Center Hill, Lewisburg travel Monday; Northpoint awaits home quarterfinal

October 11, 2026 | DeSoto County Sports Today

Center Hill and Lewisburg have road volleyball playoff matches Monday, October 12, while Northpoint Christian’s next match is a home state quarterfinal October 17. The coming football week opens Thursday with Hernando at Tupelo and continues Friday with three county matchups.

No Saturday, October 10, varsity final could be verified by press time. Results from the DeSoto County cross-country championship remain unreported. Today’s preview lists the next verified posted competition for each team in the working inventory, followed by teams awaiting fixtures. All times are Mississippi local time; spring dates are in 2027. Earlier unlisted events remain possible.

Volleyball

Center Hill travels to Neshoba Central Monday at 5:30 p.m.; Lewisburg visits Germantown in Madison at 6 p.m. Both are girls varsity playoff matches.

Northpoint’s Division II-A state bracket gives the Trojans an October 13 first-round bye, followed by a home quarterfinal Saturday, October 17. Their opponent will be the winner of Battle Ground Academy and the East Region’s No. 3 seed. The start time is not posted.

Girls volleyball at DeSoto Central, Hernando, Horn Lake, Lake Cormorant, Olive Branch, Southaven and DeSoto Christian Academy — no next event posted in accessible sources.

Football

Hernando’s next boys varsity game is at Tupelo Thursday, October 15, at 7 p.m. Friday, October 16, has three county pairings, all at 7 p.m.: Lake Cormorant at Center Hill, Horn Lake at DeSoto Central and Southaven at Lewisburg. Each is the next game for both schools.

Also Friday at 7 p.m., Olive Branch hosts Grenada and Northpoint visits Evangelical Christian in Cordova, Tennessee.

Cross-country

October 17 Watson Classic entries list Center Hill, DeSoto Central and Olive Branch boys and girls in the high-school 5K races at Choctaw Trails in Jackson. These are their next verified meet entries; current race times require confirmation. Hernando and Lewisburg are also on the school registration list, but their boys’ and girls’ race assignments are not shown. Those four teams have no next event posted with confirmed team details.

Soccer

Southaven’s next home matches are against Cleveland Central October 24, boys at 10 a.m. and girls at 10:55 a.m.. Hernando hosts Lake Cormorant October 26, girls at 5 p.m. and boys at 7 p.m., the next matches for all four teams. DeSoto Central hosts Oxford that evening, girls at 5:30 p.m. and boys at 7 p.m..

Center Hill hosts Independence October 27, girls at 5 p.m. and boys at 7 p.m.. Olive Branch hosts Lewisburg boys October 27 at 7 p.m., each team’s next fixture. Olive Branch hosts Horn Lake girls that day, with 9:30 a.m. listed by both schedules; the unusual morning start needs school confirmation.

Horn Lake boys next host Center Hill October 29 at 7:30 p.m. Lewisburg girls host Madison Central October 30 at 5:30 p.m. Northpoint girls — no next event posted. Northpoint boys’ last verified official calendar lists a February 23, 2027, preseason event at 5 p.m., opponent and venue to be determined; that entry could not be refreshed today.

Basketball

Hernando boys next host North Panola October 31, time to be announced. Horn Lake hosts Center Hill November 3, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m., the next games for all four teams. Lewisburg hosts South Panola November 3, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m..

Other November 3 games are Hernando girls hosting Clarksdale at 6 p.m., Southaven girls visiting Oxford at 6 p.m. and Lake Cormorant boys hosting Holly Springs at 7:30 p.m. DeSoto Central hosts Independence November 5, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m..

Southaven boys travel to North Panola November 6 at 7:30 p.m.; Lake Cormorant girls visit Pontotoc November 7 at 4:30 p.m. Northpoint boys visit Delta Streets Academy November 16 at 6 p.m.

On November 17, Olive Branch hosts Booneville, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m.; DeSoto Christian visits First Assembly Christian in Cordova, Tennessee, girls at 5:30 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m.. Northpoint girls next visit Tupelo Christian Prep December 1 at 6 p.m.

Baseball and softball

The next posted boys baseball dates are all in 2027: Olive Branch hosts Marshall Academy February 8 at 5 p.m.; DeSoto Central hosts Olive Branch February 9 at 7 p.m.; Center Hill hosts Corinth February 12 at 7 p.m.; and Southaven hosts Olive Branch February 12 at 6 p.m.

Lewisburg visits Corinth February 16 at 7 p.m. On February 19 at 7 p.m., Horn Lake hosts Byhalia and Lake Cormorant visits Cleveland Central. Hernando travels to Corinth February 27 at 2 p.m. Northpoint hosts Germantown, Tennessee, April 22, time to be announced. DeSoto Christian baseball — no next event posted in accessible sources.

Girls softball’s next county pairings are February 9, 2027, at 6 p.m.: DeSoto Central at Center Hill and Lake Cormorant at Hernando, the next game 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 visits Strayhorn February 11 at 5 p.m.; Olive Branch visits Independence February 16 at 6:30 p.m. Northpoint and DeSoto Christian softball — no next event posted with verified varsity details.

Other teams awaiting fixtures

For these known teams and school-listed programs, no next event posted was found in accessible sources. Shared program directories sometimes leave gender or varsity level unspecified; a missing fixture does not establish that no competition is scheduled.

Center Hill: boys and girls golf, swimming, tennis and track and field; boys wrestling; school-listed 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; school-listed archery, cheer, dance and powerlifting, including girls powerlifting — no next event posted.

Hernando: boys and girls golf and tennis; boys wrestling; school-listed archery, cheer, dance, powerlifting, swimming and track and field; bowling, whose competitive level and gender list remain unverified — no next event posted.

Horn Lake: boys cross-country, boys and girls golf and tennis, and school-listed 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; school-listed archery — no next event posted.

Olive Branch: boys and girls golf, swimming, tennis and track and field — no next event posted.

Southaven: boys and girls cross-country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and field; school-listed archery; girls flag football, whose current varsity status remains unverified — no next event posted.

Northpoint Christian: boys and girls cross-country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and field; cheer, trap and boys wrestling — no next event posted.

DeSoto Christian Academy: school-listed archery, golf and cheer, without separate gender listings — no next event posted.

Late result: Olive Branch football, October 9

Olive Branch lost 26–21 at Saltillo Friday, October 9, a final newly verified after yesterday’s edition. The teams were tied 7–7 at halftime. Saltillo led 14–7 after three quarters; Olive Branch scored 14 fourth-quarter points and Saltillo added 12.

Kylen Reed completed 14 of 25 passes for 182 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for Olive Branch. Javarris Hickman rushed for 131 yards on 27 carries, and Darnell Harris caught five passes for 79 yards and a touchdown. These are statistics from the October 9 game.

Unreported results

The October 10 county cross-country championship, with boys and girls entries from Center Hill, DeSoto Central, Hernando, Lewisburg and Olive Branch, is “result not yet reported.” Northpoint–Overton girls soccer October 1 and the October 3 Frank Horton varsity cross-country finishes for DeSoto Central, Lewisburg and Northpoint boys and girls also remain result not yet reported. Earlier Lewisburg girls golf and DeSoto Central swimming results remain outstanding.