State cross-country races, football finales fill Union County’s Thursday
State championship races send East Union, Myrtle, West Union and Ingomar to Clinton on Thursday, Oct. 29, before East Union and New Albany close their football regular seasons under the lights. The county’s varsity outlook stretches from Thursday’s cross-country starting lines to next week’s soccer matches.
State races lead the day
East Union’s and Myrtle’s girls run in the Class 2A state championship at 11:20 a.m. Thursday, followed by both schools’ boys at 11:55 a.m. All races are at Choctaw Trails’ Watson Cross Country Course in Clinton.
West Union’s girls start the Class 1A race at 12:40 p.m.; West Union’s and Ingomar’s boys follow at 1:15 p.m., according to the MHSAA championship schedule. Ingomar’s girls have no next varsity event posted.
New Albany’s boys and girls make the same trip Saturday, Oct. 31, for Class 4A competition. The girls start at 2 p.m. and the boys at 2:35 p.m. Current state entries include both Bulldog squads.
Two football games tonight
East Union visits Water Valley at 7 p.m. Thursday in a district game. New Albany hosts Corinth at Kitchens Field at the same time. The Bulldogs carry a 6–2 overall record and a 3–0 district mark into their matchup, according to their current schedule.
Myrtle’s next football opponent and date are not posted. The Hawks last played Oct. 22, beating Bruce 38–27 at home.
Soccer and the next varsity dates
New Albany hosts Caledonia in girls and boys soccer Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Kitchens Field. The varsity girls play at 5 p.m., followed by the varsity boys at 7 p.m. All times are Mississippi local time.
Next competitions are unposted for East Union’s boys and girls powerlifting teams, Ingomar’s boys golf team and Ingomar’s boys and girls swimming teams. New Albany’s powerlifting and wrestling programs also have no next competition posted.
The five schools’ volleyball schedules have concluded. State golf dates have also passed for Myrtle’s boys, West Union’s boys, New Albany’s boys and girls, Ingomar’s girls and East Union’s state entrant. New Albany golfer Adeline Bailey’s next announced individual event is the North MAC All-Star competition Nov. 3 at Dancing Rabbit; a tee time has not been announced.