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.
- 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.
