By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

A trio of teams in Region 4-6A play all eclipsed the 50-point barrier in big league wins Friday night.
Perennial state power Picayune whipped West Harrison 69-50 on the road, while home-standing Pascagouls and George County also produced significant offensive outputs as the Rebels beat Hancock 51-41 and the Panthers popped Long Beach 50-14.
In Gulfport, the Maroon Tide struggled in the first half with the home-standing Hurricanes leading just 35-28 at halftime. But the Picayune defense stepped up in the third period and pitched a shutout over that 12 minutes and the Maroon Tide offense added four more touchdowns in that span to take a commanding 62-28 advantage going into the final period.
Picayune moved to 6-2 overall stayed perfect in the region race at 2-0 with the win.

“We’ve got to have more “want to” than that,” Picayune head coach Cody Stogner said. “West Harrison wanted it more than we did. We got a wake-up call in the first half, and fortunately, we made a few big plays to change momentum but on Monday we’ve got to find a way to start getting better. We are fortunate to win, and that’s always a good thing but at times this was borderline embarrassing.”
Picayune senior standout tailback Darrell Smith continued his assault on opposing defenses as he ran for 253 yards on 13 carries and four total touchdowns.
Smith got things started with a career-best 98-yard scoring scamper and also added touchdown runs of 69-yards and 59-yards. He also caught a 39-yard scoring strike from Tide quarterback Brandon Parker.

Parker threw for two scores, including a 60-yard touchdown toss to Allan Magee. Parker also ran for a touchdown.
West Harrison is now 0-2 in the region race and 4-3 overall.
At War Memorial Stadium in Pascagoula, the Panthers jumped out to a quick and commanding 35-14 lead against the Bearcats at halftime and coasted to the win.

The win evened Pascagoula’s region mark up at 1-1, while the Bearcats are 0-2.

Pascagoula junior tailback Amarie Jackson ran for 150 yards and one touchdown on just 10 carries and he also caught a scoring pass from Panther senior quarterback Silas Corder, Corder threw for three touchdowns, all in the first half, two of those going to Christian Campbell. Tylan Wilson also ran an on-sides kick off back 50-yards for a PHS touchdown in the winning effort.

The Panthers moved to 5-2 overall with the win, while Long Beach suffered its fifth straight loss and the Bearcats have now lost six of their last seven games to drop to 2-6 overall.

And, in Lucedale at Gill-Martin Stadium Friday night, George County held off the visiting Hawks 51-41 in Region 4-6A play to join Picayune at 2-0 in league play and drop the Hawks to 1-1. The Rebels move to 5-3 overall and Hancock is 2-6.
Rebel running back Branden Gautier scored three second half touchdowns and ran for right at 160 yards in the win.

Hawk quarterback Kaison Koennen ran for 183 yards and four touchdowns in a losing effort, while GCHS signal-caller Deuce Knight completed just nine passes but threw for 337 yards on the night and three scores.