Sports

The Wolverine Nation celebrated the Class 3A Track State Champions, the MHS Men’s Track Team, on Tuesday, May 10, at Washington-Taylor-Rogers Stadium. with a Pack-The-Track event.The championship team is coached by Head Coach Mycal Word and his assistant coaches Perry Robinson and Jeremy Burton.

On a hot Saturday afternoon in the parish seat of Allen Parish, two gunslingers from Logansport and Oberlin battled.

Logansport’s starting pitcher, Parker, struck out eight; while Oberlin’s starter, Landon Vidrine, struck out four batters. The deciding digit, though, was five as Vidrine allowed five runs (four of them earned) on 11 hits as the visiting Tigers prevailed 5-0 to advance to the LHSAA state baseball semifinals.

Leadoff hitter Jace Thompson led Logansport with three hits in his four trips to the plate and scored three runs.

Oberlin’s only hit of the afternoon came as Vidrine led off the bottom of the first with a single to center field.

Thompson led off the game with a single on a 3-2 count. After a sacrifice bunt and a strikeout, he scored on a single to right by Hayden Rolfe. A fielder’s choice ended the inning with no other damage.

Photos by Madison Ruston. More photos on page 10

The Mansfield High School Wolverine Track and Field Team participated in the Regional Track Meet at ULM on Wednesday, April 27. The Wolverine Men ended up as Regional Champs and the Lady Wolverines finished in 3rd place. The Team will travel to the State Track Meet at LSU on Saturday, May 7.

The Mansfield High School Track and Field Team traveled to Benton for the District Track Meet on Friday, April 22. The Men’s Track and Field Team placed first and was named the District Champions, while the Lady Wolverine Track and Field Team was named District Runner-up.

The Mansfield High School Baseball team honored their senior players on Wednesday, April 20, in their game against district rival Bossier High School. The Wolverines defeated the Bearkats 9-6 in an exciting game at the Wolverine diamond and will advance to the first round of playoff action.

An interesting thing happened after Russia invaded Ukraine. Though US standing in the world had taken a knock after the muchneeded but chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, there was no question where the world’s democracies would turn for leadership in the Ukraine crisis. As much of Europe and Asia has found a new resolve on behalf of democratic values, in the time since the war began the US has been front and center in rallying them to the cause.

Photos by Madison Ruston