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New era begins for Laurel baseball with new field

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As of Tuesday evening, the Laurel High Golden Tornado baseball team finally has a field they may call home

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Southern Miss Athletic Director search underway

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A 21-member search committee began work on Monday toward identifying the University of Southern Mississippi's next athletic director. 

Saturday Sports Scores

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College and high school basketball scores

Friday Sports Scores

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College baseball, softball, and high school basketball scores

South State Thursday scores

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Boys- Bay High- 61 West Lauderdale- 41 Bay Springs- 43 East Webster- 41 Port Gibson- 68 Columbia- 65 Bassfield- 82 Scott Central- 61 William Sullivan- 75 Taylorsville- 63 Bay Springs-

Watson's three saves Golden Eagles, leads to 77-69 overtime win Video included

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Down three and the clock showing 6.1 seconds left to play, transfer sophomore Neil Watson sprinted up court, let it fly from the left wing, and connected from three to force Southern Miss and Tulsa to overtime with .05 seconds left to spare.

MHSAA tournament: tuesday scores

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*All scores are boys contests 6A St. Martin- 41 Hattiesburg- 61 Oak Grove- 37 Biloxi- 42 5A Moss Point- 37 Wayne County- 57 Wingfield- 72 West Harrison- 70 Pascagoula-

MHSAA playoff first round scores

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*First round is all girls contests Richland- 42 Forrest County AHS- 48 Wayne County- 68 Pascagoula- 62 F/2 0T Biloxi- 30 Hattiesburg- 73 Oak Grove- 35 Ocean Springs-

Universities announce plans to form conference

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Presidents and chancellors from 16 universities met in Dallas Sunday to discuss future conference membership plans and agreed to work on forming a new intercollegiate athletic association that would begin competition in the 2013-14 academic year.

Championship Friday Scores

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BOY'S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Hattiesburg - 54 Oak Grove - 45 Wayne County - 83 South Jones - 58 Pass Christian - 44 West Marion - 42 Laurel - 72 West Lauderdale - 58 Columbia- 72 Tylertown-

Thursday Sports Scores

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Thursday Sports Scores, February 9th

UAB snaps 5-game winning streak, beat Southern Miss 71-61

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Three players scored in double figures for the Golden Eagles (20-4, 7-2), but the Blazers (10-13, 5-5) out-rebounded the black and gold by nine and used tough defense and stout shooting in the last four minutes to prevent a Southern Miss comeback.

Regional Basketball Finals

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5-6A Meridian Boys Oak Grove- 58 Meridian- 48 Hattiesburg- 58 Petal- 53 Girls Oak Grove- 57 Meridian- 30 Hattiesburg- 72 Petal- 38 5-5A South Jones Boys Wayne County- 75 West

University of Memphis fans excited to join Big East Video included

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Many in Memphis have been celebrating the Tigers' move out of Conference USA and hope it means Big East fans will be packing Tiger Lane come 2013.

Hattiesburg Lady Tigers allowed to continue into post-season, court rules

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The case is not over, but as of now, the Lady Tigers, and Griffin are allowed to start post-season play

Sacred Heart captures state title

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The Sacred Heart boys soccer team captured the 3A/2A/1A state championship Friday with a 3-1 win over Philadelphia High School.

Favre, Guy among legends to attend Evening with Ellis

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Of the sold out crowd in attendance at the Thad-Cochran Ballroom at the University of Southern Mississippi, many expected see first-year head coach Ellis Johnson. There were some members of the Legends Club, however, that many did not expect to see.

Friday Sports Scores

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Friday Sports Scores, February 3

Golden Eagles finally get past Memphis Video included

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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Darnell Dodson scored 23 points, Neil Watson added 17 and Southern Mississippi beat Memphis 75-72 on Wednesday night, ending the Golden Eagles'

Tuesday Prep Scores

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Girls Soccer- South State Championship West Jones- 3 East Central- 1 Sacred Heart- 2 St. Andrew's- 1 Boys Soccer- South State Championship Bay High- 6 Northeast Jones- 2 Boys Basketball Wayne

Petal softball stand outs Scronce, Page sign with Pearl River

Petal High School infielder Chelsea Page and Megan Scronce officially made their marks to play for Pearl River Community College next season.

Saturday Sports Scores

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Saturday Sports Scores, January 28

Kathy Ireland: Swimsuit cover girl turned $2 billion business model

Kathy Ireland, who has graced the SI Swimsuit cover three times in the past, has built a mega-business out her mega-modeling-brand.

Friday Sports Scores

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Friday Sports Scores, January 27

Thursday Sports Scores

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Thursday Sports Scores

Walter Denton takes over as football coach of Columbia High School

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After 21 years at Tylertown, Walter Denton takes over as head football coach of Columbia High School.

Southern Miss dominates East Carolina 72-60

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Five Golden Eagles scored in double figures, and with exceptional shooting, Southern Miss over-came a slow start to take down East Carolina 72-60.

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New Orleans' Saints' official website.

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