INGOMAR - The Lady Falcons of Ingomar made quick work of their match with Smithville on Tuesday as they triumphed 3-0 to remain undefeated within their division. With the win, Ingomar has clinched first place in Division 2-1A.

ENTERPRISE - In just its second year of volleyball, Ingomar is leaning on a girl who is just in her second year of middle school.

ELLISTOWN - Ingomar and East Union locked up in a classic on Thursday as both teams utilized and suffered from swings and streaks as the Lady Falcons eventually prevailed 3-2. Ingomar jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but East Union came back to tie the match at two sets apiece before Ingomar…

INGOMAR - Ingomar won their first set of the volleyball season, but Pine Grove came back to win the match 3-1 in Tuesday's opener. 

Here's the last installment of Top Shots photos that our summer intern, Ashlyn Saxon pulled from our bound volumes. Union County cheer photos are from the year 2000 while the W.P. Daniel Cheer and Homecoming photos are from 1991.

Here are more photos that Ashlyn Saxon found while researching our bound volumes. 

If all goes to plan, volleyball will officially begin the 2020 fall sports season for local Gazette area coverage schools. 

Gazette intern Ashlyn Saxon went into our bound volumes and found these photos of legends that played sports in years gone by.

Ashlyn Saxon went back into our bound volumes and pulled out these gems from years past. 

The Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) recently had a meeting of their Executive Committee to discuss the fall sports seasons. The committee offered the following proposals for now with possible revisions to come depending on the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus.

NEW ALBANY - Lindsay Hall and Mallory Russell, former Ingomar Lady Falcon and Northwest Lady Ranger teammates will take their basketball careers to the next level at Blue Mountain College.

NEW ALBANY • The right arm of Easton Williams helped the Tupelo Thunder pick up their third win of the early portion of the season at the Cotton States Baseball League on Saturday.

Here are our 2020 spring sports teams from Ingomar for softball, baseball, golf and archery. 

NEW ALBANY - Sports are now back or in the process of coming back here in New Albany and Union County as local schools were given the green light to resume activity on June 1. 

The MHSAA Executive Committee met Thursday to consider and implement return to activity guidelines for member schools during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Mississippi.

NEW ALBANY - The decision on Thursday reached by the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) has been met with open arms by local Gazette coverage coaches. 

Editor’s note: The coronavirus pandemic shut down our local Gazette sports and Dennis shares some of the things that quite possibly could have taken place had we been able to play our seasons...

Four players from Union County made the Daily Journal All-Area team for 2019-20. Zach Shugars from Ingomar was named to the first team. Mitchell Shettles of New Albany, Annie Orman of West Union and Kinsley Gordon of Myrtle were named to the third team. 

The basketball coaches at the five schools that participate in the Union County Tournament named their all-county selections for boys and girls basketball. A total of 18 players made the boys team while 12 girls were recognized. 

Kelton Hall was on a tear at the plate for the Northwest Ranger baseball team this spring and looked almost unstoppable, but the coronavirus epidemic was able to set Hall down when opposing pitchers could not. Hall was batting .500 in only 12 games while going 18 for 36 with four home runs a…

Union County had three players that received recognition for the Mississippi Association of Coaches North Basketball All-Star teams back in March. Annie Orman of West Union was named to the 1A/2A/3A Girls North team. Zach Shugars and Tyson Smithey of Ingomar were named to the 1A/2A/3A Boys N…

Union County had a trio of fastpitch softball players that were recently named to the MAC 1A/2A/3A North All-Star Fastpitch Softball team. Players that earned the honor were Emily Coggin of East Union, Kaily Edwards of Ingomar and Sarah Kate Thompson of Myrtle. The games were scheduled to be…

The Division 2-1A All-Division team was a sea of Falcon blue as Ingomar placed five players on the boys team. 

Jatyjia Jones, former Ingomar player, helped lead Jones Community College to a 94-60 win over Northwest in the Region 23 Championship game at Clinton. 

CLINTON – After a solid run in last week's NJCAA Region 23 Tournament, Northwest sophomore guard Lindsay Hall and sophomore forward Mallory Russell were chosen as the Rangers' selections for the all-tournament team.

Gara Beth Self has seized the chance to prove herself at the Division I level.

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Buzzer-beater gives Falcons state title

Our super Falcon photographer Dana Hall took these awesome photos from today's 1A Boys semifinal game between Ingomar and Shaw which was one by the Falcons 64-56. Great work Dana!!!

JACKSON -  Ingomar trailed for the majority of the game against Shaw on Monday, but the Falcons took the lead when it counted the most as they won 64-56 in the 1A semifinals. 

They were so close.

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Five Gazette area schools advanced to the second round of MHSAA basketball playoffs on Friday and Saturday. Ingomar girls traveled to Myrtle and defeated the Lady Hawks 65-49 on Friday night in 1A.

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MYRTLE - Ingomar struck early and often in the first half and they moved on in the girls 1A playoff with a 65-49 win over Myrtle. 

Monday and Tuesday were the opening rounds of MHSAA Basketball Playoffs. Here are a few of the photos we were able to get of the action. Photos by Dennis Clayton, Gene Phelps, Dana Hall and Bill Howell. 

WHEELER- Ingomar won their third consecutive boys division title on Friday with their 58-36 triumph over Baldwyn. Ingomar's two division titles in the previous years came while the Falcons were members of class 2A. 

WHEELER - Ingomar came out blazing in the semifinals of the Division 2-1A tournament on Thursday night.

Our Gazette coverage area teams recently held their senior recognition night in basketball and soccer. Congratulations to all our seniors! 

WHEELER - The Ingomar girls clinched a playoff spot on Tuesday.

New Albany hosted Ingomar on Thursday in the final game of the regular season with the Lady Bulldogs and Bulldogs winning both contests. Here are some photos from the night's action. 

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NEW ALBANY - The New Albany Bulldogs celebrated Senior Night with a statement win against Ingomar, 69-58. This would be the last opportunity that the Bulldogs would have to secure a win over the Falcons and they made the most of it.