by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today June 2, 2023 Samford’s 4-2 10-inning victory over Southern Miss here Friday in the Auburn Regional leaves Golden Eagles coach Scott Berry’s last season on the brink of a sudden end. The Eagles know it. What’s more, they know why...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today June 3, 2023 This time last year, Billy Oldham was pitching tiny Eastern Connecticut State to the NCAA Division III national championship, winning twice, including the championship, in the D-III World Series. After helping pitch...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 28, 2023 Different league, same result. Scott Berry’s Southern Miss Golden Eagles have won another championship. Southern Miss defeated the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns 6-2 Sunday at Montgomery Sunday in the championship game of the...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 25, 2023 Ole Miss slugger Kemp Alderman won the 2023 Boo Ferriss Trophy as Mississippi’s most outstanding college baseball player, as chosen by Major League scouts and college coaches. As is almost always the case in these...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 18, 2023 Toughness, grit and playing with pain are terms we usually associate with the manly sport of football. Here Thursday, at the Mississippi High School Softball State Championships, is living, limping proof that those...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 17, 2023 Back when 60-year-old Scott Berry was a younger coach at Southern Miss — and long before the grass baseball field was replaced with artificial turf — he would spend long hours making sure the field was immaculate....
