Thursday’s DeSoto County scores

Prep boys basketball

Southaven 63, Olive Branch 44

DeSoto Central 76, South Panola 66 (overtime) (DeSoto Central: Matthew Smith 27, including 10 in overtime)

Lake Cormorant 76, Hernando 71 (Lake Cormorant: Donovan Sanders 38, KB Brooks passes 1,000 career points, Gators’ record 3-0)

Prep girls basketball

Olive Branch 72, Southaven 55

DeSoto Central 54, South Panola 50

Hernando 51, Independence 41 (Hernando: Abbey Harrison 17)

Prep boys soccer

Center Hill 3, DeSoto Central 1

Olive Branch 2, Horn Lake 0 

Lake Cormorant 3, Byhalia 0

Prep girls soccer

DeSoto Central 6, Center Hill 1

Olive Branch 7, Horn Lake 0 

Lake Cormorant 7, Byhalia 0

JUCO Football

Northwest Mississippi 41, Holmes 13

CARPENTER PLACES AT TSSAA STATE CROSS COUNTRY: Noah Carpenter of Northpoint Christian School became the first runner from the school to medal in the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association (TSSAA) Division II-A state meet in Henderson, Tennessee’s Sanders Ferry Park on Friday, Nov. 6. Carpenter ran a time of 17:08.52 for the five-kilometer course.

Bob Bakken

Bob Bakken is the most recognized and most trusted name in DeSoto County news and sports reporting, as readers continue to express their appreciation for his accuracy and fairness in the stories he writes. Bob is also heard on 95.3 The Rebel twice a week with sports updates and high school football play-by-play broadcasts in the fall. A former newspaper editor and writer, his award-winning background also includes television news producing, sports media relations, and radio broadcasting.

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