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The All-Mississippi Team in the NFL would be pretty stacked.
QB - Gardner Minshew
RB - Darrell Henderson
RB - Kenneth Gainwell
WR - AJ Brown
WR - DK Metcalf
WR - Ty Montgomery
OL - Gabe Jackson
OL - Elgton Jenkins
OL - Charles Cross
OL - Damien Lewis
OL - Tyre Phillips
DL -
.
@SouthernMissBSB
has climbed into the
@d1baseball
Top 10 at No. 6 this week.
That marks the highest ranking for the Golden Eagles, and their first top 10 ranking since 2009 when USM made a trip to Omaha and finished the season No. 8.
Let's see how USM got here:
(a thread 🧵)
Friday's Battle for the Burg is going to be a star studded affair.
Hattiesburg
Kevin Oatis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Elijah Baker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Justin Foster ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Oak Grove
PJ Woodland ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Anthony Maddox Jr. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Caleb Moore ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Andrew Maddox ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jalen Owens ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nehemiah
Hang the banner. Twice.
The Southern Miss men’s basketball team is the Sun Belt regular season champs.
The Southern Miss women’s basketball team is the Sun Belt regular season co-champs.
What a season for both basketball programs.
SUPERBACK U
I had a ton of fun shooting the last USM game of the season, so I created these cards to commemorate the day.
Featuring
@stn_2lit
and
@D6Richard_
Hattiesburg, home of champions.
The Hattiesburg Tigers are the 2023 5A basketball state champions.
Hattiesburg defeated Picayune 55-50 to capture the third title in school history.
A bright spot for Southern Miss football today; Hattiesburg High senior WR Tyree Barnett has announced his commitment to the Golden Eagles.
The talented playmaker joins teammate Demarcus Baker as a USM commit.
Southern Miss won its 10th straight game against Louisiana tonight by a score of 39-24, riding a hot first half and another impressive showing by the Golden Eagle defense who created four turnovers. USM is one victory away from being bowl eligible for the first time since 19’.
Don't look now, but
@SouthernMissWBB
(13-5, 6-1) is tied atop the Sun Belt rankings too.
Hattiesburg High alum Melyia Grayson put up 26 points and 15 rebounds last night against App State. That's a season-high in points and a career-high in rebounds for her.
I think Southern Miss could break the 5k attendance mark tonight at RGC. Each of the last two home games have been Ladner era records:
South Alabama: 4,128
James Madison: 4,318
Southern Miss band just spelled out “SBC” while playing Walking on Sunshine.
Saying The Golden Eagles are excited to be out of CUSA is an understatement.
Kevin Oatis, Hattiesburg sophomore DL, keeps racking up the offers. He currently has offers from:
Georgia
Alabama
Michigan
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Arkansas
Texas A&M
Auburn
Austin Peay
Southern Miss finished 9th in the country in total home attendance last season with 182,810 fans coming to Pete Taylor Park to watch the Golden Eagles go 26-13 at home.
Matt Wallner blasts his eighth home run of the season in just his 36th game.
If Wallner keeps up this home run pace, he has a real chance to pass Brian Dozier on the all-time Golden Eagle MLB home run list if he stays healthy.
Dozier hit 192 HR in 1,144 career games over 9
Elijah Baker, Hattiesburg High OL, received an offer from Southern Miss today.
There's a lot of talented young men that play on the east end of 4th Street. Glad to see USM recruiting it.
Was Snoop the best to ever suit up in a Hattiesburg High uniform? He has my vote.
Working on finding ways to neatly present a lot of info, and was thinking about the 2018 Tigers and just how dominant that senior class was.
#burgbuilt
Hattiesburg High has become a one stop shop for Jackson State football. By my count, there's seven players with offers from JSU.
Tristen Keys - WR/DB (2026)
Deuce Vance - QB/DB (2025)
Demarcus Baker - RB/S (2025)
Amarion Breland - OL (2025)
Ardarius Garner - DL (2025)
Justin
Hattiesburg High’s Tristen Keys moves up from a 4⭐️ to a 5⭐️ recruit in the
@247sports
rankings.
Keys is the top ranked junior in Mississippi and is in the top 25 in the nation.
FINAL
Hattiesburg - 34
George County - 28
Tavares Wade scores from ten yards out on the first play of their overtime possession.
What a gritty win from the Tigers.
The 102nd Lil' Brown Jug game will be played tomorrow tonight between the bricks in Laurel.
The Tigers and Tornadoes have met a total of 105 times, including three playoff matchups and a game in 1908, and the NFL script writers couldn't even do as good of a job of writing an
Tony Vance’s pregame speech from the 2018 Battle for the Burg has me too hype this morning.
Going to be a heavy weight slug fest in D.I. Patrick tonight.
Be there.
Five years ago today one of the best Hattiesburg High teams to ever do it repeated as region champs.
The Tigers get a chance to do that again tonight. Hattiesburg fans show up and be loud tonight, the boys deserve it.
Former Hattiesburg High OF Joe Gray Jr. was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the minor league Rule 5 draft today.
Gray helped lead the Tigers to win the 2018 5A state championship and was selected 60th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers the same year.
Hattiesburg High defensive lineman Kevin Oatis has committed to Arkansas.
The four star senior kicks off his final high school season tomorrow night against Petal.
The
@Player_Alliance
made a stop in Hattiesburg today. They gave out food, baseball gear, and PPE.
Anthony Alford, Jonathan Davis and Billy Hamilton were among the professional players there impacting the community.
The
#6
Southern Miss Golden Eagles play a baseball game in 30 minutes.
It’s fun to say
#6
in the nation Southern Miss. So I’ll say it a lot. No apologies.
The game is on ESPN+ for those of us who couldn’t make it down to New Orleans tonight.
FINAL
Hattiesburg - 14
Wayne County - 13
Hattiesburg moves to 4-5, 4-1 in the region. The Tigers host West Jones next week for the last home game of the regular season.
#burgbuilt
FINAL
Hattiesburg - 39
Terry - 0
Hattiesburg (7-2) cruises to victory against Terry (5-4) and extend their win streak to six. The Tiger defense played lights out, and the offense worked efficiently all night.
This sets up a winner take all game for the Region 3-6A title next
Hattiesburg (7-2) takes on West Jones (9-0) Thursday night in what is the game of the year for The Pine Belt. The winner will be the region 3-6A champs, and lockup a number one seed heading into the playoffs.
Let's take a deeper dive into the matchup:
These two teams are no
Twitter has spoken.
@Gvrlthxts_dre
is last week’s player of the week for
@SouthernMissMBB
.
Stat line from the South Alabama and James Madison games:
46 PTS | 10 REB | 5 AST | 3 STL
Elijah Baker, Hattiesburg High OL, is staying home to trade purple and gold for black and gold.
I’m selfishly excited to get to see
@big_baker73
play for the Golden Eagles on Saturdays.
I just want one good offensive football team to cheer for.
Southern Miss Tuesday, and now this by the Saints.
At least I get to watch the Hattiesburg Tigers on Friday nights.
Hattiesburg proved they're more than just an elite defensive team tonight, winning 27-21 over Oak Grove.
Deuce Vance had the best game of his career tonight, with two passing TDs and another rushing. Tyree Barnett looks like the real deal. Split him across from Tristen Keys, and
FINAL
Hattiesburg - 48
George County - 21
The Tigers pull away in the fourth quarter to improve to 6-0. This is Tony Vance’s 150th career win as a head coach.
FINAL
Hattiesburg - 35
Wayne County - 6
Big plays were key for the Tigers in tonight’s dominant region victory. Malcom Boykin had a few of them, with two interceptions and a punt return for a touchdown.
Hattiesburg stays undefeated in region play and move to 5-4 on the season.
This year’s Hattiesburg and Oak Grove game might be the most anticipated since the 2018 game headlined by John Rhys Plumlee and Snoop Conner.
I’ve heard so much talk in the communities and on social media about the Battle of the Burg.
Friday night can’t get here fast enough.
All is right in the world, the NFL is back.
Watching for Hattiesburg legend Snoop Conner and Southern Miss standouts Nick Mullens, Grayson Gunter, and Time Jones.
Hattiesburg hosts Vancleave in the first round of the playoffs tonight. This is their first home playoff game since 2018.
The Tigers’ last loss was on 9/16 and have since won seven straight. Their current win streak is their longest since 2018’s undefeated regular season.
Hattiesburg High seniors Deuce Vance, Tyree Barnett and Kevin Oatis have been selected to the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game.
Tony Vance is the head coach for team Mississippi.
2021 VIDEO REEL
I focused more on photography in '21, but you know I can't ignore my love for video. I put together a mini reel from some of my favorite football shots from the year.
Went downtown with
@ajalford_
and
@3_JonathanDavis
this week for a Third World Co. merch drop announcement.
These guys may play ball for a living, but they're naturals in front of the camera.
Hattiesburg ⚾️ remains undefeated (8-0) after a 13-0 win over Meridian tonight.
The Tigers are just one win away from matching last season’s win total (9-16).
What a start to the season for Coach Brent Barham and players.
Hattiesburg High sophomore DL Kevin Oatis received his fourth SEC offer today from back-to-back national champs Georgia.
Oatis has received offers from Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Austin Peay.
Tony Vance continues to churn out top tier talent at Hattiesburg High.