Olive Branch leading scorers vs. Southaven: Landon Jeffries 23.
Girls Basketball
Horn Lake 59, Lafayette (Oxford) 52
Olive Branch 59, Southaven 19
Donovan Griffin of DeSoto Central led the Jaguars in scoring against Hernando. (Bob Bakken/DeSoto County Sports)
WORTH NOTING…
Horn Lake leading scorers vs. Lafayette (Oxford): Indiya Bowen 18, Kaitlyn Williams 10.
Olive Branch leading scorers vs. Southaven: Addison Howell 18, Rhema Pegues 16.
Shan Whiteside Sideline Cancer Classic at DeSoto Central
Jhamal Ross (11) of Center Hill earned MVP honors in the Mustangs’ win over North Panola. (Bob Bakken/DeSoto County Sports)
Carl Malone led Hernando in scoring against DeSoto Central. (Bob Bakken/DeSoto County Sports)
Boys Basketball
DeSoto Central 56, Hernando 55
Madison-Ridgeland Academy 81, Gentry 62
Center Hill 65, North Panola 62
WORTH NOTING…
DeSoto Central leading scorers vs. Hernando: Donovan Griffin 17, Dorian Whitley 17. Alex Pete’s layup with 3.1 seconds remaining were the winning points for DeSoto Central. Griffin was named game’s MVP.
Hernando leading scorers vs. DeSoto Central: Carl Malone 15, Josh Humes 12.
Madison-Ridgeland leading scorer vs. Gentry: Josh Hubbard 33, named game’s MVP.
Center Hill was led by game MVP Jhamal Ross with 18 points.
Shan Whiteside Sideline Cancer Classic at DeSoto Central
Girls Basketball
DeSoto Central 51, Hernando 41
North Panola 55, Center Hill 51
Madison-Ridgeland Academy 41, Gentry 18
WORTH NOTING…
DeSoto Central leading scorers vs. Hernando: Janiya Jones 11, Jamaiya Hasley 9. Hasley was named game MVP.
Hernando leading scorers vs DeSoto Central: Damyia Cummings 19, Abbey Harrison with 14. Madison-Ridgeland Academy had Riley Hancock as game MVP with 9 points and 14 rebounds.
North Panola’s Jykeria Black scored 30 points vs. Center Hill to be named game MVP.
Center Hill leading scorers vs. North Panola: Dominique Collins – 14, Jairya Rankins – 14, Madison Bush 9.
Janiya Jones led DeSoto Central in scoring against Hernando with 11 points. (Bob Bakken/DeSoto County Sports)
Damiya Cummings led Hernando in scoring against DeSoto Central with 19 points. (Bob Bakken/DeSoto County Sports)
Dominique Collins (pictured) and Jairya Rankins each has 14 points for Center Hill against North Panola. (Bob Bakken/DeSoto County Sports)
Micah Benson (left) and Kennedy Smith (right) sign letters of intent at DeSoto Central High School on Friday. Benson will play soccer at East Central Community College and Smith will play volleyball at Northwest Mississippi Community College next season. (Bob Bakken/DeSoto County Sports)
SPORTS ETC.:
A joint event Friday afternoon at DeSoto Central High School had Micah Benson sign with East Central Community College for women’s soccer and Kennedy Smith sign with Northwest Mississippi Community College for volleyball.
Soccer matches with Center Hill vs. Lewisburg, and DeSoto Central vs. Olive Branch were postponed. The DeSoto Central-Olive Branch contests were rescheduled to Jan. 6.
