In Friday's non-league outing, the visiting Amory Panthers soccer squad scored a tight 8-3 victory over the Ripley Tigers.

The Panthers (6-8) will now prepare for their outing against Tupelo (Tupelo, MS). The Golden Wave go into the 7A Region 2 outing with a 11-2 record. In their last outing, Tupelo got by Oxford (Oxford, MS), 2-1, in a non-league outing.

Next up, the Tigers confront the Shannon Red Raiders (Shannon, MS) in a non-league outing, on Monday, January 6. Ripley will attempt to improve on its 2-8 season record. The Red Raiders go into the outing with a 3-7 record after their 7-1 non-league loss to Booneville (Booneville, MS).