Desoto County Sports

Tuesday sports: Olive Branch boys hold off Horn Lake

Monday, Nov. 18

JUCO men’s basketball

  • Arkansas State Mid-South 80, Northwest 75

JUCO women’s basketball

  • Three Rivers, Mo. 80, Northwest 49

Tuesday, Nov. 19

Prep boys basketball

  • DeSoto Central 84, Tupelo 71
  • Olive Branch 68, Horn Lake 62
    • Olive Branch: Trey King – 15, Reece Garrison – 13
    • Horn Lake: DJ Gilliam – 18, Loghan Johnson – 16
  • Northpoint Christian 58, Delta Streets Academy 54
    • Northpoint Christian – Myles Colom 32, Jackson Ralls 10
    • First head coaching win for Northpoint Christian coach Luke Chapman
  • Southaven 48, Lake Cormorant 43
  • Lewisburg 39, Center Hill 27
  • Lafayette (Oxford) 44, Hernando 34
Hernando’s Fran Kelly drives against Lafayette (Oxford) Tuesday night in Hernando. (Credit: Jody McRee)

Prep girls basketball

  • Tupelo 51, DeSoto Central 12 
  • Olive Branch 53, Horn Lake 41
    • Olive Branch: Caleigh Nix – 13, Gabby Bowens 10, Chloe Dorsey – 9
    • Horn Lake: Kalia Pernell – 10, Kaleigh Holiday – 9
  • Hernando 75, Lafayette (Oxford) 43
    • (Hernando: Fran Kelly 31, Jaliyah Kelly 17)
  • Oxford 55, Northpoint Christian 30
    • (Northpoint Christian: Nailah Herrera 20)
  • Southaven 64, Lake Cormorant 36
  • Center Hill 79, Lewisburg 43
    • (Center Hill – Yazlyn Buffington – 20, Kennedy Hulbert- 20)

Photos are from Tuesday’s basketball games between Olive Branch at Horn Lake. 

Prep boys soccer

  • Lake Cormorant 3, Greenville 2
  • Lewisburg 3, Lafayette (Oxford) 0
  • Starkville 2, DeSoto Central 1
  • North Pontotoc 3, Southaven 3
  • Hernando 3, Center Hill 1

Prep girls soccer

  • Lake Cormorant 6, Greenville 4
  • Lewisburg 4, Lafayette (Oxford) 1
  • North Pontotoc 3, Southaven 2
  • Hernando 4, Center Hill 1
    • Hernando goals: Lily Jones – 2, Annabelle Lloyd, Rosa Ibarra – 1 each

Prep wrestling

  • Millington Central 45, Lewisburg 22

NJCAA Division II women’s soccer nationals

Pool play

  • Northwest 1, St. Charles, Mo. 0 (overtime)
    • Emma Jensen scores the only goal in overtime for Northwest. 
    • Northwest advances to Thursday morning semifinals vs. Holmes

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.