Desoto County Sports

Saturday sports scoreboard

Prep boys basketball

Lewisburg 68, Byhalia 63

Horn Lake 69, Coahoma County 35

(at Tupelo)

Center Hill 64, Booneville 62 (Center Hill-Jonathon Mitchell game-winning shot defeats a defending state champion.)

Tupelo 75, Southaven 68

Prep girls basketball

Lewisburg 64, Byhalia 8

Warren Central 54, Olive Branch 44

(at Tupelo)

Tupelo 66, Southaven 17

Prep boys soccer

Center Hill 4, West Lauderdale 0

Starkville 3, Center Hill 1

Prep girls soccer

West Lauderdale 4, Center Hill 2

Center Hill 0, Starkville 0 (draw)

Women’s JUCO Volleyball

NJCAA Region 23 Play-In

Northwest 3, Pearl River 0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-22)

Women’s Soccer

NJCAA Region 23 Quarterfinals

Northwest 3, East Central 0 

Box Score

SPORTS ETC.: Northpoint Christian School will open the TSSAA Division II-AA football playoffs on Friday, Nov. 4, hosting Davidson Academy of Nashville at Trojan Field. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Davidson Academy defeated Northpoint in Southaven 49-20 earlier in the regular season.  

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.