Friday sports: Horn Lake, Olive Branch advance in basketball

Friday, Feb. 24

Prep boys basketball

MHSAA 6A quarterfinals

at Mississippi Valley State University

• Horn Lake 43, Starkville 42
• Olive Branch 59, Madison Central 52.

Prep girls basketball

MHSAA 6A quarterfinals

at Mississippi Valley State University

• Tupelo 58, Horn Lake 51
• Germantown (Madison) 62, Center Hill 42

Prep baseball 

• Center Hill 6, Corinth 5 (8 innings)
  • Center Hill: Scott Green – 7 strikeouts, 2.2 innings pitched, Ayden Rodgers earns save
• Northwest Rankin 4, Lewisburg 3 (8 innings)
  • Lewisburg: Gage Haley – 2 hits, 2 RBIs. Cayden Baker – 6 innings pitched, 7 strikeouts

Prep softball

• Madison Central 3, Hernando 2

JUCO baseball

• Northwest 7, John Melvin University 3
• Southwest CC 2, Northwest 1

JUCO softball

• Northwest 5, Parkland College 4
• Northwest 8, Coastal Alabama-North 1

JUCO men’s tennis

• Northwest 5, East Central 4

JUCO women’s tennis

• Northwest at East Central 9, Northwest 0

SPORTS ETC.: 

• Hernando football placekicker Jackson Uselton Friday morning signed to play football next season at Northwest Mississippi Community College.  

Hernando High School placekicker Jackson Uselton today signed to play football at @NWCC_Rangers next season. Congrats! @HHS_TigersFB pic.twitter.com/NRFW5fsqHg

— DeSoto County News (@desoto_news) February 24, 2023

• Center Hill had five wrestlers advance to the semifinals as Lewisburg advanced nine to the semifinals at the Mississippi Wrestling Foundation state individual tournament yesterday. The meet continues today.