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It was a dark and stormy night for football action in Jena on Friday, November 11, 2022. The 2A Mansfield Wolverines made the trek to face the 3A Jena Giants in the first round of the State Division III Non-Select football playoffs. A change in the playoff structure by the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) ended the practice of playoff games only being between same-class schools, so, for this round, the football fans who braved the rain witnessed a playoff clash between a 3A school and a 2A school. Rain, thunder, and lightning caused the opening kickoff to be delayed for almost two hours; at 8:48 p.m. the game that had been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. began.

The Mansfield High School Wolverines traveled to Coushatta on November 4, 2022, to face the Red River High School Bulldogs. While the young men from Mansfield were leading at halftime 14 – 10, when regulation time ended, the score was tied at 24-24.

The overtime period began with Red River scoring first to bring the score to RR 30, MHS 24, but the Bulldogs were not successful with the mandatory two-point conversion attempt. The Wolverines who had been exploiting their running game for most of the evening, relied on Senior QB #1 DaKeldrick Thomas to take the ball into the endzone for the touchdown. A handoff to Junior #4 Rykeelin Vanzant resulted in the Wolverines completing a successful two-point conversion and securing the win against the district opponent. MHS 32, RRHS 30.

The Wolverines will be traveling to Jena to take on the Jena High School Giants for first round playoff action on Friday, November 11, 2022.

With just two games left in the regular season, the chance of a perfect season is in sight for North DeSoto. The Bossier Bearcats were the next obstacle in their way.

Six senior Lady Wolverine Volleyball Players were honored at the last regular season home game Thursday, October 27, in the Wolverine Gymnasium.

MHS Lady Wolverine Volleyball Head Coach Stephen McCullough stated that he was very proud of the young ladies and all of the hard work they had put into the season this year.

Photos by Josh Hankins

The Griffins are sitting at 7-0 with the sight of a perfect season within reach. This week was a big test for North DeSoto to stay perfect. A game that was picked as Game of the Week on multiple platforms, it was a big game with the Huntington Raiders in town. A game for first place in district.

Raiders received the ball to start.

A block in the back penalty pushed them back. Jaxon Terry got a sack for the defense. Huntington was able to move the ball pretty well their first drive. It looked like they had good rhythm as they converted two fourth downs on a long drive.

However, on the third fourth down, Lincoln Hooper broke up the pass for a turnover on downs.

Homecoming and Senior Night proved to be a memorable evening for the Mansfield Wolverine Football Team as the visiting Lakeview Gators were sent home after being shut out 37 – 0 at Washington-Taylor-Rogers Stadium on Friday, October 21, 2022. MHS Head Coach Darrell Barbay brought out his Wolverine running game; strength and clock management propelled the Wolverines to victory against their district opponent.