left standing in the Mississippi High School Activities Association postseason.One of them is Vancleave in Class 5A and the other is George County in 6A.The state championships in all seven classes will take place this week at Trustmark Park in Pearl.This is
The quest for a third straight state championship came to an end Tuesday night for Resurrection Catholic as the Eagles were thwarted by Taylorsville in the Class 1A South State championship series.The Tartars (25-5) scored six runs in the first two innings of the decisive Game Three on the way to an
The 2024 state softball championships will begin in Hattiesburg on Tuesday and three teams representing the Southern Six are in contention to bring home the gold.Hancock, East Central, and St. Patrick advanced after capturing South State titles in their classes.The Lady Hawks and the Lady Hornets to
Vancleave punched its ticket to the Class 5A state baseball championship on Saturday, completing a sweep of South Jones.The Bulldogs (27-7) beat the Braves 8-1 on Friday in Vancleave and 3-0 on Saturday in Ellisville to claim the South State championship and advance to the state title series next we
As the high school baseball playoffs enter the final two weeks, four teams from the Southern Six are still in the running for state championships with South State best-of-three series games starting on Friday.CLASS 6APearl River Central vs. George CountyThese two state baseball powerhouses both had
Pearl River Central will play for the Class 6A South State championship after defeating county rival Picayune 7-1 on Monday in Carriere in the decisive third game of their best-of-three baseball series.The first two games of the series were one-run affairs, but the bats of the Blue Devils came alive
In the popular movie about a women’s baseball league from the 1940s, “A League of Their Own,” Tom Hanks’ character, Jimmy Dugan, utters these words: “There’s no crying in baseball.’’Lee Tingle’s #17 hangs under the scoreboard at Lee Tingle Field in Pascagoula. (Photo courtesy of Tobie Decoteau)Had D
The Northwest Rankin Lady Cougars came into Game Two of the Class 7A softball series against the D’Iberville Warriors with a 29-0 record and ranked No. 3 in the country.They showed it. The Lady Cougars put up three runs in the first and six runs in the second en route to a 10-0 win over the Lady War
Rivals Picayune and Pearl River Central will need a third game to decide their exciting Class 6A baseball playoff series.The Maroon Tide’s Jamie Lumpkin smashed a walk-off RBI double to center field in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Picayune (22-8) to a thrilling 5-4 victory Saturday night
The Biloxi Indians saw their baseball season come to an end on Tuesday in a winner-take-all loss at Brandon in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs.The Bulldogs (20-13) took a 10-0 Game Three win over the Indians (18-12) in five innings.The Indians Leyton Gunter fires a throw for a doubly play a
The high school baseball playoffs continue this week with several local teams advancing to the next round in their quest for a state championship.Here are the matchups in the best-of-three series involving local teams:CLASS 7AOcean Springs vs. BrandonOcean Springs rolled to a 12-4 Game Three win on
Picayune advanced to the next round of the Class 6A baseball playoffs Saturday, completing a two-game series sweep of Hattiesburg with a 3-1 victory in Hattiesburg.The Maroon Tide beat the Tigers 4-3 in a thrilling Game 1 on Friday that took 12 innings to complete.With the game tied 1-1 Saturday, Br
The high school baseball playoffs begin this week for teams in Classes 5A, 6A, and 7A in Mississippi.Locally, a dozen teams will be in action in the first round of the best-of-three series in hopes of claiming a state championship.CLASS 5AGautier vs. South JonesGautier is in the baseball playoffs fo
When the Gautier Gators baseball team takes the diamond Friday in Ellisville, it will mark the first time in school history the Gators have played in the state tournament. That’s a 27-year drought going back to the first year of the school in 1997.The Gators (12-13 overall, 7-8 in region play) have