Ripley, Pine Grove and Falkner open October with home volleyball matches Thursday at 6 p.m., leading a Tippah County sports schedule that continues Friday with cross-country and football.
Three home courts tonight
Ripley hosts Clarksdale, Pine Grove welcomes Saltillo and Falkner hosts Biggersville. All three matches begin at 6 p.m. Central, according to TippahSports.com’s Thursday schedule.
Walnut’s next listed volleyball match is Saturday, Oct. 3, at home against Leland at noon.
Friday races and football
Blue Mountain, Pine Grove, Ripley and Walnut are listed for the Pontotoc Invitational at Cherry Creek Orchard on Friday, Oct. 2. TippahSports reports that the meet is Friday, correcting Saturday dates still shown on team calendars.
Ripley’s Class 4A girls race starts at 9 a.m., followed by the boys at 9:40. The Class 1A–3A girls race begins at 11:20 a.m., with the boys at noon.
Friday football kicks off at 7 p.m. Ripley hosts Clarksdale, Walnut hosts Ashland for homecoming and Falkner travels to Smithville.
Roundup based on reporting by Jon Myers for TippahSports.com, published in the 24 hours ending Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. Central.
Featured graphic: Tippah County Sports logo from TippahSports.com’s Oct. 1 schedule coverage. The source supplied no separate creator credit or caption.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
