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Back-to-back homers from Will Furniss and Tristan Bissetta in the eighth carried Ole Miss past No. 4 Auburn 5-3 on Saturday, finishing a super-regional sweep and sending the Rebels to their first College World Series since the 2022 national title.

The Mississippi High School Activities Association will apply a 1.5 enrollment multiplier to its private and parochial members in the next reclassification, beginning with the 2027–28 seasons — weeks after Presbyterian Christian won the Class 4A baseball title in its first MHSAA year.

Ole Miss at Auburn, Mississippi State at Georgia — two Mississippi clubs, two road series, one prize. Win this weekend and the state could put two teams in the 2026 College World Series.

The No. 14-seed Bulldogs (43-17) swept Starkville and drew the one team that already has their number. The Athens Super Regional starts Saturday, June 6 — win the best-of-three and it's the College World Series.

Left off the host list two weekends ago, the Rebels are still standing — and a best-of-three at Auburn is all that's between them and the College World Series. Game 1 is Friday, June 5.

North Mississippi Sports Network made its broadcast debut, carrying all three 2026 NEMCABB All-Star Games — 1A through 7A — live from the Corinth Sportsplex.

The nightcap ran under the lights and into a rain delay. West trailed late, then put up three in the bottom of the seventh to win 6–5 and finish a clean sweep of the 2026 NEMCABB All-Star day.

The best game of the day. The audio finally worked, the founder laid out what this whole network is for, and West answered a late East lead with three in the bottom of the seventh to win it in the rain.

The first game North Mississippi Sports Network ever put on the air. West pulled away early, the day's Hall of Fame class was honored at the mound, and the audio was a mess. We aired it anyway.

Our first-ever live broadcast wasn't supposed to be this weekend, and it wasn't supposed to be baseball. When the chance to carry the NEMCABB All-Star Games came together, we took it. All day Saturday from the Corinth Sportsplex.

The NCAA announced 16 regional sites on Sunday: Mississippi State (40-17) gets Starkville, Southern Miss (43-15) gets Hattiesburg, and Ole Miss will wait until Monday’s selection show to learn its road assignment. Regionals run May 29–June 1.

The Warriors made it to Trustmark Park and rallied late in Game 1, but Sumrall closed the series with a shutout, Pontotoc's first state title since 1986 will wait another year.

W. Goodson takes a no-hitter into the seventh as the Tigers close out Game 3 at Trustmark Park and bring the 6A flag back to north Mississippi.

C. Hicks goes the distance, the Troopers turn a one-run deficit into a three-run sixth, and Trooper Stadium gets a new banner.