Class 6a south 2026

[Vott]

On 6/25/2026 at 3:09 PM, David44 said:

 

I hope so. Not sure if West will have all the "horses" needed, but I know that Coach Pierson will maximize

what he has to work with. In the 20+ plus years he was there before the 2 year break, I witnessed many, many

wins that were not because West Jones had the better team. The other team was just out coached, out played,   

and out schemed.  2008 was a re-building year, West went 3-3 in region, snuck in the playoffs, and somehow

managed to win 3 games, before falling to the eventual state champs D'Iberville at South State.

  

 

West Jones pretty much locks up a first round home playoff game with a win over Terry this week. 

[Merlin]

On 10/9/2026 at 3:47 PM, Vott said:

I agree. In saying that, on tiebreakers I know you can only get a 12pt max win to keep teams from running up the score. So I would for sure try to get a 12pt win or more as much as i could. Even if up by 9 I would either try to score a FG or TD in the last seconds of the game if possible. You never how much you will need on a tiebreaker.

With running clock after 35 point lead in 2nd half which does incentivize some to run it up early, they may as well move the 12 point max tie breaker points out to like 24 or more. 

[Vott]

9 hours ago, Merlin said:

With running clock after 35 point lead in 2nd half which does incentivize some to run it up early, they may as well move the 12 point max tie breaker points out to like 24 or more. 

A 35 pt lead is not only in the 2nd half. Brookhaven had the hot clock on Laurel after one period. And Hattiesburg had the hot clock on Jim Hill midway thru the 2nd. Speaking of a hot clock, it never stops after you get a 35pt lead. But could you imagine if a team trailing by that much somehow cut it to a 7pt game and the clock kept running with you on offense running out of bounds or throwing incomplete passes.

[David44]

On 10/11/2026 at 4:49 PM, Vott said:

West Jones pretty much locks up a first round home playoff game with a win over Terry this week. 

You would certainly think a win here would do that, with the games left to play. Terry has always gave West Jones

a pretty hard game. We are 4-0 in the last 3 years though, with about a 10 point average margin of victory. The smallest

margin was 2 and the largest was 17. I don't expect this to be cake walk easy, and hopefully WJ will execute like they did

in the 2nd half last week vs George County, as opposed to what they did in the 1st half.  

 

[Vott]

1 hour ago, David44 said:

You would certainly think a win here would do that, with the games left to play. Terry has always gave West Jones

a pretty hard game. We are 4-0 in the last 3 years though, with about a 10 point average margin of victory. The smallest

margin was 2 and the largest was 17. I don't expect this to be cake walk easy, and hopefully WJ will execute like they did

in the 2nd half last week vs George County, as opposed to what they did in the 1st half.  

 

I believe WJ takes this between 17-21 pts. Terry does not seem to be as strong as last season but are surely respectable. In fact no one in 6a south seems to be as strong as last season. Hattiesburg could easily be at 2-4 right now. West Jones has two wins that could have been losses vs Wayne Co and George Co and Picayune could have lost vs Biloxi. I could see a south state final between two teams with 4 or more losses. 

[Merlin]

On 10/13/2026 at 8:04 AM, Vott said:

A 35 pt lead is not only in the 2nd half. Brookhaven had the hot clock on Laurel after one period. And Hattiesburg had the hot clock on Jim Hill midway thru the 2nd. Speaking of a hot clock, it never stops after you get a 35pt lead. But could you imagine if a team trailing by that much somehow cut it to a 7pt game and the clock kept running with you on offense running out of bounds or throwing incomplete passes.

It’s supposed to only be if 35 point lead at halftime.  But coaches can talk about it either way officials pre-game and decide to go it earlier if one team gets a 35 point lead.  I think that is what happened with Laurel and Brookhaven. 
 

Thst game is on YouTube.  Brookhaven took opening kick to the house.  Laurel then fumbled vall away their first offensive snap on their own 15. Then their 2nd possession it took 2 snaps to fumble. After 3 and out on their third Brookhaven scored in 1 play.  Brookhaven was up 28-0 with less than 5 minutes off the clock and ran 5 offensive plays. 

[Merlin]

22 hours ago, David44 said:

You would certainly think a win here would do that, with the games left to play. Terry has always gave West Jones

a pretty hard game. We are 4-0 in the last 3 years though, with about a 10 point average margin of victory. The smallest

margin was 2 and the largest was 17. I don't expect this to be cake walk easy, and hopefully WJ will execute like they did

in the 2nd half last week vs George County, as opposed to what they did in the 1st half.  

 

Terry had the real good rb from ridgeland last year transfer to them.  He could work out the west defense which still is a massive issue. West offense should not have any problems moving the ball however. 

[maroontide06]

Feel like this needs a bump.  Anyone have any thoughts on 6A South after two weeks of district play?

 

In Region 4 you’ve got Picayune sitting 2-0, 4 teams at 1-1, and PRC at 0-2.

[Vott]

1 hour ago, maroontide06 said:

Feel like this needs a bump.  Anyone have any thoughts on 6A South after two weeks of district play?

 

In Region 4 you’ve got Picayune sitting 2-0, 4 teams at 1-1, and PRC at 0-2.

More than likely will come down to WJ Picayune and Hattiesburg representing the South vs Warren Central.

[Merlin]

5 hours ago, Vott said:

More than likely will come down to WJ Picayune and Hattiesburg representing the South vs Warren Central.

“Representing the South vs Warren Central” sounds a lot like “”Being sacrificed to Warren Central”. 

[Vott]

5 hours ago, Merlin said:

“Representing the South vs Warren Central” sounds a lot like “”Being sacrificed to Warren Central”. 

At this point it does. Everyone in 6a south just feels average at the moment.  Hopefully if HHS gets by George Co this week more anticpaton can build up for the West jones game. In past years that game was already being built up weeks in advance. 

[maroontide06]

If PRC can’t beat Goula this week, it will put them at 0-3 in district play and probably out of contention for a playoff spot.  It won’t matter what they do to Long Beach because the games they needed to win, they didn’t.

[Vott]

2 hours ago, maroontide06 said:

If PRC can’t beat Goula this week, it will put them at 0-3 in district play and probably out of contention for a playoff spot.  It won’t matter what they do to Long Beach because the games they needed to win, they didn’t.

A loss to goula they definitely out. They would for sure have to beat Picayune to get in and thats not happening two yrs in a row.

[coastfootballfanman]

13 hours ago, maroontide06 said:

If PRC can’t beat Goula this week, it will put them at 0-3 in district play and probably out of contention for a playoff spot.  It won’t matter what they do to Long Beach because the games they needed to win, they didn’t.

The crazy part is, PRC is good enough talent wise to win out the next 3 games. The next 3 weeks are going to be fun to keep up with in Region 4-6A

[maroontide06]

13 minutes ago, coastfootballfanman said:

The crazy part is, PRC is good enough talent wise to win out the next 3 games. The next 3 weeks are going to be fun to keep up with in Region 4-6A

If that's the case, they were good enough talent wise to beat Hancock and Gautier.  Losing to them didn't help matters.  Now their backs are against the wall.

[coastfootballfanman]

1 minute ago, maroontide06 said:

If that's the case, they were good enough talent wise to beat Hancock and Gautier.  Losing to them didn't help matters.  Now their backs are against the wall.

They definitely were and are good enough. I have been saying it since the season started, this region is as wide open as it has ever been. I think every team is solid. Long Beach is proving to be no slouch.That defense does their jobs well and the offense keeps you off the field. Picayune/Long Beach game this Friday could be done by 8 pm. LOL

[maroontide06]

7 minutes ago, coastfootballfanman said:

They definitely were and are good enough. I have been saying it since the season started, this region is as wide open as it has ever been. I think every team is solid. Long Beach is proving to be no slouch.That defense does their jobs well and the offense keeps you off the field. Picayune/Long Beach game this Friday could be done by 8 pm. LOL

Hancock isn't terrible either.  They just need to find some defense.  They've struggled with that since the Lightning shortened Jamboree against Columbia.

[slicklizard]

Hattiesburg and GC has shaped up to be a huge game. Lacey can't lose to GC or things could get rocky for him

[Vott]

7 minutes ago, slicklizard said:

Hattiesburg and GC has shaped up to be a huge game. Lacey can't lose to GC or things could get rocky for him

Trap Game! With West Jones looming next week this one scares me. West Jones can look ahead all they want to. They have either Jim Hill or Forest Hill this week.

[David44]

20 hours ago, Vott said:

Trap Game! With West Jones looming next week this one scares me. West Jones can look ahead all they want to. They have either Jim Hill or Forest Hill this week.

GC is a grind it out, run the clock, shorten the game offense. A lot of the runs against WJ were QB keeps.

If your defense will key on the QB and stop him, y'all should be fine. He is tough though and runs hard.

Hattiesburg offense needs to make the most of their possessions early. GC not built to come from behind.

 

and yes WJ has Forest Hill away this week, and after the Hattiesburg game, Jim Hill away.

We will certainly know the way to Jackson by then.

 

Edited Thursday at 01:41 PM by David44

[Vott]

On 10/19/2026 at 8:30 AM, maroontide06 said:

Hancock isn't terrible either.  They just need to find some defense.  They've struggled with that since the Lightning shortened Jamboree against Columbia.

Looks like Hancock is gonna get that no.2 seed and a first round home game. Picayune has the region locked up with a 2 game lead on everyone but Hancock but have the tiebreaker on them.. 

[maroontide06]

48 minutes ago, Vott said:

Looks like Hancock is gonna get that no.2 seed and a first round home game. Picayune has the region locked up with a 2 game lead on everyone but Hancock but have the tiebreaker on them.. 

What did the PRC win over Goula last night do?  I think Long Beach may be effectively out, but I think the rest may still be unsettled.

[maroontide06]

It looks like Region 3 has some good matchups this week with Hattiesburg @ West Jones, and George County @ Terry.  The results of this week will probably determine final seeding in Region 3 since these are the 4 teams that will represent Region 3 in the playoffs.

[coastfootballfanman]

15 minutes ago, maroontide06 said:

What did the PRC win over Goula last night do?  I think Long Beach may be effectively out, but I think the rest may still be unsettled.

Basically you have Picayune who is 3-0. Hancock is 2-1. Pascagoula, PRC, Gautier, and Long Beach are all currently 1-2 battling for the 3 and 4 seeds. Crazy part is, there is a world where you could have the 4 playoff teams all with a 3-2 record after the next 2 weeks depending on how things happen (highly unlikely, but possible). Region 4 is going to be a fun ride the next 2 weeks. More fun to keep up with than OS at the moment LOL

[Vott]

1 hour ago, maroontide06 said:

It looks like Region 3 has some good matchups this week with Hattiesburg @ West Jones, and George County @ Terry.  The results of this week will probably determine final seeding in Region 3 since these are the 4 teams that will represent Region 3 in the 

Next week definitely determines where WJ will finish as they close out with Forest Hill the following week and they will win that one. Hattiesburg still cant officially claim the region as they still have Terry to play the following week. Region 3 is following the same script this season as it has the past 4 seasons.