maroontide06

Hattiesburg has only beaten Meridian 9 times since 1958. That's pretty wild and that's half the wins.

I did. I didn't realize it was that lopsided either. I figured it would have been a little more even like y'alls history with Laurel.

@VottI didn't realize y'alls win over Meridian last year was the first one in 23 years. Things might be a little bit tighter this time.

Maybe bring out the steam locomotives and Pullman cars. Can't hurt.

Old Big 8 Rivalry. Keep the passenger trains running for this one, just like in the old days.

Lying to yourself ain’t gonna solve anything. Is Smith County projected to grow by leaps and bounds over the next 15-20 years? What economic engine is projected to feed Mize, Taylorsville, and Raleigh over the next 15-20 years? Last time I checked, Smith County was pretty rural. If you can get something in Smith County that allows all 3 of those communities to grow and prosper, you can grow those schools individually. But what do you do if all 3 communities shrink within the next 15-20 years? I realize pride is a big thing, but if you truly do care about the future of Smith County then building a brand new school that the whole county can use and enjoy doesn’t sound too bad. Put it in a neutral location. I’m sure there’s options out there for that. Ask yourself this question. If Smith County doesn’t grow, what can be done to make things better?

It’s a valid point. Warren County did it in 1965 and back then it was 1st thru 12th grade public academies and they did it way back then.

Just consolidate Mize, Raleigh, and Taylorsville into Smith County and make the 1A, 2A, and 3A irrelevant. Makes sense to me. Heck if Warren County could do it in the 1960s, surely Smith County can do it in 2026.

Final

Picayune 38 Ocean Springs 10 End 3rd

Picayune 38 Ocean Springs 3 Clocked 3rd

Picayune 31 Ocean Springs 3 Half

Don’t see that very often

Picayune 31 Ocean Springs 3 4:37 2nd

Tide 28 Hounds 3 8:52 2nd

Tide 21 Hounds 3 9:09 2nd

Tide 14 Hounds 3 10:01 2nd

Picayune 14 Hounds 0 0:58 1st

Picayune 7 OS 0 7:01 1st

Bullying in Ocean Springs? Granted I haven't heard of this before because I'm not familiar with the area at all, but where do you think it stems from?

You ain’t gotta apologize. I was hoping you would have played along LOL. I’m glad you were able to make a pick, because I honestly think it could go either way. If the Biloxi game last week was the so called “get the monkey off the back” game for Picayune, I understand why you would make that pick. I just want to see Picayune start to build. I mean Gulfport and JA left them with enough rubble and mortar to do so.

Probably. I would too, but I'll be there this Friday Vott.

PRC is also playing at Poplarville. I think PopVegas is going to be too much for PRC. I think the Hornets might win by 22.

I get it. You want to stay away from Picayune and Ocean Springs. I don't blame you there.

It’s very hard to find elite, suffocating defenses like you’re seeing with Gulfport this year or like West Jones from a few years ago. Don’t get me wrong, there are definitely teams with good defenses, but it’s kind of a generational thing especially with high school football. When you have an old starting 11 on defense that’s had a lot of playing time under their belt, that seems to be the recipe to have an elite defense. But you also need D1 talent mixed in there as well.