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.

Gene Phelps | Special to the Gazette

Buzzer-beater gives Falcons state title

Sanaa Finley of the Ingomar Lady Falcons signed with NEMCC Womens Basketball on Friday. Pictured front left - Elynda Finley, Sanaa Finley, Nelson Finley. Back row left - Ingomar Assistant Coach Katherine Downing, Ingomar Head Coach Trent Adair, Ingomar Strength Coach Jeremy Durrough. 

Join us in congratulating our newest Wally Morgan State Farm Good Neighbor Athlete award recipient, Clayton Stanford! He is our December 2019 Wally Morgan State Farm Good Neighbor Athlete Award recipient.  Clayton is a senior athlete at Ingomar Attendance Center. He is a four year starter fo…

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.

Gene Phelps | Special to the Gazette

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.

Gene Phelps | Special to the Gazette

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.

Here are the brackets for next week's division tournaments and the locations.

Basketball tonight

Four junior high teams from the Gazette coverage area will participate in the annual 5-County tournament that will be held at Northeast Mississippi Community College beginning on Tuesday January 28 and ending with the championships on Saturday, February 1. 

East Union, Ingomar and West Union had a successful day at the Robertson Lady Challenge at Booneville High School Gym on Saturday with each team picking up a win. 

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Hunter Bynum of Ingomar was named the Gerald Snider Real Deal Player of the Game against New Site as he scored 14 points in the win. 

NEW ALBANY • The Ingomar boys kept their undefeated season intact with a thrilling win late Saturday night.

By Gene Phelps | Special to the Gazette

The Union County Junior High Tournament Championships were held on January 22 at Ingomar High School Gym as West Union swept the boys and girls games with wins over New Albany and Ingomar. Here are some photos of the action on Monday.

INGOMAR - West Union went two-for-two on Monday as they swept the junior high basketball championships with a 27-24 overtime win in the girls contest and a 42-22 victory in the boys at the 2020 Union County Junior High Tournament. 

SOCCER 

Gene Phelps | Special to the Gazette

Photos from Union County Tournament by Dennis Clayton and Luke Bolen