Falkner golfers head to state as Tippah runners prepare for regionals
Falkner’s girls golfers begin their state championship trip Monday in Brookhaven, opening a week that also sends runners from all five Tippah County high schools into regional competition. The Lady Eagles qualified with a division runner-up finish, according to the school’s announcement; their state match is Oct. 19–20, with no tee time posted.
No completed varsity result was verified for Saturday, Oct. 17, across Blue Mountain, Falkner, Pine Grove, Ripley and Walnut. The next posted events span fall championships, winter openers and spring schedules. All times below are Central.
Blue Mountain’s cross-country regional is next: the meet organizer lists Oct. 20 at the Blue Mountain College trail, girls at 4 p.m. and boys at 4:35. On Oct. 22, New Albany’s regional uses BNA Park and Tallahatchie Trails. Ripley’s girls race at 10 a.m., boys at 10:30; Falkner, Pine Grove and Walnut follow with girls at 11 and boys at 11:30.
Football resumes with Ripley at Rosa Fort and Walnut at Hatley on Oct. 23, both at 7 p.m. Falkner hosts Byers at 7, but the date needs confirmation: North Tippah lists Oct. 22, while MaxPreps lists Oct. 23.
Ripley welcomes Caledonia for soccer Oct. 26, girls at 5 p.m. and boys at 7. Basketball begins on the posted schedules Oct. 31: Walnut’s girls visit Saltillo at 10:30 a.m., Pine Grove’s boys visit East Union at noon, and Pine Grove’s girls visit Hatley at 1:15 p.m.
The first listed county basketball matchup brings Falkner’s girls to Ripley Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Blue Mountain hosts Thrasher that evening, girls at 6 and boys at 7:30. Walnut’s boys host Tishomingo County Nov. 7 at 1:30 p.m.; Ripley’s boys host New Albany Nov. 10 at 7, and Falkner’s boys host Myrtle at 7:30.
Archery’s next listings are in 2027: Pine Grove hosts Wheeler Jan. 28, time unposted, while Blue Mountain visits Pine Grove Feb. 25 at 5 p.m.
Baseball starts with Walnut’s Feb. 6 scrimmage at Mooreville, time unposted, and Ripley at Alcorn Central that day at 2 p.m. Falkner hosts Tremont Feb. 11 at 6; Pine Grove visits Walnut March 6 at 1.
Softball’s next dates are Pine Grove’s Feb. 6 Mooreville jamboree, time unposted; Ripley hosting New Albany Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m.; Falkner hosting New Site Feb. 19 at 5:30; and Walnut hosting New Site March 16 at 5:30.
No next event is listed for Blue Mountain baseball or softball, or for the remaining volleyball, golf, tennis, track, powerlifting and archery teams at the five schools. Legacy slow-pitch, wrestling and dance listings also have no next event.
