Mississippi High School Sports News

Alaina Hill may get a street named after her in Cumberland. The junior's two biggest hits of the season led East Webster to the 2013 MHSAA Class 2A championship.

Keith Jernigan's game plan Saturday included a Game 3 in Houston's MHSAA Class 4A state championship series against Newton County.

And it all comes down to this. Picayune and Pascagoula will face off in a one game, winner take all showdown today at 2 p.m., at Ingalls Field for the Class A South State prep baseball championship and the right to play for the state title.

Poplarville's season came to and end in the Class 4A South state finals Tuesday night.

The Kosciusko Whippets were in good shape after Friday night's 8-0 win over the visiting Tishomingo Braves, but a set-back in Iuka on Saturday, a 3-2 loss, put the fast dogs' season in jeopardy.

The hit eluded Oxford Tuesday evening.With the season hanging in the balance, the Charger baseball team consistently found ways to get on base against the defending MHSAA Class 5A champion Hernando Tigers.

COLUMN: RIDGELAND - There was no reason to stress or worry for the Oxford tennis team Tuesday during its match with Stone County at the Ridgeland Tennis Center.A year after sweating things out in a tight 4-3 victory, the latest title victory, the Chargers' sixth in a row and seventh since 2000, was a breeze.

Southern Miss catcher Chase Fowler, right, congratulates pitcher Luke Lowery after the final out against Ole Miss Tuesday night in Hattiesburg.

Nettleton's sixth straight trip to the MHSAA 3A fast pitch softball state championship came through a familiar foe in rival Mooreville.

The Baldwyn Bearcats could have very well packed away their baseball gear away until next season after a demoralizing loss two day ago.

That streak will either end or continue today at Arrow Field at 6 p.m., when CHS will host Desoto Central in the third and deciding game of the Class 6A North quarterfinals.

Northeast Mississippi Community College head softball coach Jody Long continues to add to his 2013-14 signing class with a local signee.

Members of the Ocean Springs tennis team hold up four fingers to signify their fourth consecutive 6A tennis championship, won Tuesday against Madison Central at The Bridges Tennis Center in Jackson.

'He shows Bianca's times to me all the time and tells me, 'This is where you're going,' ' said Washington, who just turned 14.

Ocean Springs senior Daniel Carter, shown here running in the state cross country meet last fall, qualified first at South State in the 3,200 meters for today's 6A state meet in Pearl.

Jacob Stanford and Pascagoula travel to Stone for Game 2 at 7 p.m. tonight. George County plays at Harrison Central at 6 p.m. tonight.

Several area baseball and softball teams will be trying to keep their seasons alive in games tonight.

Houston and Lewisburg probably both think their best-of-three MHSAA Class 4A baseball series should be over.

VIDEO BLOG - Oxford is one win from playing for the Class 5A North Half title.

Pascagoula's Sabree Bakari was the lone Jackson County athlete to win an individual state championship at Saturday's MHSAA 5A track and field meet at Pearl High School.