High school football players from Falkner and Ripley will suit up for the first annual Northeast Mississippi Football Coaches Association All-Star Football Game set for Wednesday, May 22 at Saltillo High School at 6 p.m. The game features northeast Mississippi football seniors from all classifications. Falkner defensive back Dallas Hill and lineman Dustin McCoy will play [...]
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Four return to Tippah County with MHSAA track and field medals
PEARL–The 2013 MHSAA Track and Field Championships were held Saturday, May 11 and Monday, May 13 at Pearl High School, and four Tippah County athletes returned with medals–three from Ripley and one from Walnut high schools. At Saturday’s Class 1A/3A/5A portion, Ripley’s Jada Rich won gold with a first place finish in girls Class 3A [...]
Ripley, Walnut set spring football jamboree schedules
Walnut Wildcat football coach John Meeks announced that the school will host a Spring Football Jamboree, Thursday, May 16 at Wanut High School. Varsity and junior varsity squads from Walnut, Alcorn Central and Middlteon, Tenn. will participate. 2013 Walnut Football Jamboree schedule: Walnut vs. Alcorn Central (V), 5 p.m. Walnut vs. Alcorn Central (JV), 6 [...]
Tippah County sends 12 to state track championships
PEARL — Saturday, 12 Tippah County track athletes will participate in the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) State Track Championships at Pearl High School. Tracksters from Falkner, Ripley and Walnut high schools qualifed with fourth place or better finishes at their respective North Half meets held Saturday, May 4. Falkner’s Melissa Maldonado and Meleka [...]
Cougars and Eagles advance in Class 1A
(B) Falkner 51, Houlka 46, OT: No. 4 seed Falkner led by 11 points heading into the final quarter with No. 1 seed Houlka, gave up a 18-6 run to go down by one-point with 30 seconds to play, reclaimed the lead only to watch Houlka knot the game at 43 on a last second shot. [...]
Division tournaments begin today in Div. 1-1A
Ten Tippah County basketball teams will begin a quest for a state title this week. Division tournaments, the first phase of the MHSAA State Basketball Tournament, begin today. At Booneville High School, Blue Mountain, Falkner and Pine Grove high schools will play in the Div. 1-1A Tournament, which begins this evening at 5:30 p.m. [...]
SCOREBOARD for Jan. 31: Ripley,BMHS Cougars win make up games
(G) Ripley 48, Itawamba AHS 46: The Lady Tigers led by 13 at the break, but had to fight off a pesky Lady Indians squad at the end. Itawamba outscored Ripley 26-15 in the second half, including a 14-5 fourth quarter. Ripley won over Itawamba for the second time in six days. Saturday, Jan. 26, [...]
Brother vs. brother, state title game rematch tonight in Ripley
It’s brother vs. brother tonight in Ripley when Grant Gardner’s Ripley Tigers host Guy Gardner’s Belmont Cardinals. “The whole family is pulling for Guy,” Grant Gardner said. “I get to be the bully and the bad guy all at one time. I’m fine playing that role as long as we win.” The brothers – Grant [...]
Lady Eagles move to first place
FALKNER–Leading scorer Brianna Williams scored 31 points, Ambreka Peterson added 17 and Rayanna Edgeston,10, and the Falkner Lady Eagles moved to the top of the Div. 1-1A girls’ with a 70-48 win over the Jumpertown Lady Cardinals, Tuesday. It was Falkner’s second consecutive division win, moving them into a three-way tie for first place [...]
Tippah County Junior High Tournament Finals set
CHALYBEATE–The finals of the Tippah County Junior High Tournament are set for Saturday morning, Jan. 19 at Chalybeate School. It will be an all Ripley/Chalybeate affair, as the RMS Lady Tigers and Chalybeate Lady Warriors tip off at 10 a.m. in the girls’ final. The boys’ final between the RMS Tigers and Chalyberate Warriors will [...]
