Gene’s Journal

Madison Central at THS – Gene
Amory at Shannon – David Wheeler
Corinth at Booneville – Craig-Ellis Sasser
Winona at Aberdeen – Brandon
Lafayette County at Oxford – Jay Tidwell
Wayne Co. at Starkville – Paul Jones
Baldwyn at Bruce – R.J.

Large Schools
1. Tupelo (3-0): Def. Amory 47-14; Next: Friday vs. Madison Central; Previous: 1
2. Itawamba AHS (3-0): Def. Houston 22-19; Next: Friday vs. Saltillo; Previous: 2
3. West Point (3-0): Def. Starkville 34-0; Next: Friday at New Hope; Previous: 3
4. Shannon (2-1): Def. Jackson (Tenn.) 34-0; Next: Friday vs. Amory; Previous: 4
5. Oxford (3-0): Def. Senatobia 24-16; Next: Friday vs. Lafayette County; Previous: 5

Small Schools
1. Aberdeen (3-0): Def. Hamilton 50-0; Next: Friday vs. Winona; Previous: 1
2. Corinth (3-0): Def. Tishomingo County 34-19; Next: Friday at Booneville; Previous: 2
3. Ripley (3-0): Def. Pontotoc 34-28; Next: Friday vs. Horn Lake; Previous: 3
4. Bruce (2-1): Def. Hatley 54-0; Next: Friday vs. Baldwyn; Previous: 4
5. East Webster (3-0): Def. Smithville 27-7; Next: Friday at West Oktibbeha; Previous: 5

Here’s the schedule for Saturday’s Robertson’s Challenge softball tournament in New Albany:

Robertson’s Sportswear
Softball Challenge
Saturday’s lineup
9 a.m.
Myrtle v. Mantachie, North Pontotoc v. West Union, Tremont v. Shannon, Amory v. East Webster, Booneville v. IAHS, Belmont v. Byers.
10 a.m.
Kossuth v. Mantachie, North Pontotoc v. East Webster, Tremont v. Biggersville, Amory v. Grenada, Mooreville v. West Union, Shannon v. Houlka.
11 a.m.
Kossuth v. Pontotoc, Corinth v. New Site, Tishomingo County v. Baldwyn, Nettleton v. IAHS, Booneville v. Ingomar, Potts Camp v. Byers.
Noon
Saltillo v. North Pontotoc, New Albany v. Tremont, Baldwyn v. East Union, Nettleton v. Grenada, IAHS v. Alcorn Central, Houlka v. Potts Camp.
1 p.m.
Kossuth v. Tishomingo County, Myrtle v. Wheeler, Belmont v. West Union, Ingomar v. Grenada, Booneville v. Pontotoc, Houlka v. Byers.
2 p.m.
Kossuth v. Saltillo, Corinth v. East Union, Belmont v. Myrtle, Nettleton v. Ingomar, Booneville v. Pontotoc, Shannon v. Potts Camp.
3 p.m.
Alcorn Central v. Saltillo, Corinth v. Wheeler, East Union v. New Site, New Albany v. Biggersville.
4 p.m.
Wheeler v. New Albany

We’re attempting to staff nine games this Friday night: Tupelo at Amory, Aberdeen at Hamilton, New Albany at Baldwyn, Saltillo at Booneville, North Pontotoc at South Pontotoc, Pontotoc at Ripley, Jackson, Tenn., at Shannon, Starkville at West Point and Smithville at East Webster.

Not a dud in the bunch. Just not sure where we’re going to put them all in the paper.

We’ll figure something out.

Tupelo senior QB Chris Garrett needs just 65 yards passing and three more TD passes to become the program’s career leader in both categories.

Garrett was 10-of-11 for 137 yards and threw 4 TD passes in team’s 42-0 win against Covington, Tenn. He now has 3,481 yards passing while career leader Todd Jordan has 3,545 yards. Garrett has 32 career TD passes while leader Kirk Presley has 36.