Thursday's state cross-country championship brought a team title to Union County, an individual title for Myrtle and a runner-up finish for Tippah County's Walnut. The Mississippi High School Activities Association posted its results Friday morning. Thursday night's football scores also provide an outcome for games previewed in the previous roundup.
Union: Myrtle boys win Class 2A state cross-country title
Myrtle Attendance Center won the Class 2A boys team title with 60 points, ahead of Walnut's 73, according to the MHSAA's official results. Myrtle junior Peyton Medlin placed fourth individually in 18:14.30. In the girls race, Myrtle junior Ally Murphy won the individual championship in 19:43.80, and Myrtle finished second as a team with 72 points. East Union placed fourth in the girls team standings with 103 points.
Tippah: Walnut boys take state runner-up; football teams fall
Walnut finished second in the Class 2A boys cross-country team standings with 73 points, the MHSAA reports. Walnut junior James McConnell was second individually in 17:57.70. In Thursday football, the Associated Press score list reports Baldwyn 38, Walnut 8; Potts Camp 35, Falkner 0; and Senatobia 33, Ripley 7. These are game results, following Thursday's advance schedule notice.
Alcorn: Alcorn Central places third in Class 3A boys race
Alcorn Central took third in the Class 3A boys cross-country team standings with 109 points, according to the MHSAA results. In football, the Associated Press reported Kossuth 29, Alcorn Central 6 on Thursday night.
Prentiss: Booneville boys finish fifth in Class 3A cross-country
Booneville High School's boys finished fifth with 130 points in Thursday's Class 3A state cross-country race, according to the MHSAA standings. This is the newly posted meet result; the earlier Booneville marching-band title is not repeated here.
Benton: Ashland edges Byers for first football win
Ashland beat Byers 20–18 Thursday for its first win of the season, according to the final score posted on MaxPreps. MaxPreps lists Ashland's record as 1–9 after the game. Its recap is generated from entered game data, so this report does not add play-by-play or other details that have not been independently confirmed.
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Featured image: Original RCTV 19 information graphic based on the MHSAA Class 2A boys results. It displays team scores and is not a photograph of the race. Existing repository race graphics concerned different meets, and the association's credited photograph did not state reuse rights.
