By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

OCEAN SPRINGS — There.are 14 prep volleyball teams in the “Southern Six” still alive in the state playoffs.

Thursday night, those 14 squads will compete in 10 separate matches to decide what teams advance to the South State championship on Monday in six different classifications.

And, the big clash in the Class 7A South State semifinals between Ocean Springs and Harrison Central is this week’s “Vertical Raise Game of the Week” for SouthMiss6 Sports.

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And this week, the prep state volleyball playoffs take center stage.

The Lady Greyhounds take on Region 4-7A foe Harrison Central for the right to move on to the Class 7A South State championship match-up on Monday. The survivor of this match-up will face the winner of the Gulfport-Brandon match-up on Monday with a berth to the overall Class 7A state championship round on the line.

This marks the third meeting this season between the two long time opponents, and OSHS, which finished 12-0 in the region race, swept the two game, home-and-home season series this season with a 3-1 decision on Aug. 12th on the rad in Lyman and followed that up with a 3-0 sweep at home in Hubbard Gymnasium on Oct. 4th.

Ocean Springs is 37-5 overall this season while Harrison Central is 17-5. The Lady Greyhounds are coming off an opening round sweep of visiting Petal tuesday night in the Class 7A South State playoffs while HCHS got things rolling a day earlier and went on the road to Oak Grove and swept the Lady Warriors 3-0 to move on.

While OSHS captured the top seed in Region 4-7A, Harrison Central finished third behind Gulfport. Thursday night’s do-or-die showdown is set for 6 p.m.

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