2025-26 MHSAA 5A Girls 1st Round Schedule and Predictions
First Round
Friday February 20th, 2026
Projected winner in bold. (Record) #=MaxPreps class rank as of 2-16-26
Region 2 #4 Cleveland Central (25-6) #6 travels 119 miles to Region 1 #1 Pontotoc (20-8) #2
Region 1 #3 Columbus (12-14) #11 travels 160 miles to Region 2 #2 Florence (24-5) #3
Region 4 #4 East Central (7-16) #22 travels 93 miles to Region 3 #1 Laurel (27-2) #1
Region 3 #3 North Pike (22-9) #9 travels 105 miles to Region 4 #2 Northeast Jones (16-12) #13
Region 1 #4 Caledonia (15-10) #12 travels 129 miles to Region 2 #1 Holmes County Central (19-11) #8
Region 2 #3 Lanier (15-10) #10 travels 162 miles to Region 1 #2 New Hope (17-7) #5
Region 3 #4 Sumrall (12-18) #16 travels 71 miles to Region 4 #1 Wayne County (22-3) #7
Region 4 #3 Purvis (13-12) #18 travels 82 miles to Region 3 #2 Brookhaven (22-5) #4
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