Area Sports

The Walthall 8U, 10U and 12U Dixie Youth All-Stars all advance to state tournament play after surviving district play the weekend of June 21-22. The 6U All-Stars ended their season after suffering losses to Pike County and Lawrence County during district play at Brookhaven. The Dixie Youth State Tournament for Walthall’s 10U and 12U All…

Three of Walthall’s Dixie Youth teams will advance to state tournament play after successful district play last weekend. The 12U All Stars went undefeated at Monticello and will play at Columbia over the July 5 weekend. Walthall’s 10U All Stars were named district runners-up at Monticello and will also advance to play at the state…

Local Dixie Youth Baseball officials said Walthall County’s four All Star groups will compete in District 6 baseball tournaments beginning Friday. League spokesman Erick Kennedy said brackets released last week have the two younger age groups playing at the Lincoln County Sports Complex at Brookhaven Friday and Saturday, while the two older groups will play…

Tylertown High School boys track team placed first overall in the Mississippi High School Activities Assn. Relays at Pearl, while the THS girls were runnerup in their meet. THS boys: In the boys events Jamarcus Garrett finished 4th with a time of 11.00 in the 100 meter dash while teammate Jourdan Clements finished 7th with…

The Lady cats lost to Ethel a second time last Saturday 8-1 to bow out of the 1A softball chamionship fastpitch playoffs at the end of three rounds of play. Earlier the Lady Wildcats lost their first game with Ethel 6-3 in the first game of the best two out of three in the single…

Salem’s Lady Wildcats dropped their first playoff game, losing to Ethel 6-3 last Thursday in the first game of the third round in 1A softball playoffs. The Lady Cats were set to meet Ethel for a second time Saturday at the Wildcats softball field. A win Saturday would move the Wildcats into a third contest…

Tylertown High School track teams are competing in the Mississippi High School Activities Assn .3A track championships at Pearl High School Tuesday, May 7, after the original date was postponed due to a forecast of severe weather from the National Weather Service. Both Tylertown boys and girls teams participate in the Pearl championship meet beginning…

By Scott Boyd [email protected] The Tylertown Chiefs put together a strong second half last Saturday night for a 58-44 road win in the 3A South State playoffs at Noxubee County High. The Chiefs, 19-3, advanced to play Port Gibson in a third round game Friday night (Feb. 23) at 7 p.m., at Holmes Community College.…

Tylertown’s boys and girls basketball teams made it to the quarterfinals of the state 3A playoffs before being eliminated. The Chiefs defeated Jeff Davis 59-51 in the first round and eliminated Noxubee County 58-54 in the second round, before losing to Port Gibson 58-54. The Lady Chiefs defeated Hazlehurst 45-20 in the first round; won…

By Sarah Breeland Walthall Dixie Youth is doing their first fundraiser of the year selling jambalaya plates. Tickets are $12 each, and plates may be picked up Saturday, March 2, between 11am-1pm at Holmes Water Park. Rodney Tolar is cooking the jambalaya. We are also hosting a “Skills Day” at Holmes Water Park the same…