Central Girls Run Second at State; Kossuth, Corinth Win Thursday

October 30, 2026 • Varsity results from Thursday, October 29.

Autry Wilbanks broke 20 minutes and finished second in the Class 3A state cross-country championship Thursday, leading five Alcorn Central girls into the top 15 and the Golden Bears to a state runner-up finish at Choctaw Trails in Clinton.

Wilbanks covered 5,000 meters in 19:53.1, 14 seconds behind St. Andrew’s champion Evelyn Spellings. Central scored 49 points to St. Andrew’s 31, with Our Lady Academy third at 74. Raylee Black placed eighth in 21:41.2, Maggie Jones 11th in 22:14.9, Harper Moore 13th in 22:27.8 and Jackie Nunley 15th in 22:32.3. Kossuth finished fifth with 123 points, paced by Abbigail McGee’s sixth-place 21:33.9 and Adeline Williams’ 21st-place 23:25.5 in the 3A girls race.

Central’s boys added a third-place team finish with 109 points behind St. Andrew’s, which scored 22, and Saint Patrick, with 88. Saul Morales led the Bears in 15th at 19:12.8, followed by Parker Price in 16th at 19:29.9 and Chadwick Potter in 22nd at 20:03.6. Kossuth’s Ty Simmons finished ahead of that group, taking 13th in 18:43.0; the Aggies placed 12th with 309 points in the 3A boys championship.

Biggersville’s three state finishers competed in Class 1A. Ella Tucker placed 37th in 29:07.8 and Ava Donahue 53rd in 33:07.4 in the girls race; Wyatt Brooks was 41st in 22:32.1 in the boys race. Neither Biggersville squad recorded a team score.

On the football field, Kossuth turned a ten-point lead into a 29–6 victory at Alcorn Central with 13 unanswered fourth-quarter points. After a scoreless opening quarter, the Aggies scored 16 in the second to build a 16–0 halftime lead. Central cut it to 16–6 in the third before Kossuth pulled away.

The Aggies’ third consecutive victory lifted them to 6–3 overall and 3–1 in Class 3A Region 1, good for second place. Central finished its regular season 5–5 and 2–2 in the region, in third, with a November 6 trip to O’Bannon listed next at 7 p.m. Central Time.

Corinth completed an unbeaten region schedule with a 23–0 victory at New Albany. The Warriors improved to 6–3 and 4–0 in Class 4A Region 1, outscoring their four league opponents a combined 192–7. New Albany fell to 6–3. It was Corinth’s third shutout in region play.

Individual football statistics were not posted with Thursday’s finals. No additional October 29 varsity results were verified; gaps in schedules and reporting do not establish that other events were not played.