WIGGINS — Picayune clinched a Class 5A South State baseball playoff berth Thursday night.

The Maroon Tide struck early and never trailed, taking a 5-3 win over homestanding Stone County in Region 7-5A action. The win, along with Long Beach’s 2-1 win over West Harrison, not only secured a postseason bid for Picayune but Stone and Long Beach as well.

“It’s always a goal we set for ourselves every season,” Picayune head coach Cayne Stockstill said. “It’s nice to be in, but we’ve got a lot of work left to do and a long way to go.”

Cody Hamrick went six plus innings to get the win and Mark

Wood relieved Hamrick in the 7th inning to wrap up the win. Peyton Lee, Devin Hedgepeth, Hayden Falls, and Gary Van Buren all had RBIs

for the Maroon Tide (8-4, 4-2). Wood walked and scored a run in a three run sixth that sealed the win for the Maroon Tide.