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Prep Football: “By the Numbers” looks at the Pirates, and there’s a new “Super 7 in the Southern 6” poll

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Pass Christian head coach Jeff Stockstill has his Pirates off to a solid 8-0 start this season. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

By Curtis Rockwell/Sports Director

We’ll take a look at a couple of current streaks in “By the Numbers” before we get to the weekly poll;

Pass Christian is in some rarefied air this season.

The Pirates are sailing along at a perfect 8-0 with just two games left to play in the regular season. This marks the first campaign in 41 years, since the 1975 season, that Pass Christian has started out at 8-0 and its just the second timed in the modern era of prep football that the Pirates have accomplished such a feat.

A football player wearing a white jersey with 'Pirates' written on it and a blue helmet is being tackled by another player during a game.
Pass Christian wide out Mario Burks breaks past a Moss Point defender Friday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

Pass Christian captured just the second region title in program history last week with a 52-8 thumping on the road over Moss Point. It marks the second consecutive league title for head coach Jeff Stockstill and his squad.

The Pirates are now 33-10 under the direction of Stockstill, who is in his fourth year guiding the ship in the Pass. Last year, He led PCHS to its most successful season in program history as the Pirates went 11-2, after starting off at 2-1 and ending the regular season at 9-1 before advancing to the third round in the Class 4A South State playoffs.

In his short tenure, Stockstill already ranks third overall in total career wins at PCHS, sitting just one game behind Kenny Lyons who went 34-23-2 in six seasons from 12966-1971.

A high school football player in a white jersey with red and blue accents is scrambling to throw a pass while being chased by a defender in a dark purple jersey.
Pass Christian quarterback Paris Trivillion escapes pressure from Moss Point defender Kaden Raston Friday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
A football player wearing a white jersey with red and blue accents is being tackled by a player in a dark blue jersey with white stripes, under stadium lights during a game.
Pass Christian running back Douglas White gets tangled up with Moss Point defender Jonovan Thompson Friday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

Lyons is one game back of Joseph Brown, who went 35-56 in none seasons from 1988-1996.

In that 1975 campaign, first-year head coach Bob Rogers led PCHS to a 9-0 regular season, which is still a standing record, and the Pascagoula River Conference title. The Pirates then beat George County in the Oil Bowl in Citronelle, Ala., to move to 1–0.

However, in a strange occurrence, Pass Christian actually played in two different bowl games that season. After dispatching the Rebels, PCHS fell to host Stone County 17-7 in the Pickle Bowl at A.L. May Stadium in Perkinston on the campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to end that season at 10-1.

A high school football game action shot showing a player in a blue uniform being tackled by a player in a white uniform with red accents. The blue player is holding the football while the white player, under pressure, is attempting to bring him down.
Moss Point quarterback Aiden Evans is flushed out of the pocket by Pass defender Evan Williams Friday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

Hancock North Central actually agreed to cancel the regular season finale with the Pass to open up the possibility of the Pirates playing in Alabama since it was not a conference contest.

“Super 7” in the “Southern 6”

Every Tuesday through the first week in December, we will publish our “Super 7 in the Southern 6” weekly poll involving all 24 prep football teams in our coverage area.

A football player wearing a blue and orange uniform runs with the ball while being tackled by an opponent in a silver and black uniform on the field.
Gulfport sophomore wide out Syniker Taylor, Jr., and his Admirals roll into Biloxi this week. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

The weekly poll is the only one in the state that is voted on by a panel of veteran sportswriters, a few selected area coaches and other media members.

This week is the week nine rankings for 2026.

“Super 7 in the Southern 6”

  1. Poplarville
  2. Gulfport
  3. D’Iberville
  4. Pass Christian
  5. Picayune
  6. St. Martin
  7. Gautier,

(Others receiving votes: Hancock, Long Beach, East Central)

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