Desoto County Sports

Saturday scores

Boys’ basketball

Southaven 70, Wayne County 52

South Panola 53, Lewisburg 48 (Lewisburg: Eli Lamb 18 points, 11 rebounds; Logan Coker 13 points; Max Zizmann 9 points, 13 rebounds)

Girls’ basketball

South Panola 50, Lewisburg 40

Hernando 51, Lafayette (Oxford) 37 (Hernando: Abby Harrison 17 points)

Boys soccer

Southaven 1, DeSoto Central 0

Girls soccer

DeSoto Central 3, Southaven 1 (DeSoto Central: Goals scored by Katelyn El-Beck, Alana Green and Bethany Walker)

DeSoto Central 12, Byhalia 1

Cross country

Center Hill finished seventh in the Mississippi High School Activities Association state 5A cross country meet held Saturday at Choctaw Trails in Clinton. The Mustangs finished with 185 points to state champion Brookhaven with 29. Jaylen Figueroa-Kelley had Center Hill’s best time, finishing in 24th place with a time of 19:25.70.  

Emory Hill had Center Hill’s best effort in the MHSAA 5A state girls’ cross country run. Hill was 36th with a timing of 24:57.00. The Lady Mustangs did not place in the team standings.   

The state 6A cross country runs will be back at Choctaw Trails on Monday.  

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.

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