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MERIDIAN, Miss. — No. 2 Pearl River baseball split a two-game round robin tournament Saturday, homering four times as it defeated Northwest 7-3 before it fell 7-1 against Meridian.
"You have got to separate the games," head coach Michael Avalon said. "I don't think we played great in the first game, but we played well enough to win. We've got to do a better job of scoring runners in scoring position. We also have to do a better job of making big pitches and getting out of jams."
GAME ONE
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In its first home baseball game of the season, Hattiesburg turned in what interim head coach Chris Bendenbaugh called its most complete performance of the year.
Behind a dominant first varsity start from EJ Cox and an offense that produced nine hits — including five for extra bases — the Tigers run-ruled North Forrest 11-0 in five innings Tuesday night in non-district action.
By DIMA MIXON on
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It took the Sumrall boys just 80 minutes of near-perfect soccer to wipe out three years of playoff misfortune.
After coming up short in the final minutes of playoff losses in 2023 and 2025, the Bobcats left nothing to chance Tuesday night in the Class 5A South State boys soccer championship, dominating Northeast Jones from start to finish in a 2-0 victory at Lions Field.
Sumrall (21-7-1) will battle Pontotoc at noon Saturday at Germantown High School for the 5A state title, with the boys hoping to add a gold trophy to the Class 4A championship the Bobcat girls won in 2024.
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Each week, I’ll be grading Southern Miss overall performance the week prior every Monday.
Normally, that will include the full week: midweek games and the weekend series. Since the season started Friday, we’re working with just the three-game set against UC Santa Barbara this time.
And fair warning — these grades may feel tough.
By DIMA MIXON on
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In spite of the trendy push for using mostly native plants in our gardens, our backyards remain among the few places where few people pay much attention to country of origin; we happily grow plants from all over the world in close harmony.
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Professor of Art at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Jeff Brown demonstrates various techniques for Jones College students while on the pottery wheel, shaping clay into large pieces of stonework.
Jones College art students and those interested in the creation of art enjoyed a special demonstration by two artists, Jeff Brown and Benjie Heu in the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery on campus. The art instructors’ collection of ceramic sculptures and stonework pottery has been on display at the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery for the last month. Students learned how Heu builds his unique characters out of clay and molds the parts together before adding intricate designs, bringing his creatures to life.
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There are places that Science Fiction takes you: the stars, distant planets, galaxies we never knew were in existence. Inside of those journeys, there is travel and there is even time travel. In other words, no boundaries exist for storytelling. So, the Fantasy side of SciFi relies upon the creation of what we will call an "alternate reality." In its sub genre Speculative Fiction, this phenomena often turns a mirror on the current ills of society. In Literature, you really cannot have an illness without some bout with horror.
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MERIDIAN, Miss. — The Pearl River men's basketball team couldn't fend off a second-half surge at Meridian Monday night, falling to the Eagles 70-69.
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MERIDIAN, Miss. — The Pearl River women's basketball team turned a halftime adjustment into a dominant second half of basketball Monday night, pulling away from Meridian for a 70-49 road victory.
With the victory, PRCC remains tied atop the conference with rival Gulf Coast at 9-1.
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Intention and innovation are around every corner at Mississippi’s first children’s museum.
There are certain places in Mississippi that don’t just hold space — they hold seasons of life.
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport is one of those places.
I used to take my sons there when they were little, in the days of snack cups and “Mama, watch this!”—a pure slice of motherhood.
By Meredith Biesinger - Magnolia Tribune on
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Speaker Jason White called the 90-second Senate Education Committee hearing that killed HB 2 a “theatrical committee performance.”
While expressing frustration over the failure of school choice legislation this session, Speaker of the Mississippi House Jason White (R) said Monday that calling a special session to reconsider the bill is “not off the table.”
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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With the 2026 tax season in full swing, the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Atlanta Field Office officials have urged taxpayers to remain vigilant against unethical tax preparation services. The IRS-CI identified $4.5 billion in tax fraud for the fiscal year of 2025, which is more than doubled from the previous year.
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The University of Southern Mississippi’s Humanities Teacher Award committee has selected Dr. Timothy Gutmann, an assistant professor of religion in the Philosophy, Religion and Law program in the School of Humanities, to receive the award administered through the Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC).
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I'm betting that one of the most unappreciated spots in Hattiesburg is downtown's Walnut Square. As the name gives away, it's located on Walnut Street — where else? That end of Walnut is surprisingly active, with a number of businesses concentrated in the area, including the charming Walnut Square Pharmacy & Gifts, a delightful departure from the bland, corporate big-box pharmacies on the west side of Hattiesburg. The store is filled with one-of-a-kind gift items that you won't find anywhere else in town.
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Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
Calvin Coolidge slashed spending and the national debt. He cut taxes and championed American business. Coolidge ushered in the unbridled success of the Roaring 20s, and yet, he’s forgotten.
At a Washington dinner party, a socialite sidled up to President Calvin Coolidge with a mischievous smile. “Mr. President,” she said, “I’ve made a bet that I can get you to say more than three words.”
Coolidge looked at her, expression unchanged, and replied, “you lose.”
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EUNICE, La. — The No. 7 Pearl River softball team hit the road Sunday for a top-15 showdown with No. 13 LSU Eunice. The Wildcats dropped a hard-fought opener, 3-2 in extra innings, before responding with an emphatic 8-4 win in the nightcap to earn the split.
"This is the first time we've been on the road and had to play someone at their house," head coach Christie Meeks said. "It was a great learning experience against a really good team fighting on its home field, and I'm proud of how we responded after an emotional game."
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It was only fitting that a series that felt more like a Super-Regional in June than an opening weekend in February ended in chaos.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and the crowd at Pete Taylor Park on its feet, Matthew Russo never saw a strike. UC Santa Barbara reliever Nic Peterson missed four times, and Russo raised his arms as Seth Smith touched home plate, giving Southern Miss a 6-5 walk-off victory to clinch a dramatic opening weekend series against UCSB.
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William Carey men's basketball came out blazing and never took its foot off the gas, defeating Mobile 94–72 in a high-energy conference showdown Saturday afternoon.
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