Desoto County Sports

Thursday sports: Basketball, soccer seasons begin

Boys Basketball

Center Hill 74, South Panola 39 (Center Hill-Jaidyn Rankins 23, Kaison Saunders-18)

Hernando 54, Tunica Rosa Fort 64, Hernando 54 (Hernando-Eric Oliver 25, Dallas Randle and Derrell Tate, 12 each)

(Bob Bakken/desotocountynews.com)

Boys’ Soccer

Oxford 2, DeSoto Central 1

Southaven 2, Lewisburg 1 (Lewisburg-Braxton Sharp, 1 goal)

Cleveland Central 3, Lake Cormorant 3 (draw)


Girls Basketball

South Panola 69, Center Hill 44

Hernando 64, Tunica Rosa Fort 10 (Hernando-Damyia Cummings 27, Janiya Nevilles 16) 

(Bob Bakken/desotocountynews.com)

Girls Soccer

Oxford 3, DeSoto Central 0

Lewisburg 5, Southaven 0

Lake Cormorant 1, Cleveland Central 0

JUCO football

Northwest 28, Northeast 2

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.