For the 1st time in the 73 year history of the MHSAA state baseball playoffs 4 teams from the gulf coast are playing for state championships. Video by Kerry Bass / 228 Sports
Pascagoula honored former head coach Ron Norman tonight on the 10th anniversary of his team’s run to the final four in 2014. Norman now coaches Meridian, who beat D’Iberville today in the Raising Cane’s classic. Great to see Coach Norm!
Breaking news:
@OceanSpringsBSB
Has a new Head coach, as former East Central High and South Alabama standout Ryne Long takes over for Tommy Walker...
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228 Sports FEMALE player of the week: Zaniya Johnson, Biloxi. Zaniya is a freshman center for the Indians. She had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 blocks in a 47-26 win over the
#1
girls team Harrison Central.
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Also, we plan on staffing at least five football games every Friday night with both sports writers and photogs...like back in the days when daily newspapers actually covered prep sports in South Miss., not the way they are now. These kids today deserve it just as much as those of
The Pascagoula Panthers have been hard at work in early pre-season practice in preparation for the 2023 prep football campaign...
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welcomed Southern Miss head hoops coach Jay Ladner down to watch some prep action this week in Gulfport y'all...
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is on fire just like the Golden Eagles are!!!!
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BACK-TO-BACK!!!!! Prep baseball: Class 1A finals game two — Resurrection 10, West Union 1 FINAL.....Eagles win back-to-back state titles for the first time in school history!!!!!
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@Kerry
Bass/228Sports)
The Hancock Lady Hawks knock off West Jones 45-37 in Meridian to move to a perfect 20-0 on the season y'all!!!!
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FEMALE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brooklyn Cuevas, Hancock Hawks.
Senior guard for the Hawks Brooklyn Cuevas, scored 21 points on 7 three-pointers to beat
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53-21 to stay undefeated on the year at 10-0 last week.
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@brooklyncuev12
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wins game 3 against Lafayette and are the 5A State Champions!! Interviews with Coach Edwards, Levi Tapp, Hunter Parker, and Tyler West ⚾️
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Turf Masters Lawn Care, Inc. Player of the Week:
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quarterback Silas Corder. The Panthers picked up a key 46-27 win over West Harrison in Region 4-6A play thanks to a record-setting night by Corder, as broke former PHS All-American Shane Matthews’ career passing
First up, we are both excited and honored to announce that veteran sports writer and South Miss., native DOUG BARBER is joining our staff this year! Doug was the prep sports guru for over 30 years as the lead prep sports writer at The Sun Herald, and now he'll continue his career
Turf Masters Lawn Care, Inc. Player of the Week: Maddox Noblitt, Ocean Springs. Maddox is a junior guard for the Greyhounds. Maddox scored 19 points in a 61-52 victory against Biloxi. The Greyhounds have won 9 straight.
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Ocean Springs travled to War Memorial Stadium to face home-standing Pascagoula in a pre-season jamboree Friday night
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Prep baseball: Class 5A state finals, Game 3 — East Central 11, Saltillo 0 FINAL (In 5) Hornets are back-to-back state champs for the first time ever in school history!!!!!!
Just to be clear here y'all...
We cover prep athletes in the "Southern Six". We don't mention student/athletes when they choose to leave the area for other high schools, and we don't mention them until they resume playing for teams in our coverage area...
That's our policy. We
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!
These 16 senior standouts in the "Southern Six" have been selected to the South Roster for the annual Bernard Blackwell North/South All-Star Football Game:
Dylan Moran, Hancock, QB
Cam Joseph, Gulfport, WR
Terry Patton, Pass Christian, WR
Tristen
Biloxi junior standout Shaneal Corpuz registered a double-double Thursday night tallying a game-high 22 points and pulling down 13 rebounds in leading the Lady Indians to a big 49-32 win over Harrison Central in Region 8-6A play. Biloxi stands 16-2 overall!
Next up, We're excited and fortunate to announce that Rob Sigler has joined our staff here at 228 Sports...Rob has covered prep sports in South Mississippi for most of the past three decades, including serving almost 20 years as the Sports Editor at The Picayune Item under
Just an update Y'all: As we build towards our second season of FULL and COMPLETE coverage of prep sports in the "Southern Six" counties of Mississippi, our staff of writers and photogs continue to grow weekly. Soon, we'll be introducing most of our staff, but in the past two
The Hancock Lady Hawks have done it again, defeating West Jones 62-47 in a thrilling opening round of the Class 6-A tournament! With Brooklyn Cuevas leading the charge with a staggering 33 points!
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Stay tuned right here for all of your minute-by-minute updates from all of today's action at Trustmark Park in Pearl as the MHSSA Baseball State Championships begin y'all!!!!!!!!!!
We have two photographers and two sports writers covering all of your game action.....for
Final from Pontotoc at the Tangle on the Trail: The Biloxi Indians nip Starkville 60-58 in a battle of heavyweights in the Magnolia State....
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Makenzie Knight wraps up interviews today with the series between
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and
#stoneCounty
. A great series and well-fought by both teams! Check out what the Stone County side had to say. ⚾️⚾️
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Next up, were excited and fortunate to announce that Maurice Singleton is joining our 228Sports staff. Maurice is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience & has spent the past twenty-seven years as a freelance stringer for several South Mississippi newspapers
FEMALE Player of the Week: Lariisa Hubbard, Harrison Central. Larissa Hubbard is a 5' 11" senior at Harrison Central. 21pts 12 rebs 4 stls against one of the top-ranked Louisiana teams Ponchatoula 56-49 in the MS LA AL Challenge at Harrison Central High School last Saturday. - 📈
In the last 20 hours, on the first Friday of high school football season, we have published 8 stories from 7 different sports writers along with 8 photo galleries from 7 different photographers all concerning prep football in the "Southern 6"....
NOBODY is doing it like we are
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retired Coach Johnny Olsen’s jersey tonight. Coach Olsen coached RCS 2016-2022. His lucky
#13
is the first jersey in the “Ring of Honor”
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Player if the week: Gautier quarterback Trey Irving. The Gators Gautier went on the road and moved to 4-3 overall on the year and 2-0 in Region 4-5A with their first-ever win over the Wayne County War Eagles in Waynesboro with a 49-33 thumping of the home team.
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Hancock nips Harrison Central 38-36 Tuesday night as the Lady Hawks remain perfect at 19-0 and move to 2-0 in region play.
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is EVERYWHERE Y'ALL!!! More coverage on our 228Sports Facebook Page!
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vs
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post-game interviews with our student reporters. The girls decided to tag team tonight's game. More action on the diamond is happening tomorrow, and
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will be there! ⚾️⚾️
Pascagoula boys 27, Harrison Central 13 at half. Dorian McMillan honored before the game for scoring his 1000th career point for the Panthers last week.
Today Ocean Springs High School honored beloved former head baseball coach Steve Tomaszewski by renaming the field in his honor at Greyhound Park!
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