East Union hosts New Site as county volleyball playoff week opens
East Union opens Union County’s volleyball playoff week Monday, October 5, welcoming New Site to Blue Springs for a 6 p.m. match. Three more county teams have Tuesday matches on the calendar, while football returns Thursday and Friday.
The Lady Urchins enter Monday’s home playoff unbeaten after sweeping Kemper County on Saturday. New Site brings a 17–6 record into the matchup. East Union’s contest is the first of four county volleyball matches with a posted date and starting time this week.
The Tuesday, October 6, 6 p.m. lineup sends Amory to New Albany, Baldwyn to Myrtle and Potts Camp to Ingomar. New Albany stands 29–9 after its first-round sweep of Byhalia; Ingomar is 22–7 following a sweep of Biggersville. Myrtle enters at 21–7. All three Tuesday matches are listed at the county schools.
West Union’s volleyball schedule lists Pine Grove as its next playoff opponent, but the date, starting time and venue remain to be announced. All times in this outlook are Mississippi local time.
On the football field, Myrtle travels to Strayhorn on Thursday, October 8, for a 7 p.m. district game. East Union hosts Bruce at 7 p.m. Friday, October 9, while New Albany welcomes Ripley at the same time. Myrtle enters the week 4–1 after opening district play with a 41–14 victory at East Union.
The next posted varsity cross-country meet is the Union County championship Thursday, October 15, at the BNA Park Soccer Complex and Tallahatchie Trails in New Albany. East Union, Myrtle, West Union and New Albany have boys’ and girls’ entries; Ingomar has boys’ entries. The girls’ 5K starts at 2 p.m., followed by the boys’ 5K at 2:40. Ingomar’s girls do not have a confirmed next event.
Golf’s next-event listings remain open for the boys at East Union, Myrtle and West Union, and for both boys and girls at Ingomar and New Albany. Opponents or tournament fields, dates, tee times and courses have not been posted for those seven teams.
Ingomar’s boys’ and girls’ swimming teams likewise do not have a posted next meet with a date, starting time and venue.