Desoto County Sports

Matthews scores five times in Gators’ football win

Thursday, Nov. 6

Prep football 

  • Lake Cormorant 49, Olive Branch 35
  • South Panola 31, Center Hill 7
  • Horn Lake 40, Lewisburg 17
  • Hernando 31, Southaven 14
  • Tupelo 42, DeSoto Central 19

Prep boys’ basketball

  • Hernando 80, H.W. Byers 60

Prep girls’ basketball

  • Hernando 49, H.W. Byers 32

Prep boys soccer

  • Lake Cormorant 8, Senatobia 1

Prep girls soccer

  • Hernando 6, Olive Branch 0

NOTABLES: Aubrey Morrow scored two goals for Hernando in their in-school game day victory over Olive Branch…Tylen Matthews scored five touchdowns for Lake Cormorant in the Gators’ football victory over Olive Branch. Kenny Smith scored two touchdowns for the Quistors. 

Photos from the Lake Cormorant-Olive Branch football game are credit Mary Scott, Oak River Media

Wednesday, Nov. 5

Prep boys’ basketball 

  • Alcorn Central 35, Lewisburg 34 (overtime)

Prep girls’ basketball 

  • Alcorn Central 21, Lewisburg 19 

JUCO women’s soccer

NJCAA Region 23 semifinals – at Ridgeland

  • Northwest 2, Mississippi Gulf Coast 1

Bob Bakken

Bob Bakken provides content for DeSoto County News and its social media channels. He is an award-winning broadcaster, along with being a reporter and photographer, and has done sports media relations work with junior and minor league hockey teams. Along with his reports on this website, you will find this veteran media member providing sports updates and high school football play-by-play on Rebel 95.3 FM Radio.