Mississippi Valley State Athletics will host a week of home events in Itta Bena, with volleyball facing Dillard on Wednesday, Sept. 16, and football opening its home schedule against Delta State on Saturday, Sept. 19.
The volleyball match is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the R.W. Harrison HPER Complex. Football will kick off at 6 p.m. at Rice-Totten Stadium at Chuck Prophet Field in the Delta Classic powered by CB&S Bank.
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The football game will be the Delta Devils’ first home contest of the 2026 season. The Delta Classic will have a White Out theme, with fans encouraged to wear white in support of the team.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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