2025-26 MHSAA 5A Boys 1st Round Schedule and Predictions
First Round
Saturday February 21st, 2026
Projected winner in bold. (Record) #=MaxPreps class rank as of 2-16-26
Region 2 #4 Florence (14-10) #7 travels 161 miles to Region 1 #1 Columbus (23-5) #1
Region 1 #3 New Hope (11-14) #13 travels 161 miles to Region 2 #2 Lanier (23-5) #2
Region 4 #4 Vancleave (13-16) #21 travels 219 miles to Region 3 #1 Natchez (18-9) #11
Region 3 #3 Brookhaven (14-13) #12 travels 105 miles to Region 4 #2 Stone (15-14) #18
Region 1 #4 Caledonia (8-17) #16 travels 129 miles to Region 2 #1 Holmes County Central (24-5) #3
Region 2 #3 Vicksburg (14-11) #8 travels 207 miles to Region 1 #2 Pontotoc (18-10) #5
Region 3 #4 North Pike (21-10) #10 travels 131 miles to Region 4 #1 Wayne County (25-1) #4
Region 4 #3 Northeast Jones (17-12) #17 travels 13 miles to Region 3 #2 South Jones (19-11) #6
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