The Long Beach Bearcats soccer team (Long Beach, MS), was nipped 2-1 in Wednesday's non-league outing with the visiting St. Martin Yellow Jackets (Ocean Springs, MS)

With the win, St. Martin advances its record to 10-2 on the campaign. The Yellow Jackets travel to Pass Christian (Pass Christian, MS) to play the Pirates in a non-league outing on Saturday, January 6. The Pirates go into the outing with a record of 10-3. Pass Christian won 3-1 in their recent non-league outing against Harrison Central (Gulfport, MS)

In their next game, the Bearcats play the Hancock Hawks (Kiln, MS) in a 6A Region 4 outing, on Friday, January 5. Long Beach will attempt to advance on its 9-2 season record. The Hawks go into the outing with a 7-6 record after their 3-0 non-league win over Gautier (Gautier, MS).