Desoto County Sports

Saturday sports page: Lewisburg softball advances; Hernando, Center Hill baseball seasons end

Saturday, April 26

Prep baseball playoffs 

MHSAA 7A first round (best of three- game one) 

  • Tupelo 3, Lewisburg 1 (Tupelo leads 1-0)
    • Lewisburg: Latham-1 run, Talon Haley-1 hit, 5.2 IP, 1 hit, 3 runs, 11 strikeouts. Grant Walendzik-1 hit, double. 
  • DeSoto Central 5, Madison Central 4 (DeSoto County leads 1-0)
    • DeSoto Central: Jayson Oakley-2 runs. C Smith-3 hits. C Simpson-2 RBIs. C Richardson-4.1 IP, 9 strikeouts, 3 earned runs, 7 hits. 

MHSAA 7A first round (best of three- game two)

  • Clinton 11, Hernando 5 (Clinton wins 2-0)
    • Hernando: Axton Westmoreland-2 hits. Donavan Dickson-double, Luke Romine-double, Josh Pena-double

MHSAA 6A first round (best of three- game two)

  • Warren Central 8, Center Hill 1 (Warren Central wins 2-0)
    • Center Hill: JaMaryon Warren-1 run, 1 hit, double. Whit Key-2 hits, 1 RBI, double. 

Prep softball playoffs

MHSAA 7A first round (best of three-game three – if needed)

  • Lewisburg 12, Germantown (Madison) 5 (8 innings – Lewisburg wins 2-1)
    • Lewisburg: Scores eight in the eighth inning to win. Bailee Davis-3 runs, 1 hit, 2 RBIs, double. Willhite-1 run, 3 hits, 2 RBIs. Mikayla Johnson-3 hits, 4 RBIs, double.  Ella Abrams-4 IP, 3 runs, 2 strikeouts, win. Lexi edmiston-4 IP, 

JUCO baseball 

  • East Central 12, Northwest 4
  • Northwest 6, East Central 4

JUCO softball

  • Northwest 4, East Central 2
  • Northwest 5, East Central 4

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.