By SAM STAFF/Sports Writer

PASCAGOULA — Pascagoula High will join in the hosting duties on Tuesday as the ninth annual Battle of the Beach enters day five of action.
Tillman Field will see five games featuring seven different teams on its first day in the fray, with the host Panthers facing Starkville Academy in the featured contest at 7:30 p.m.
Action gets underway in Pascagoula at 9:30 a.m., when Heritage Academy takes on Senatobia. The Rebels of HAHS remain on the field for the next game, taking on North Delta at Noon. Senatobia returns in the third game of the day to take on Wayne Academy at 2;30 p.m., and then North Delta does the same in the fourth contest as it faces Columbia Academy at 5 p.m.

Pascagoula then wraps up the day facing the Volunteers in the nightcap.
Tuesday marks the beginning of the Battle at the Beach action at Tillman Field, as Pascagoula will host games on Wednesday and Friday as well.
There will be four varsity games on both Wednesday and Friday, with five games total each day. The host Panthers will also face small school power Tupelo Christian on Wednesday night at 7:30 as well.
Tillman Field will be just one of eight host sites Tuesday in the biggest day of play so far in the BATB. The main host Biloxi High will also host a full day of action with five varsity games just as Pascagoula will, while four varsity games will be played at Gulfport, St. Martin, Ocean Springs and Vancleave. Meanwhile, there’ll be a pair of varsity games at West Harrison and one at Vancleave.

Pascagoula had a rough outing in its first taste of BATB action under new head coach Colton Carver over the weekend,
The Panthers fell to a herd of Mustangs from the Lone Star state as Houston Christian punched the Panthers 10-0 in five frames in the final game at MGM Park in Biloxi.
Pascagoula fell to 4-6 overall with the loss, as the Mustangs ran roughshod over a trio of Panther pitchers.
Rashard Earnest took the loss for PHS, as HCHS jumped out to a quick and commanding 4-0 lead after the first frame and then ended the game early with another run in the second and a five run eruption in the third inning.
Kaden Worley guided the Mustangs with two hits and two RBIs, while Kirby Orth cracked a triple. Worley also picked up the win, as the Panthers managed just two singles off of him and reliever Caleb Medlock.