Myrtle boys win state title; Murphy claims girls crown

Myrtle claimed a boys team championship and Ally Murphy captured the girls individual crown Thursday at Choctaw Trails in Clinton, giving the Hawks two state titles on a day that also brought top finishes for Ingomar, West Union and East Union runners.

The Hawks won the Class 2A boys cross-country championship with 60 points, ahead of Walnut’s 73 and New Site’s 76. Peyton Medlin led Myrtle in fourth place, covering 5,000 meters in 18:14.3. Zack Page finished eighth in 18:52.1, Aiden Hogue was 11th in 19:04.7, Samuel Hall placed 17th in 19:40.1 and Reese Page took 23rd in 20:19.0.

Murphy, a junior, won the Class 2A girls race in 19:43.8. Myrtle finished second with 72 points behind Enterprise-Clarke’s 44. Madylynn Hogue added a seventh-place finish in 22:35.5, and Abby Fuller was eighth in 22:56.1, putting three Hawks among the first eight finishers.

East Union’s girls placed fourth with 103 points, led by Kenley Conwill in 10th at 23:01.3 and Belle Williams in 11th at 23:20.0. The Urchins’ boys finished sixth with 145 points; Hunter King led them in 20th at 20:09.6, according to the meet results.

In Class 1A boys competition, Ingomar freshman Austin Hancock finished second in 17:57.5 behind French Camp’s Matthew Simmons, who ran 16:34.8. James Raines placed 11th in 19:20.9 for the Falcons, who finished sixth with 146 points. West Union took fifth with 125, paced by Cohen Moore’s fifth-place 19:04.1.

West Union’s girls earned third place in Class 1A with 88 points. Mary Alden Lancaster led the Eagles in ninth at 23:11.8, followed by Ryleigh Garrett in 11th at 23:57.9 and Evie Gregory in 12th at 23:58.1. Tupelo Christian won with 30 points.

On the football field, Corinth shut out New Albany 23–0 in the Bulldogs’ home district finale. New Albany dropped to 6–3 overall and 3–1 in district play.

East Union fell 48–20 at Water Valley in its district finale. The Urchins finished the regular season 2–8 overall and 1–3 in district games.