Tippah County sports roundup, Sept. 22, 2026: Ripley stays perfect in district; Falkner wins third straight
Ripley swept Senatobia 3-0 Monday to remain unbeaten in district volleyball, while Falkner beat Biggersville 3-1 for its third consecutive victory, according to new reporting from TippahSports.com.
Ripley moves above .500; Falkner improves to 5-2 in region
The Tigers improved to 12-11 overall and 5-0 in Class 4A Region 3 with the home win. All five of their reported district victories have been sweeps.
Falkner’s road victory lifted the Eagles to 7-12 overall and 5-2 in Class 1A Region 1. Their winning streak includes victories over Wheeler and Thrasher. Falkner next visits Wheeler on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 6 p.m.
Pine Grove’s Monday result at Thrasher remained unreported Tuesday morning. Neither the Ripley nor Falkner report included individual statistics or set-by-set scores.
Read TippahSports.com’s complete volleyball report.
Tuesday volleyball
Walnut visits New Site at 6 p.m., and Pine Grove hosts Wheeler at 6:30 p.m. Walnut enters at 21-4 overall and 5-0 in district play.
See TippahSports.com’s Tuesday schedule report.
Ripley prepares for Homecoming rivalry
Ripley hosts Booneville at Tiger Stadium on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. for Homecoming. The Tigers are 1-3 after a 34-0 loss to East Webster; Booneville comes off a 62-12 win over Biggersville.
Ripley leads the all-time series 37-29-2 and won last season’s meeting 21-3. The Tigers will try to revive an offense that has scored 15 points during its three-game losing streak.
Read TippahSports.com’s Homecoming preview.
Reporting credit: Jon Myers, TippahSports.com. This roundup summarizes articles originally published between 11 a.m. Sept. 21 and 11 a.m. Sept. 22, 2026, Central time.
Featured graphic: Tippah County Sports logo, from TippahSports.com’s Sept. 22 schedule coverage. No separate creator credit was supplied.





