Center Hill gets 2 p.m. title start; county swimmers head to state
October 14, 2026 | DeSoto County Sports Today
Thursday brings two state volleyball title matches for DeSoto County, followed by state swimming and a full Friday football slate. Center Hill’s championship starts at 2 p.m., with Lewisburg following at 6 p.m.; county swimmers begin their state meet appearances Friday morning.
No Tuesday, October 13, varsity final involving a county school was verified by press time. The next posted events for the county’s known boys and girls varsity teams follow. All times are Mississippi local time. Baseball and softball dates below are in 2027.
Volleyball
Center Hill will face Hancock at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 15 for the Class 6A girls volleyball title at Mississippi College’s A.E. Wood Coliseum in Clinton. Lewisburg meets Ocean Springs there at 6 p.m. for the Class 7A championship. The MHSAA’s published schedule confirms the afternoon start for Center Hill.
Northpoint hosts a Division II-A state quarterfinal Saturday, October 17, against Battle Ground Academy, which beat Lakeway Christian 3–1 Tuesday. A start time has not been posted. Northpoint had a first-round bye Tuesday.
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.
Swimming
Lewisburg boys and girls and DeSoto Central girls are entered in Friday’s Class III state meet, October 16. Center Hill girls and Olive Branch boys are entered in Saturday’s Class I–II meet, October 17. Both days are at Tupelo Aquatic Center, with preliminary competition at 8:50 a.m. and finals at 4:15 p.m., subject to adjustments announced at the meet. These are the next verified competitions for those teams.
Cross-country
Center Hill, DeSoto Central, Hernando, Lewisburg and Olive Branch have boys and girls high-school 5K entries for the Watson Classic on Saturday, October 17, at Choctaw Trails in Jackson. It is the next verified meet for all ten teams. Lewisburg’s Gold race entries are now posted for both genders. Current race start times have not been confirmed.
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, tennis and track and field; boys swimming; boys wrestling; school-listed archery, cheer, dance and boys and girls powerlifting — no next event posted.
DeSoto Central: boys and girls golf, tennis, track and field and bowling; boys swimming; 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, tennis, bowling and powerlifting; boys wrestling; school-listed archery — no next event posted.
Olive Branch: boys and girls golf, tennis and track and field; girls swimming — 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. Lewisburg’s September 23 girls golf, DeSoto Central’s September 19 and 22 swimming and October 10 county cross-country team scores also remain result not yet reported. Hernando’s October 13 school notice mentions a county golf championship, but conflicting year metadata and unspecified level leave the event date and varsity status unconfirmed; result not yet reported.
