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Reece Ewing goes to step on home plate after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of Southern Miss' 14-4 win. Photo by Andrew Abadie for The Pine Belt News.

Southern Miss sweeps UAB with 14-4 run-rule win

Southern Miss’ offense continued to stay hot in the Golden Eagles’ 14-4 run-win over the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Sunday.

With Southern Miss having back-to-back conference sweeps, the Golden Eagles now set up a pivotal match against conference rival Louisiana Tech.

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Walker Powell threw a complete game in Southern Miss' first win of the day. The Golden Eagles defeated UAB 4-1 in Game 1 and then 9-2 in Game 2. Photo by Andrew Abadie for the Pine Belt News.

Southern Miss rolls past UAB to clinch weekend series

Southern Miss now rides a six-game win streak after coming away with a pair of wins in Saturday’s doubleheader against the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

It was a balanced pair of wins that featured explosive hitting and dominant pitching in the Golden Eagles 4-1 and 9-2 wins over the Blazers.

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Charlie Fischer finished 1-for-2 with one RBI in Southern Miss' 7-2 win over UAB. Photo by Andrew Abadie for The Pine Belt News.

Golden Eagles take care of business with 7-2 series opening win over UAB

Southern Miss pulled together a successful offensive performance to open its series against the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a 7-2 win on Friday.

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Foster Mitchell scores one of the five runs Oak Grove plated in the sixth inning. Photos by Jesse Johnson for The Pine Belt News.

Big sixth inning helps Oak Grove rally past Petal 6-4 and clinch region title

PETAL – Oak Grove took care of business on Thursday night as the Warriors rallied from a 3-run deficit to defeat rival Petal 6-4 on the road and clinch the Region 5-6A title.

"I don't have the words for what these boys have done this year," Oak Grove coach Chris McCardle said. "We started off not knowing what we were going to have.

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Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Barnes’ leadership and shooting plays key in historic Oak Grove run

Oak Grove’s Jay Barnes already had a reputation of being a prolific shooter entering basketball season, and despite standing at just 5-foot-11-inches, it was not an uncommon sight to have him double- or even triple-teamed.

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Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Greenwood’s stellar year helps ignite memorable season for Lady Bobcats

Sumrall’s Tariana Greenwood is not exactly one of the flashiest basketball players. However, her impact on the court was felt by every team she and the Lady Bobcats faced.

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Zach Jones resigns from Lumberton, heads to Magee

Lumberton is now searching for a new football coach as Zach Jones has resigned to take the head coaching position at Magee.

The move comes after Jones helped guide the Panthers to a 1A state championship win over Biggersville.

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Boys Basketball Coach of the Year: Brumfield’s culture pays off as he takes Warriors to Final Four

Since taking the head coaching job at Oak Grove years ago, Laron Brumfield had been working towards giving a talent-filled area the success that it deserved.

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Girls Basketball Coach of the Year: O’Keefe leaves mark in final season with Crusader program

In just his second season, Matt O’Keefe raised the ceiling with the Sacred Heart girls basketball program.

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Oak Grove alum Cameron Myers and Hattiesburg alum Joronnie Hinton both made the Mississippi Raiders arena football team. Photos by Matt Bush for The Pine Belt News.

Arena football gives former Pine Belt standouts second chance

The start of the Mississippi Raiders arena football team was not only a new source of entertainment for local sports fans, but it has also created a second chance for two former high school standouts.

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Sumrall relief pitcher Hayden Noted retired nine of the 11 batters he faced in the Bobcats' 17-5 win over Purvis. Photo by Van Tyner for The Pine Belt News.

Sumrall run-rules rival Purvis in dominant 17-5 win

SUMRALL – The seniors for Sumrall High well remember the feeling of getting so close to a championship and coming up short.

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Second baseman Ty Little robs a potential base hit in Sumrall's 6-0 win over Greene County. Photo by Richard Thompson for The Pine Belt News.

Sumrall throws third consecutive shutout in 6-0 win over Greene County

Before the start of the high school baseball season, Sumrall coach Andy Davis knew that his pitching staff had a chance to be special. After a 6-0 win over Greene County on Thursday night, the Bobcats' staff has now thrown three straight shutout games and has kept opponents off the scoreboard for 24 consecutive innings.

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SMITH: I love life on the river so much that I missed my senior prom

As long as I can remember, I’ve been fishing rivers all over the states of Mississippi and Alabama for catfish. By the time other kids my age were learning how to tie their shoes, I was learning how to drive a boat on the Alabama River. I’m fortunate to have had family that made sure that I knew how to do this, you know, just in case.

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Remembering my pal Ben Rodgers Lee, a turkey calling legend

The big gobbler was less than 75 yards downhill and closing. That’s when Ben slowly turned to me, raised his headnet and mouthed, “I’ve got to shoot.”

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Ryanne Hornsby struck out eight batters and allowed one earned run off four hits. Photo by Andrew Abadie for The Pine Belt News.

Oak Grove rallies from 3-run deficit to defeat rival Petal 8-4

Tuesday night’s softball game between Oak Grove and Petal was everything the average sports fans could expect in the classic rivalry. The top teams of Region 5-6A entered the matchup, knowing that one win between the two teams could be the difference in obtaining the region title.

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In 40 seasons of coaching, Larry Watkins holds an all-time career record of 900-280 and a winning percentage of 76.27%, which ranks fourth all-time in Mississippi baseball history. Photo by Mark Magee for The Pine Belt News

Larry Watkins earns 900th win in Sacred Heart’s extra-inning win over Lumberton

Larry Watkins has seen just about every kind of baseball game imaginable in an illustrious coaching career spanning more than 40 years.

But he’s rarely seen anything quite like the game his Sacred Heart team won in their Region 8-1A opener against Lumberton Tuesday night at Larry Mixon Field.

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Oak Grove alum Drew Boyd threw five innings in Southern Miss' 8-7 Sunday loss to Louisiana Tech. Photo by Andrew Abadie for The Pine Belt News.

Golden Eagles lose slugfest to Louisiana Tech 8-7

For the first time of the 2021 season, Southern Miss dropped its first weekend series to Louisiana Tech after falling short in an 8-7 slugfest on Sunday.

The biggest difference in the game was the Bulldogs' ability to capitalize on their opportunities.

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Southern Miss quarterback Trey Lowe hands the ball off to running back Frank Gore Jr. in the Golden Eagles' spring game. Photo by Southern Miss athletics.

Four key takeaways from Southern Miss' spring game

First-year Southern Miss football coach Will Hall closed out his spring football with his annual spring game program.

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Charlie Fischer flies out in Southern Miss' second game against Louisiana Tech as the Golden Eagles could only compile three hits in their 4-0 loss in Saturday's second game. Photo by Andrew Abadie for The Pine Belt News.

Southern Miss baseball splits Saturday doubleheader against Louisiana Tech

It was a tale of two games for Southern Miss baseball's first conference doubleheader of the season, as the Golden Eagles split the Saturday games against Louisiana Tech.

After having an offensive explosion with a 14-6 win in the day's first game, the Golden Eagles were then shutout by Louisiana Tech 4-0.

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Wide receiver Tim Jones runs the shuttle run at Southern Miss pro day. Photo by Southern Miss athletics.

Jones and Hemby attract 19 NFL scouts to Southern Miss pro day

It was only two names that were being showcased at Southern Miss’ annual pro day on Friday.

Defensive back Ky’el Hemby and wide receiver Tim Jones attracted 19 NFL scouts to their workouts.

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