Mississippi Sports
Southern Miss stays alive, beats Auburn 7-2 to play another day
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,...
White-hot Golden Eagles capture Sun Belt Championship
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’...
Touching all bases: On Ferriss award, Furr, and brushes with Tom Watson
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...
Grit, toughness, talent – name it – Booneville’s Hallie Burns showed it
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...
It’s not just that Scott Berry won, but how he won at Southern Miss
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...
Scott Berry and USM baseball: models of consistency
Rick Cleveland You’ve got the severe scholarship limits: 11.7, spread among 27 players. You’ve got the uncertainty of who will be chosen – and how high – in the Major League draft. You’ve got the...