2024-25 MHSAA 5A Boys 1st Round Schedule and Predictions
First Round
Saturday February 15th, 2025
Projected winner in bold. (Record) #=MaxPreps class rank
Region 2 #4 Yazoo City (17-13) #5 travels 154 miles to Region 1 #1 New Hope (17-9) #8
I have New Hope edging Yazoo City out in a close one. I think this will be the 5A boys best 1st round game to see,
Region 1 #3 Pontotoc (16-13) #9 travels 126 miles to Region 2 #2 Holmes County Central (18-8) #3
Holmes County gets a solid home win in the 1st round.
Region 4 #4 Stone (12-15) #22 travels 62 miles to Region 3 #1 South Jones (28-2) #1
South Jones rolls in the 1st round win.
Region 3 #3 North Pike (17-10) #13 travels 129 miles to Region 4 #2 Wayne County (14-13) #15
Wayne County uses home court to advance to the 2nd round.
Region 1 #4 Clarksdale (12-12) #14 travels 133 miles to Region 2 #1 Canton (17-10) #2
Canton is hard to beat at home. They come away with a solid win.
Region 2 #3 Gentry (5-19) #19 travels 198 miles to Region 1 #2 Corinth (7-18) #20
Gentry has a long way to go to get to Corinth. I see Corinth using this to their advantage to reach the 2nd round.
Region 3 #4 Natchez (15-13) #12 travels 143 miles to Region 4 #1 Laurel (22-8) #7
Laurel gets a solid home win.
Region 4 #3 Gautier (17-13) #16 travels 156 miles to Region 3 #2 Brookhaven (16-10) #6
Ole Brook moves to the 2nd round with a solid win in the 1st round.
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