Mundy, Carter win county 5Ks; Center Hill and Lewisburg play tonight
DeSoto County Sports Today | October 12, 2026
Olive Branch’s Preston Mundy and Hernando’s Kyleigh Carter won the high-school 5K races at Saturday’s DeSoto County cross-country championship, newly verified results from October 10. Center Hill and Lewisburg return to girls varsity volleyball playoff action on the road tonight, Monday, October 12.
No Sunday, October 11, varsity final was verified by press time. The next posted competitions for the county’s known teams follow, along with Saturday’s late cross-country results. All times are Mississippi local time; the baseball and softball dates are in 2027.
Late results: county cross-country, October 10
Mundy finished first in 15:37.15. Olive Branch’s Camden Jones was ninth in 17:33.62 and Sean Cummings 11th in 17:55.52. Maykyn Johnson led the school’s girls, placing third in 20:31.40.
Carter won in 19:24.40 for Hernando. Abby White was fifth in 20:47.17, Bree Espitia seventh in 21:19.83, Grey Weiss eighth in 22:01.45 and Ren Pillstrom 12th in 22:21.56. Trace Thornhill led Hernando’s boys in fourth, 16:32.99.
Lewisburg’s Autry Foster and Dylan Blanchard finished second and third among the boys in 15:49.72 and 16:22.31. Carolyn Vanhoute was second among the girls in 20:15.85, followed by Lauren Wilson, fourth in 20:47.07; Harper Hodges, sixth in 21:16.76; Madison Simpson, 10th in 22:13.05; and Jane Foster, 14th in 22:36.74.
DeSoto Central’s James West placed fifth in 16:34.45, Kasey King sixth in 16:47.18, Brayden Edwards seventh in 16:49.81, Chase Seawright eighth in 17:26.34 and Kaleb Phillips 13th in 17:57.72. Madysen Marshall led the girls in 13th, 22:23.52.
Center Hill’s Christopher Crockett placed 10th in 17:39.22; Jesus Calzadilla was 12th in 17:56.90 and Lucas Roberson 14th in 17:57.89. Joan Shetler led the girls in ninth, 22:05.50, and Areej Saleh was 11th in 22:15.83. Team scores and championship standings remain result not yet reported in the accessible official records.
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 next girls volleyball match is a home Division II-A state quarterfinal Saturday, October 17, against the winner of Lakeway Christian and Battle Ground Academy. No start time is posted. The Trojans have an October 13 first-round bye.
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
The October 17 Watson Classic at Choctaw Trails in Jackson now lists boys and girls high-school 5K entries from Center Hill, DeSoto Central, Hernando and Olive Branch. These are each team’s next verified meet entries; current race times are not confirmed. Lewisburg is on the school registration list, but its boys’ and girls’ race entries are not shown: 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.
Unreported results
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 remain result not yet reported. Earlier Lewisburg girls golf and DeSoto Central swimming results remain outstanding. Saturday’s county 5K individual placements are reported above; the team scores remain unconfirmed.
