By Curtis Rockwell/Sports Director

LUCEDALE — Whether or not the highly-anticipated Class 6A South State championhip baseball series between George County and Pearl River Central gets started tuesday night or at some point later this week, first pitch will mark a bit of history for both sides.

That’s because neither the Rebels or Blue Devils have experienced a week long delay in the middle of a season in at least two decades.

George County and veteran head coah Brandon davis, in his 15th year at the helm of his squad, completed its South State semifinal series sweep over Hancock eight days ago. PRC, under the direction of second-year mentor Buddy Turnage, has been off for a week since eliminating west Jones seven days ago.

Due to biblical like rain, the series has already been delayed three times and four days since its original scheduled start date late last week. Neither team has gone more than five days in the last 20 years without playing a game during a single campaign.

George County is now set to host Pearl River Central Tuesday night in game one here at Claude Passeau Field. Game two is set for Thursday night in Carriere, as the teams decide which will earn a trip to the overall Class 6A state finals. Game times both nights is 7 p.m.

A third and final game, if necessary, will be back in Lucedale Friday night. All weather permitting of course.

The Rebels are expected to send Bradyn Havard and Carson Pierce to the pitchers mound in game one and two as starters, and the Blue Devils should counter with Roman Mitchell and Ayden Radosta in no specific order.

The pair of old and familar foes in GCHS and PRC are about to face off for the fifth straight year in the postseason, and for the third consecutive season in the Class 6A South State Championship series.

George County, the Region 3-6A champ, is 23-9 overall this season after winning the past Region 4-6A titles the past two campaigns. However, PRC, now at a solid 27-6 overall, is now the Region 4-6A top seed after taking the title in Region 3-6A the past two seasons.

The two teams swapped regions over the Summer during bi-annual reclassification by the MHSAA.

n this round, the Blue Devils will be looking for some revenge after George County has sent them packing the last two years in the same round. The Rebels went on to win the 2024 Class 6A state title, before falling to Saltillo in the finals last year.

The Rebels, who are looking for their third straight trip to the state finals for the first time in program history, swept both Hancock and Long Beach so far in the playoffs to get to this point.

George County did play in three of four state title rounds from 2015-2018.

The Blue Devils, meanwhile, took two-of-three from West Jones last week after sweeping Terry easily to open the postseason.