The Tippah County basketball schedule for the week of Nov. 9 is packed, with three nights of games and two county rivalry matchups. Pine Grove hosts Benton County’s Ashland on Tuesday, Pine Grove visits Blue Mountain on Thursday, and Hickory Flat travels to Walnut on Friday night.
The listings below come from MaxPreps schedule pages as of Sunday evening, Nov. 8. Tip-off times are converted to Central time and are listed girls first, then boys, unless noted. Schools sometimes change times or add games, so check with each school before heading out.
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Every area program except Walnut’s girls is in action Tuesday night.
Ashland at Pine Grove: girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m. This is a Tippah-Benton matchup in the Pine Grove gym.
New Albany at Ripley: girls 6 p.m., boys 7 p.m.
Myrtle at Falkner: girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.
Blue Mountain at Nettleton: girls 5 p.m., boys 6:30 p.m.
Hickory Flat at Delta Academy: girls 5 p.m., boys 6:30 p.m.
Walnut boys at Tupelo Titans: 7 p.m.
No area games are listed for Wednesday, Nov. 11, which is Veterans Day.
Thursday, Nov. 12: Pine Grove Visits Blue Mountain
Thursday’s top local game is a Tippah County matchup, with Pine Grove making the short trip to Blue Mountain.
Pine Grove at Blue Mountain: girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.
Kossuth at Ripley: girls 6 p.m., boys 7 p.m.
Hickory Flat at Jumpertown: girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.
Corinth girls at Walnut: 6 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13: Hickory Flat at Walnut
Friday night brings Benton County’s Hickory Flat to Walnut. The Rebels have been playing well. They swept Houlka at home on Nov. 6, after losing two close games at Byhalia earlier that week. Walnut swept Strayhorn and Tishomingo County at home on Nov. 7.
Hickory Flat at Walnut: girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.
Alcorn Central at Falkner: girls 6 p.m., boys 7 p.m.
Ripley at Wheeler: girls 6 p.m., boys 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14
The Walnut girls have two games listed for Saturday, one against Simmons at 10:45 a.m. and one against Holmes County Central at 2:30 p.m.
Scores Still Missing From Last Week
As of Sunday evening, MaxPreps had no final scores for several games from last week:
Jumpertown at Blue Mountain (girls and boys), Thursday, Nov. 6
East Union at Pine Grove (girls and boys), Thursday, Nov. 6
Blue Mountain girls at Calhoun City, Friday, Nov. 7
Coaches and schools can report scores through MaxPreps. Tippah News will post area results as they come in.
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
