By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director GULFPORT — The seventh “Southern Six” Senior Spotlight sponsored by Reese’s of the new school year is Gulfport’s Izzi Barnes. Each week throughout the school year, we here at SouthMiss6 Sports will highlight a senior student/athlete… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director BILOXI — First-year Biloxi head coach Jamey Dubose made a significant impact in his first-ever taste of the long-standing rivalry against visiting Gulfport Thursday night.For the first half anyway.Trailing 7-0 at halftime, the Admirals snapped a… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director Week number seven of the prep football season is upon us. And Rock’s Locks is back for more prime prep pigskin picks. Rock’s Locks raised the rook off the place last week with a perfect 13-0… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director PICAYUNE — The last time a hurricane was churning in the Gulf of Mexico during the week of the Picayune-Pascagoula game marked the last time the Panthers managed a win in this series.But that contest was… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director BILOXI —Longtime arch-rivals Biloxi and Gulfport meet for the 102nd time this week Thursday night, and the annual affair between the Indians and Admirals is one of two “Sonic of South Mississippi Big Games of the… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director OCEAN SPRINGS — Entering the playoffs, both “Southern Six” prep volleyball powers OLA and Ocean Springs had both notched over 30 wins on the season.And both the Crescents and Lady Greyhounds continued to roll Tuesday night… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director VANCLEAVE — Home-standing Vancleave made quick work of Natchez in the opening round of the Class 5A South State playoffs Tuesday night.The Lady Bulldogs, under the direction of second year head coach Tyler Denmark, knocked off… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director And then there was… Umm, 20? Entering this week, only four of the 24 prep football member schools sanctioned by The Mississippi High School Association in the “Southern Six” had played a region game in the… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director BAY ST. LOUIS — Two teams struggling for a win collide in Region 8-4A play Friday night here at McCullouch Stadium with what in all likelihood will be a battle for the fourth and final seed… Continue reading

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director The prep football season turns seven weeks old this week, after we managed to get through almost all of the open dates for the “Southern Six” squads in the past two weeks. “A Look Ahead” has… Continue reading