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Photos by Shootin’ on Faith Photography

Photos by Shootin’ on Faith Photography

DeSoto Parish high school football fans were out in full-force Friday, August 25, 2023, for the annual Parish Jamboree. This year’s football action was hosted by the Logansport High School Tigers. Players from LHS, Mansfield High, and North DeSoto High provided exciting football for the fans who came to watch their favorite teams, as well as bands and spirit groups.

The first game pitted the 1A Logansport Tigers against the 4A North DeSoto Griffins. At the end of 15 minutes of play, the Griffins were able to exit the match as victors with a score of 7 – 0. The second 15-minute game, the 2A Mansfield Wolverines versus the 4A ND Griffins, saw a little more scoring as ND ended the match up with a score of 21 to the Wolverines 6. The third and final game for the evening was the Wolverines against the Tigers. This was a back-and-forth for the entire 15 minutes as neither team was able to score on the other.

The Mansfield High School Wolverines hosted the Center High School Roughriders in an evening of pre-season football on Thursday, August 17, 2023. The Wolverine faithful were able to get a glimpse of the home team on a hot August evening at Washington-Taylor-Rogers Stadium. At the conclusion of the action, the Wolverine fans exited the stadium ready for some Wolverine football for the 2023 season!

While no official score was kept, North DeSoto outscored Haughton. Landry Wyatt, Cole Cory, Miller Warren, Trysten Hopper and Kenny Thomas all scored touchdowns with the starting offense, while Haughton didn’t score on the starting defense.

ND Football Hosted 3 Day Youth Football Camp

Well, I hope y’all enjoyed the weekend that we only had 92 and 93 degree days! I thought after all these over 100 feels like temps; I might have to grab a jacket for a 92 degree day ha-ha. BUT, the heat is once again on BROIL verses PRE HEAT. Hurry up winter, so I can complain of being cold, I'm tired of griping about the HOT!!!!

The Many Bass Club’s July 2023 Toledo Bend Tournament took place the weekend of July 7-9, where the anglers could fish on Friday night, Saturday or Saturday night, or Sunday. Thirteen anglers fished in the tournament. An impressive 23.85-pound stringer was caught on Friday night but only one other five fish limit was boated in the contest. The weather was hot in the nineties during the day on both Saturday and Sunday. The Lake level was on a slow fall, and the fishing was challenging. The water temps were in the mid-eighties. The second-place stringer was caught on Saturday and the third-place stringer was caught Sunday.

ND traveled to Hoover Alabama to compete in the the Go Hustle Up 7 on 7 National Tournament to compete against some of the best teams in the nation. They made it to the quarterfinals and finished in the top 8 out of 32 teams

The Many Bass Club’s June 2023 Tournament took place on Saturday, June 10, and Sunday June 11, on Toledo Bend. Ten anglers participated in the tournament. Four of the anglers weighed in a full five fish limit. The weather on Saturday was overcast early with a strong west wind which shifted south and blew significantly harder in the afternoon as a front approached from the north which was followed by a squall line with 50 MPH winds, driving rain and hail. The club weighin on Saturday was completed just ahead of the strong storm, and thankfully none of our anglers were caught on the Lake by this dangerous weather. Sunday was overcast and breezy with strong southwest winds with temps near ninety, and the bite was negatively impacted by the previous afternoon’s storms. The Lake level was 171.3’, and the fish were scattered in the water column. The water temps were in the mid-eighties.