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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.

Jon Ross Myers

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