Mississippi high school basketball playoffs: First-round schedule for boys

The boys basketball championships start Tuesday in gymnasiums across Mississippi. Here's a schedule of the first-round matchups, according to the Mississippi High School Activities Association website.

Second round games are played on Saturday.

Feb. 18

6A

Hernando at Madison Central

Clinton at Oxford

Petal at St. Martin

Ocean Springs at Oak Grove

DeSoto Central at Greenville

South Panola at Tupelo

Pearl at Gulfport

Hancock at Northwest Rankin

Byes: Olive Branch, Starkville, Terry, Harrison Central, Southaven, Murrah, Meridian, Biloxi.

5A

Grenada at Vicksburg

Provine at Columbus

Saltillo at Holmes County Central

Canton at Lake Cormorant

West Jones at Pearl River Central

Picayune at Laurel

Natchez at Pascagoula

East Central at Wingfield

Byes: Center Hill, Cleveland Central, New Hope, Callaway, Forest Hill, Wayne County, Brookhaven, Hattiesburg

4A

Clarksdale at Corinth

Shannon at Louisville

Tishomingo County at Greenwood

Leake Central at Caledonia

Kosciusko at Pontotoc

New Albany at Gentry

Mooreville at Choctaw Central

Yazoo City at Ripley

Northeast Jones at Forrest County Agricultural

St. Stanislaus at South Pike

Poplarville at Florence

North Pike at Pass Christian

Moss Point at Raymond

Richland at Stone

Lanier at Bay

Purvis at Quitman

3A

Amanda Elzy at Booneville

Byhalia at Noxubee County

Belmont at Coahoma Agricultural

Aberdeen at Holly Springs

Choctaw County at North Panola

Nettleton at Ruleville Central

Independence at Houston

Humphreys County at Amory

Morton at Franklin County

Columbia at Yazoo County

Wilkinson County at Southeast Lauderdale

St. Andrew's Episcopal at Tylertown 

Seminary at Velma Jackson

Forest at Port Gibson

Crystal Springs a Jefferson Davis County

Hazlehurst at Kemper County

2A

Charleston at New Site

East Webster at Pisgah

East Union at Coahoma County

St. Joseph Catholic at J.Z. George

Riverside at Calhoun City

Mantachie at North Side

Eupora at South Delta

Leland at Potts Camp

Puckett at Amite County

Collins at Newton

West Lincoln at Heidelberg

Lake at North Forrest

East Marion at Philadelphia

Taylorsville at Wesson

Union at St. Patrick

Loyd Star at Bay Springs

1A

Coldwater at Pine Grove

Smithville at Houlka

Blue Mountain at Byers

Okolona at Baldwyn

Vardaman at Ingomar

Falkner at West Union

Tremont at Coffeeville

Myrtle at Biggersville

French Camp Academy at Leake County

Sacred Heart at West Tallahatchie

Stringer at West Lowndes

West Bolivar at Salem

Richton at Shaw

Nanih Waiya at Sebastopol

Brooks at Lumberton

Mount Olive at Ethel