Petal at Hattiesburg

[maroontide06]

3 minutes ago, BigFan100 said:

HHS will struggle in the 1st qtr new faces offensively, a new OLINE.

 

 

So what happens when you leave the door cracked open for Boyles?  I certainly don’t think he’s just going to stand outside and twiddle his thumbs.

[Dubaction]

On 8/9/2026 at 10:04 AM, BigFan100 said:

Interesting to see HHS offense this year.  Petal better beat them in the first qtr cause after that it may over.

I’m sorry but yall do not beat Petal enough for you to talk like this lol. Even when you’re prob supposed to. 

[Vott]

24 minutes ago, Dubaction said:

I’m sorry but yall do not beat Petal enough for you to talk like this lol. Even when you’re prob supposed to. 

You are right. 

[Merlin]

5 hours ago, BigFan100 said:

HHS will struggle in the 1st qtr new faces offensively, a new OLINE.

 

 

Sorry, but breaking in an entire new o line will take more than 1 quarter. Probably more than a couple games. 
 

Hattiesburg, as much as yall don’t want to accept, are not to the point of reloading immediately after loosing a large group of talented 3 year starters like you just had graduate.  And the coaches know it or they would not have been openly recruiting so much this offseason trying to quickly piece together a team they think might be capable of winning. 

[pancho]

will either team be able to maybe win 7 games or more  and make a run at a region title?

[Merlin]

2 minutes ago, pancho said:

will either team be able to maybe win 7 games or more  and make a run at a region title?

Thevwinner of west jones and Hattiesburg will win that region. This is the case every year and will likely remain so for a while. Doesn’t matter if both them are 4 win or 8 win teams at the time of that game. 

[pancho]

thx

[Rawcones]

16 minutes ago, Merlin said:

Sorry, but breaking in an entire new o line will take more than 1 quarter. Probably more than a couple games. 
 

Hattiesburg, as much as yall don’t want to accept, are not to the point of reloading immediately after loosing a large group of talented 3 year starters like you just had graduate.  And the coaches know it or they would not have been openly recruiting so much this offseason trying to quickly piece together a team they think might be capable of winning. 

We didn't lose as much as you think. Outside of the oline we're set at every position. 

[Merlin]

16 minutes ago, Rawcones said:

We didn't lose as much as you think. Outside of the oline we're set at every position. 

 

No team in this state can loose a wr the caliber of Keyes and not feel it at least a bit. And then you lost young who would have been a great number 1 wr for every team that did not have Keyes on it.  I refuse to believe your wr corps is as good as the past 2 years. You, yourself said you lost the entire o line. In that spring game Heidelberg made the o line look small (by normal Hattiesburg standards) slow, and a bit silly.
 

 

 
Not one team in the current 5A or 6A south has been able to win the South 3 consecutive years out of the last couple decades. There have been a handful winning 2 out of 3 years or 3 out of 4, but none did it consecutively (and the ones that hit close all won at least 1 state title).  It won’t start with Hattiesburg this year. 

[Vott]

37 minutes ago, Merlin said:

Sorry, but breaking in an entire new o line will take more than 1 quarter. Probably more than a couple games. 
 

Hattiesburg, as much as yall don’t want to accept, are not to the point of reloading immediately after loosing a large group of talented 3 year starters like you just had graduate.  And the coaches know it or they would not have been openly recruiting so much this offseason trying to quickly piece together a team they think might be capable of winning. 

Yes and no. That HHS defense with the exception of 2 DBs was consisting of mainly sophomores and 1 freshman. The DLine should and I say should be the strongest part of the team this season. Did get a 3star DB from Brandon who is a better baseball player than a football player. His father was named the HHS head baseball coach back in May so that replaces one of the DBs we lost last season. Offensively HHS returns the QB the starting RB and our no.3 and no.4 WRS from last season are now No.1 and No.2 this season with Plump already having multiple D1 offers including LSU.  And their is no doubt the Oline will have to grow up very quickly. Playing the likes of Petal Laurel Oak Grove Biloxi and Meridian in non region will only help them get better. Plus them practicing against the Dline everyday will help as well.

[Merlin]

13 minutes ago, Vott said:

Yes and no. That HHS defense with the exception of 2 DBs was consisting of mainly sophomores and 1 freshman. The DLine should and I say should be the strongest part of the team this season. Did get a 3star DB from Brandon who is a better baseball player than a football player. His father was named the HHS head baseball coach back in May so that replaces one of the DBs we lost last season. Offensively HHS returns the QB the starting RB and our no.3 and no.4 WRS from last season are now No.1 and No.2 this season with Plump already having multiple D1 offers including LSU.  And their is no doubt the Oline will have to grow up very quickly. Playing the likes of Petal Laurel Oak Grove Biloxi and Meridian in non region will only help them get better. Plus them practicing against the Dline everyday will help as well.

Not looking at the Petsl and Oak grove games yall and them tend to beat the snot out of each other regardless how good or bad one may be any given year.  But if yall do not beat Laurel, Biloxi and Meridian by 3 touchdowns each then you some concern about the state of the offense would be warranted. 

[Vott]

7 minutes ago, Merlin said:

Not looking at the Petsl and Oak grove games yall and them tend to beat the snot out of each other regardless how good or bad one may be any given year.  But if yall do not beat Laurel, Biloxi and Meridian by 3 touchdowns each then you some concern about the state of the offense would be warranted. 

HHS didnt beat Laurel or Biloxi by 3tds last season with what we had last season. Did beat Meridian pretty bad last season, but I got a feeling Meridian may be very much improved this season. 

[Rawcones]

1 hour ago, Merlin said:

 

No team in this state can loose a wr the caliber of Keyes and not feel it at least a bit. And then you lost young who would have been a great number 1 wr for every team that did not have Keyes on it.  I refuse to believe your wr corps is as good as the past 2 years. You, yourself said you lost the entire o line. In that spring game Heidelberg made the o line look small (by normal Hattiesburg standards) slow, and a bit silly.
 

 

 
Not one team in the current 5A or 6A south has been able to win the South 3 consecutive years out of the last couple decades. There have been a handful winning 2 out of 3 years or 3 out of 4, but none did it consecutively (and the ones that hit close all won at least 1 state title).  It won’t start with Hattiesburg this year. 

First off..  how many games did keys play last season???

Second: our wr corp will be vastly good this season and as a whole maybe even better than last season. 

Third: I'm not taking anything away from a spring game. 

Fouth: there's about 2/3 players you dont know about like young from last season that will make a name for themselves this season. 

I'm not expecting hhs to go out and embarrass petal at all but from a talent standpoint I think we will be the most talented team in 6a south by far. 

[Merlin]

3 hours ago, Rawcones said:

from a talent standpoint I think we will be the most talented team in 6a south by far. 

You won’t be.  May not even have the best wr corp in 6A south. 

[Vott]

5 minutes ago, Merlin said:

You won’t be.  May not even have the best wr corp in 6A south. 

WJ got more talent than Picayune?

[Merlin]

8 minutes ago, Vott said:

WJ got more talent than Picayune?

I’ll concern myself with picayune at playoff time. 

[Vott]

Just now, Merlin said:

I’ll concern myself with picayune at playoff time. 

 

1 minute ago, Merlin said:

I’ll concern myself with picayune at playoff time. 

Chances are good one of us will see them

[maroontide06]

7 minutes ago, Vott said:

WJ got more talent than Picayune?

Vott this has nothing to do with Petal at Hattiesburg.  If you want to address his comment, he’s mentioning WR corps.  You know that’s like pissing in the wind at Picayune.  If we ever get a guy to have double digit receptions in a game, that record would take decades to break.  We would all be witnesses to history being made if that ever happened.

[Vott]

4 minutes ago, maroontide06 said:

Vott this has nothing to do with Petal at Hattiesburg.  If you want to address his comment, he’s mentioning WR corps.  You know that’s like pissing in the wind at Picayune.  If we ever get a guy to have double digit receptions in a game, that record would take decades to break.  We would all be witnesses to history being made if that ever happened.

I believe hes talking overall talent

[maroontide06]

1 minute ago, Vott said:

I believe hes talking overall talent

I mean it could be possible, but you would need a lot of things to transpire before you even get there.  If Picayune makes it far enough to play either Hattiesburg or West Jones in the playoffs, that would tell you that Picayune has talent.  Even if Picayune were to face off against either one as an underdog, I certainly don’t think anyone would be writing anyone off at that point.  Anybody can beat anybody when you get that deep in the playoffs because you don’t make it to that point by accident.