Olive Branch Country Club golf professional Daniel Yeargin is getting ready to again welcome some youthful, but quite talented golfers to tackle his course in September.
Thursday, Aug. 22
Northpoint Christian School basketball coach/athletic director Barry Gray already had a stellar resume established when he left Brookhaven Academy and moved to Southaven to coach girls basketball.
Tuesday night in high school volleyball, DeSoto Central defeated county rival Lake Cormorant 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-19). Leaders for DeSoto Central include Amonie Silas (14 kills, two blocks), Kennedy Smith (eight blocks), Megan Harris (10 digs), Ally Haire (nine digs). Gracie Tacker (35 assi…
In case you weren’t aware, there was a professional tennis tournament going on in DeSoto County this past week and the final match was about as hot as the August heat it was played in.
As of Friday, Aug. 16 at 7 a.m., the Arkabutla Lake elevation was measured as 225.1 and falling in murky water, according to the latest report from the Army Corps of Engineers.
On Thursday night in high school volleyball, Lake Cormorant swept Southaven 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 21-12); DeSoto Central swept past Center Hill 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-17); Lewisburg also swept Hernando 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-15); and Oxford blanked Horn Lake 3-0 (25-18, 25-10, 25-12).
Northwest Mississippi Community College has appointed former Mississippi State softball standout and Lewisburg High School head coach Chelsea Bramlett as the new head coach of the Ranger softball program, officials have announced.
After being named interim women's basketball coach in June, Northwest Mississippi Community College has officially promoted former assistant Troy Howell to the head coaching position, officials announced Friday afternoon.
Hope and Newton Mealer love the game of basketball and it’s likely a popular topic of conversation at the Mealer dinner table.
Former Northpoint Christian School standout Christian Saulsberry is shown making a catch for West Alabama against Lenoir-Rhyne (North Carolina) University last season. Saulsberry is a senior wide receiver for the Tigers, which will enter the season ranked 21st in the D2Sports.net top 25 pres…
Monday’s announcement of the assistant coaching staff for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies under new head coach Taylor Jenkins has an impact at the top of the team’s NBA G League franchise, the Memphis Hustle, which plays its home games at Southaven’s Landers Center.
Organizers are finalizing details for a highly-anticipated golf event that serves a dual purpose: to give golfers a chance to compete for a chance to represent the area at a state event and also to help spread the Gospel to youngsters in North Mississippi.
Two former Horn Lake High School football players were recently rewarded for “doing good” in their college home of Thibodaux, Louisiana.
The Dizzy Dean baseball World Series, beset in recent days by at least three consecutive days of rainouts, has finally crowned its champions. The tournaments have been hosted by Snowden Grove Park in Southaven.
Benjamin Cope is a young hockey player who continues to play the game with hopes of taking his talents to higher levels.
The North All-Stars, with a lineup of mostly players from DeSoto County, swept their South counterparts 3-0 in the Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star Volleyball Games at the Millsaps College Hangar Dome. Raegan Stafford of DeSoto Central was the Game Ball Winner and Isabella Beasley…
Mother Nature, or more correctly Tropical Storm Barry, has not been a baseball fan around here the past few days, as the storm washed away three days of action in the Dizzy Dean World Series at Snowden Grove Park in Southaven.
The Dizzy Dean Baseball World Series heads into its final days this week at Snowden Grove Park in Southaven.
Caroline Aldridge signed to play volleyball at Blue Mountain College during a signing party at Lewisburg High School on Friday. Aldridge was a captain for the Lewisburg Lady Patriots during her senior season. She will be playing on the first volleyball team in Blue Mountain's history.
DeSoto County continues this weekend to host the Dizzy Dean baseball World Series in Southaven, attracting young diamond teams, players and parents into the area. Softball finals were played last week, and the baseball divisions wrap up their play this weekend at Snowden Grove Park.
Blue Mountain College recently held a volleyball camp for girls, a camp held with the direction of head coach Reid Gann. Participants in the camp included two girls from DeSoto County. They are Kendall Woods (Lewisburg) and Abbie McBride (Northpoint Christian).
Mississippi State, playing as Team USA, and Olive Branch’s Myah Taylor, came up eight points short of a gold medal, falling to defending champion Australia 80-72 Wednesday afternoon at the World University Games women’s basketball finals in Naples, Italy.
Bubba Skelton, former head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Northwest Mississippi Community College, has assumed similar duties at Magnolia Heights School in Senatobia.
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The boys (and girls) of summer are back in DeSoto County with last weekend’s start of the Dizzy Dean World Series at Snowden Grove Park in Southaven for baseball and at Greenbrook Softball Complex in Southaven for softball.
The boys (and girls) of summer are back in DeSoto County with last weekend’s start of the Dizzy Dean World Series at Snowden Grove Park in Southaven for baseball and at Greenbrook Softball Complex in Southaven for softball.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sunday released its weekly fishing report for Arkabutla Lake. Lake elevation at 7 a.m. Sunday was at 228.8 and falling, the Corps reported, and water conditions were considered murky.
With the holiday weekend, we get a chance to catch up on some of our favorite athletes and check the wires on what they are doing.
In late August, Hernando’s Tanner Madison will head north of the border with hopes of becoming a world champion.
Sand volleyball is starting to make some inroads as a sports option for DeSoto County youngsters. Two young area girls recently set their way toward a national tournament in just their first year of competitive sand volleyball.
Brian Oakes has been appointed as Northwest Mississippi Community College's (NWCC) new director of athletics, NWCC President Dr. Michael J. Heindl announced Thursday afternoon.
Ole Miss basketball's Terence Davis of Southaven will have a chance to earn a roster spot on the Denver Nuggets after signing with the team for the upcoming NBA Summer League (July 5-15) in Las Vegas.
Myah Taylor of Olive Branch and the rest of the Mississippi State Bulldogs women’s basketball team are set to wear Red, White and Blue, instead of Maroon and White, for the next few weeks.
Peyton Logan (with football) looks for room in a game last season for the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks. The former Horn Lake Eagle is on the CFB Network All-Ohio Valley Second Team, along with former Itawamba Community College player Terry Williams of Southaven.
He was a quarterback and defensive back for the Horn Lake Eagles in high school. Now, Darius Harris could be taking the field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. this season for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.
Olive Branch native Rachel Sternisha of Itawamba Community College has signed to continue her softball career at the University of West Alabama. Sternisha was part of an Indians team that won 40 games, a state title and the school’s first NJCAA Division II national tournament appearance.
Following a storied coaching career which yielded 404 wins, Northwest head softball coach Mike Rowan has announced his retirement after 16 seasons in command.
After 32 seasons in charge of the Northwest women's basketball program, head coach Don Edwards has stepped away from his role with the Lady Rangers effective immediately.
The ring finger of some DeSoto County high school athletes is certainly glittering more than usual. The added jewelry comes from rings they have earned by their achievement as state champions.
In a place where there’s growing excitement about tennis, especially with the expansion of the Southaven Tennis Complex at Snowden Grove, now comes a net game option for those of us who can’t run up and down the baseline like Serena Williams or charge the net for a smash like Roger Federer.
There is going to be more than a passing interest for the baseball College World Series in DeSoto County when the annual tournament to determine the best college team in the country starts.
The sports department email was abuzz with news of junior college baseball players being noted for their exceptional efforts on the diamond this past spring season.
Lewisburg basketball players recently took part in the Blue Mountain College girls’ basketball camp on the school campus. With (from left) Blue Mountain coach Lavon Driskell are Karmyn Payne, Bam Robinson, Alexis Taylor, Carissa Horton, Norma Rodgers, Raylin Starks, Matavia Cox, Jada Taylor,…
Cameron Goodwin is the fourth graduated senior member of the MHSAA 5A state boys’ basketball championship Center Hill Mustangs heading to play in the collegiate ranks.
Blake Jones, who coached an Olive Branch girls’ basketball team to a pair of MHSAA 6A state runner up finishes while coaching someone who would become a three-time Gatorade Mississippi Player of the Year in Myah Taylor, will return to the coaching wars in a new role and in a new location.
NASCAR came back to the Mid-South over the weekend with its only visit to the region at the Memphis International Raceway in Millington, Tenn.
Kaitlyn Bednarek of DeSoto Central was named the North MVP at this weekend's Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star Fastpitch Games at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville. In the two games played against the South All-Stars, Bednarek hit a total of three home runs, one Friday even…
Anyone up for a spot of soccer?
He’s now 80 years old, but PGA Golf Instructor Dave Dixon still likes to provide a pointer or two to an aspiring young golfer.
Eric Musselman has been around basketball, played, and coached basketball his entire life. The last three years, Musselman, as coach, has led his Nevada Wolf Pack to Mountain West Conference regular-season titles and the NCAA tournament each time. Suffice to say, Arkansas Razorback basketbal…
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