Southaven hosts Olive Branch as October varsity slate opens
DeSoto County Sports Today — October 1, 2026
Southaven welcomes Olive Branch and Northpoint Christian hosts Center Hill on Thursday, Oct. 1, with both girls varsity volleyball matches scheduled for 6 p.m. The two county matchups open an October slate that also brings Horn Lake to Hernando for Friday football and three county schools to Saturday’s Frank Horton cross-country meet.
No September 30 varsity final was verified by Thursday morning. The next posted events follow, including winter and spring schedules where available. All times are Mississippi local time; February and March dates are in 2027.
Volleyball
Southaven–Olive Branch and Northpoint–Center Hill are among six Thursday matches. DeSoto Central visits Oxford, Hernando visits Collierville, Horn Lake visits South Panola and Lake Cormorant hosts Alcorn Central; all are posted for Oct. 1 at 6 p.m.
DeSoto Christian Academy next travels to Rossville Christian Academy on Oct. 5 at 5 p.m. Lewisburg lists a home playoff match against Starkville with date and time to be determined. Lake Cormorant also has an undated home playoff listing against Ridgeland.
Football
Hernando hosts Horn Lake on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m., the next game for both teams. That night, DeSoto Central visits Germantown at 7 p.m., Olive Branch hosts Charleston at 7 p.m. and Northpoint hosts St. George’s at 7 p.m. Lake Cormorant hosts South Panola at a newly posted 6 p.m. start.
The next games for Center Hill, Lewisburg and Southaven are Oct. 9: Center Hill visits Grenada, Lewisburg hosts DeSoto Central and Southaven hosts Tupelo. Each is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Cross-country
The next verified boys and girls varsity entries for DeSoto Central, Lewisburg and Northpoint are in the Frank Horton Classic on Oct. 3 at Shelby Farms Park in Memphis. DeSoto Central and Lewisburg boys and Lewisburg girls have Gold entries; DeSoto Central girls and Northpoint boys and girls have Purple entries. The organizer’s timetable sets Purple girls for 7 p.m., Purple boys for 7:30 p.m., Gold girls for 8 p.m. and Gold boys for 8:30 p.m.
Soccer
Northpoint girls host Overton on Oct. 1 at 5 p.m. Southaven boys host Cleveland Central on Oct. 24 at 10 a.m.; the girls follow against Cleveland Central at 10:55 a.m.
On Oct. 26, Hernando hosts Lake Cormorant, girls at 5 p.m. and boys at 7 p.m., marking the next fixtures for all four teams. DeSoto Central hosts Oxford that day, girls at 5:30 p.m. and boys at 7 p.m..
Center Hill’s next matches are at home against Independence on Oct. 27, girls at 5 p.m. and boys at 7 p.m.. Olive Branch hosts Lewisburg boys that night at 7 p.m. Olive Branch and Horn Lake girls meet at Olive Branch on Oct. 27 at a posted 9:30 a.m.; that morning time needs school confirmation.
Horn Lake boys next host Center Hill on Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Lewisburg girls host Madison Central on Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. Northpoint boys’ last available school calendar lists a Feb. 23, 2027, preseason event at 5 p.m., with opponent and venue to be determined; that entry could not be refreshed today.
Basketball
Hernando boys next host North Panola on Oct. 31, time to be determined. On Nov. 3, Horn Lake hosts Center Hill, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m., the next games for both schools’ teams. Lewisburg hosts South Panola, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m.; Hernando girls host Clarksdale at 6 p.m.; Southaven girls visit Oxford at 6 p.m.; and Lake Cormorant boys host Holly Springs at 7:30 p.m.
DeSoto Central girls host Independence on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. Southaven boys visit North Panola on Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m., and DeSoto Central boys visit Pontotoc on Nov. 10 at 7:15 p.m. Northpoint boys visit Delta Streets Academy on Nov. 16 at 6 p.m.
On Nov. 17, Olive Branch hosts Booneville, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m.; Lake Cormorant girls host North Panola at 6 p.m.; and DeSoto Christian visits First Assembly Christian, girls at 5:30 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m.. Northpoint girls next visit Tupelo Christian Prep on Dec. 1 at 6 p.m.
Baseball and softball
Baseball’s first posted fixtures are Olive Branch hosting Marshall Academy on Feb. 8 at 5 p.m.; DeSoto Central hosting Olive Branch on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.; Center Hill hosting Corinth on Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.; and Southaven hosting Olive Branch that day at 6 p.m. Horn Lake hosts Byhalia on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.; Lewisburg visits Center Hill on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.; Hernando hosts Pontotoc on March 2 at 7 p.m.; and Lake Cormorant visits Saltillo on March 25 at 7 p.m.
In softball, Center Hill hosts DeSoto Central and Hernando hosts Lake Cormorant on Feb. 9 at 6 p.m., the next listings for all four teams. Lewisburg visits Itawamba Agricultural that day at 6:30 p.m.; Southaven visits South Panola at 6 p.m. Horn Lake next visits Lake Cormorant on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.; Olive Branch visits Horn Lake on Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m. Northpoint and DeSoto Christian baseball and softball: no next event posted with verified varsity details in the accessible schedules.
Other team schedules
For the following teams, “no next event posted” means no upcoming competition could be verified in the accessible sources. Some schedules could not be retrieved; this does not establish that a team has no event.
Center Hill: boys and girls cross-country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and field; boys wrestling; archery, cheer, dance and boys and girls powerlifting — no next event posted.
DeSoto Central: boys and girls golf, swimming, tennis, track and field and bowling; boys wrestling; archery, cheer, dance and powerlifting, including girls powerlifting — no next event posted.
Hernando: boys and girls cross-country, golf and tennis; boys wrestling; school-listed archery, cheer, dance, powerlifting, swimming and track and field — no next event posted. Bowling has no verified next competition; Wednesday’s tryouts were not a competitive event.
Horn Lake: boys cross-country, boys and girls golf and tennis, and cheer — no next event posted. Lake Cormorant: boys and girls golf, swimming and tennis — no next event posted.
Lewisburg: boys and girls golf, swimming, tennis, bowling and powerlifting; boys wrestling; archery — no next event posted.
Olive Branch: boys and girls cross-country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and field — no next event posted. Southaven: those same boys and girls sports, plus archery and the girls flag-football candidate program — no next event posted with verified varsity details.
Northpoint: boys and girls golf, swimming, tennis and track and field; cheer, trap and boys wrestling — no next event posted. DeSoto Christian: school-listed archery, golf and cheer — no next event posted; the school’s directory does not separate those programs by gender.
Late results and unreported scores
In results newly verified after Wednesday’s edition, Hernando defeated Southaven 3–0 in girls volleyball on Sept. 29. Northpoint girls soccer beat White Station 6–1 on Sept. 29. An older missing soccer score is also now posted: St. George’s defeated Northpoint 10–1 on Sept. 17.
Official Sept. 23 MYA High School Meet No. 3 varsity results show Northpoint’s Aiden Hoshell 12th in the boys 5K in 18:28 and Campbell Phillips 17th in the girls race in 22:14. These are individual overall finishes. Verified team standings were unavailable.
Lewisburg’s Sept. 29 volleyball match at Northpoint remains result not yet reported. Other outstanding reports include Lewisburg’s Sept. 23 girls golf and DeSoto Central’s Sept. 19 and Sept. 22 swimming; earlier unresolved events remain on the follow-up list.
