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The Mansfield Wolverines battled for a full 48 minutes on Friday to even their record to 3 and 3 heading into their District 1-3A slate with a 14-8 win over the Jonesboro-Hodge Tigers.

The Tigers opened District 3-1A play with a 40-0 shutout of the Block Bears. The win was the first of the season for the Tigers as they had played 4 Class 3A schools and 1 Class 4A school in pre district competition. The record for the Tigers stand at 1-5 overall and 1-0 in District play. This week the Tigers are again on the road as they travel to Montgomery to take on the Montgomery Tigers. Montgomery is 4-2 on the season and 1-0 in district play. Against Block the Tiger defense shined. Block was held to 48 total yards with only 2 of that coming from the passing game. The defense also forced 3 interceptions and recorded 3 sacks.

North DeSoto had a good win last week in a non-district game against North Webster. This week they had another test against district team Minden. This was also their third road game in a row. Last years game with Minden was thriller overtime victory for the Griffins and they hoped this year’s matchup would bring another exciting game.

Quarter 1

Minden received the ball. They started off with a screen pass that got them a first down. Then after several runs they found their way into the end zone for the first score. Minden took the lead 7-0 with 7:35 left. North DeSoto’s first try on offense was a three and out. The defense forced Minden to go three and out. North DeSoto’s still couldn’t get anything going and punted again. Minden completed a long pass down field to end the first quarter.

Quarter 2

The Logansport Tigers came out on the short end of the score 25-14 against the Class 4A Woodlawn Knights. In the first meeting between the 2 schools, the Tigers once again had a chance for the win in the final seconds but came up short. Logansport will have 1 more tune up before District play starts. Next up is a Homecoming matchup with DeSoto Parish rival Mansfield. This will be the 62nd meeting between the Tigers and Wolverines. Against the Knights, the Tiger defense played their best game of the season. They only allowed 2 touchdowns and 160 yards. The defense was able to record 15 tackles for loss in the game.

On a Friday Night in Mansfield, the Mansfield Wolverines fell to the Minden Crimson Tide 28-6, After a scoreless opening quarter, the scoring was started by the Tide with a 9 yard scoring play after multiple unsportsmanlike conduct penalties gave Minden ideal field position to take a first half lead. Shortly thereafter, Minden capitalized on another special teams blunder that gave Minden 1st and 10 on the 41 yard line. It only took one play for the Tide to score another touchdown on an inside handoff and that took the lead to 14-0.

The Mansfield Wolverine offense led by Junior QB Artravious Woods, took the offense on a 94 yard drive to cut the lead in half 14-6 with a 11 yard touchdown throw and catch to Adrian Green. The Wolverines sideline was finally alive and after a botched onside kick attempt with 40 seconds remaining in the 1st half, the Minden Tide connected on a 2nd down 38 yard touchdown to go into halftime 21-6.

North DeSoto is coming off of a nail biter win against Many. They wanted to take that momentum into this week’s contest against district rival Northwood. The Falcons have won the past couple of match ups and the Griffins were looking to change that. They knew they would have their hands full against a stacked Northwood team lead by talented quarterback Luke Bogan and 29 other seniors. North DeSoto never backs down from a challenge.

1st quarter