The HD Experience

The HD Experience Episode 28:  Tournament Play

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins -  Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - Award-Winning Journalist, ClarkCast Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

 GUESTS:

• Brian Mackay - Emmy & Webby Award Nominee Podcast Producer, Assistant Basketball Coach 
• Lorenzo Wright - Harrison Central Head Basketball Coach, 2025-26 6A MHSAA State Champion
• Caleb Salers - SuperTalk Mississippi News Reporter, Ole Miss Beat Writer
• Scott Watkins - Biloxi Sun Herald Sports Reporter, Southern Miss Beat Writer
• Jim Mashek - Veteran Journalist, Former Mississippi Gulf Coast Sports Writer, Western Kentucky Beat Writer

The HD Experience Episode 28:  Tournament Play - Guest List

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins -  Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - Award-Winning Journalist, Multimedia/Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

• Matt "Stats" Toth - Mississippi Gulf Coast High School Sports Analyst, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Broadcast
•  Daniel Grieves - St. Stanislaus College Prep Head Basketball Coach, 2026 MHSAA 3A State Champion
• Evelyn Van Pelt - Editor, The Rebel Walk Magazine
• David Schultz - Host of Locked On SunBelt Podcast
• Steve Robertson - Mississippi State Beat Writer, host of The Boneyard, 247 sportswriter, 7 time author, Owner of genespage.com

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins - Owner/Publisher of award winning The Gazebo Gazette, SuperTalk News Sportswriter, Member of the FWAA, Member of the APSE, Radio Host of Gulfport High School Football (G96.7)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - award winning journalist, USA Beatwriter, Director of the Harrison County Senior Services

GUEST LIST:

*Coach David Mackay & Coach Brian Mackay - David:  2026 Gulfport Sports Hall of Fame class, Brian:  Assistant Basketball Coach & award-winning Podcast Producer of TheBSide.

*Heath Hinton - Editor of Big Gold Nation, Southern Miss Beat Writer

*Caleb Salers - SuperTalk News Reporter, Ole Miss Beat Writer 

*Joseph W. Gex II - Sea Coast Echo Sportswriter, SSC Track & Field Coach, Ole Miss Beat Writer

*Mitch Gibbs - WGSO 990AM Radio Host for "Breakfast with the Bayou Bengals" and "In the Red Zone"

The HD Experience Episode 26 Guest List

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins -  Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - Award-Winning Journalist, Multimedia/Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

• Brian Butler - Gulfport High School Head Boys Basketball Coach, Former Sacred Heart, South Jones, and Columbia Head Coach, 3x Region Champion, Region 4-7A Coach of the Year
  
  
• Barry Lyons - 10 Year Major League Baseball Catcher, 1986 World Series Champion, NCAA All-American Catcher & 2022 Member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
• Creg Stephenson - Al.com sportswriter, Associated Press sportswriter, Award Winning Journalist
• David Schultz - Host of Locked On SunBelt Podcast, Previous South Alabama Beat Writer
• Les East - Sportswriter for Crescent City Sports, 3x Louisiana Sportswriter of the Year 

The HD Experience Episode 25 - Guest List

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins -  Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - Award-Winning Journalist, Multimedia/Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

• Matt "Stats" Toth - Mississippi Gulf Coast High School Sports Analyst, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Broadcast
•  Michael Archbold - Pass Christian High School Head Boys Soccer Coach
• Seber Windham - Biloxi High Head Basketball Coach, 2009 5A State Champion
• Caleb Salers - SuperTalk Mississippi News Reporter, Ole Miss Beat Writer
• Mitch Gibbs - WGSO 990AM Radio Host for "Breakfast with the Bayou Bengals" and "In the Red Zone"

The HD Experience Episode 24 - Guest List

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins -  Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - Award-Winning Journalist, Multimedia/Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

• Jay Ladner (Phone Recording) - Southern Miss Head Basketball Coach (2019-...), 2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year, 2014 NJCAA National Champion, 2011 MHSAA 4A State Championship, St. Stanislaus College Prep Basketball Coach for 20 years
• Matt "Stats" Toth - Mississippi Gulf Coast High School Sports Analyst, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Broadcast
•  Matthew DeFillips - Long Beach High School Head Boys Soccer Coach, 2023 MHSAA 5A State Championship, MAC Tomorrow's 25 Coaching Fellow
• Caleb Salers - SuperTalk Mississippi News Reporter, Ole Miss Beat Writer
• Scott Watkins - Biloxi Sun Herald Sports Reporter, Southern Miss Beat Reporter
• Mitch Gibbs - WGSO 990AM Radio Host for "Breakfast with the Bayou Bengals" and "In the Red Zone"

The HD Experience Episode 23 - Triple B's (Basketball, Baseball, Bowling)

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins -  Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - Award-Winning Journalist, Multimedia/Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

• Chris Fortenberry -  recently hired Harrison Central Head Football Coach, 2025 4A State Champion Columbia Defensive Coordinator
• Ricky Smith - Pass Christian High School Head Baseball Coach/Athletic Director
• J.T. Mitchell - SuperTalk Mississippi News Director
• Steve Robertson - Mississippi State Beat Writer, host of The Boneyard, 247 sportswriter, 7 time author, genespage.com
• Creg Stephenson - Al.com sportswriter, Associated Press sportswriter, Award Winning Journalist

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins -  Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - Award-Winning Journalist, Multimedia/Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

• Hope Adams - Head Women's Basketball Coach, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
• Tim Brierton & Chris Dorner - Head Wrestling Coach(s), Long Beach High School
• Evelyn VanPelt - Owner/Publisher, The Rebel Walk Magazine
• Glen Waddle - Ole Miss PA, Jackson Touchdown Club
• Mitch Gibbs - WGSO 990AM Radio Host

The HD Experience Episode 21 Guest List

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins -  Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark - Award-Winning Journalist, Multimedia/Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

• Matt "Stats" Toth - Mississippi Gulf Coast High School Sports Analyst, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Broadcast
• Jeff Norwood & Patty Norwood - West Harrison HS G/B Basketball Coaches
• Heath Hinton - Editor of BigGoldNation, Blogger of Southern Miss Athletics, Southern Miss Beat Reporter
• Scott Watkins - Biloxi Sun Herald Sports Reporter, Southern Miss Beat Reporter
• Caleb Salers - SuperTalk Mississippi News Reporter, Ole Miss Beat Writer
• Jake Wimberly - Award-Winning Radio Host, ESPN The Zone 105.9

The HD Experience Episode 20 Revised Guest List - Mississippi Football End of Days

HOST:  Hunter Dawkins: Owner/Publisher of the award-winning newspaper - The Gazebo Gazette, Sports Correspondent SuperTalk Mississippi News, Gulfport High Radio Host G96.7, Member of the Football Writer Association of America (FWAA, Heisman Voter), Member of the Associated Press Sports & Editors (APSE)

PRODUCER:  Jeff Clark: Award-Winning Journalist, Multimedia/Podcast Host, South Alabama Beat Writer, Director for the Harrison County Senior Services

• Donevin Esterhuizen: 3-year Gulfport HS Boys Soccer Coach, 24 Years Experience Coaching with Gulf Coast United, 2x State Champion with Biloxi Express, 23-24 South State Runner-Up
• Caleb Salers:  SuperTalk Mississippi News Reporter, Ole Miss Beat Writer 
• Les East:  Crescent City Sportswriter, New Orleans Saints Beat Reporter, FWAA Member 
• Dale McKee:  Pine Belt sportswriter, Radio Broadcast Host of "The Brouhaha" on WABO 105.5FM with Marshall Wood 
• Mitch Gibbs:  WGSO 990AM Radio Host for "Breakfast with the Bayou Bengals" and "In the Red Zone"