Sports

Wed

30

Oct

North Desoto Falls To Evangel

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/30/2019 - 5:00am

Evangel is new to the district this year and North DeSoto knew they would have their hands full this week. It was going to be a rainy and muddy game. With just two regular season games left, the Griffins are trying to do anything to keep their season alive.

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Wed

23

Oct

Logansport Defeats Montgomery in Battle of Tigers

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:00am

The Logansport Tigers grabbed their 2nd victory of the season with a 20-6 win over the Montgomery Tigers. One week after scoring 90 points, Montgomery was held to 1 touchdown by the Tigers and only threatened to score 1 other time. With the win the Tigers improved to 2-5 on the season, but more importantly 2-0 in District play. The week the Tigers return home to host longtime rival the St Mary Tigers. Game time is 7:00 in Tiger Stadium.

Logansport got on the board in the first quarter on a 13 yard run by Xavier Simpson The extra point failed and the lead was 6-0. The scoring play ended a 7 play 78 yard drive. The next Tiger score came on a 2 yard run by Key’salvyn Barnes. Jace Shoalmire passed to Matt Woods for the conversion.

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Wed

23

Oct

North DeSoto Loses in the Last Minutes of Homecoming

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:00am

North DeSoto has been on the road for three weeks. They were finally back at Griffin stadium this week for homecoming. After losing two of the three road games, the Griffins really needed a win this week.

Quarter 1

North DeSoto received the ball to start. David Atkins ran the ball to begin the drive. Then Beau Phillips ran it for a few plays. Kelvin Kinney connected with Colin McDaniel for first down before connecting with David Atkins in the end zone on 4th down for the Griffins to score first. They took the lead 7-0 with 9:30 left. North DeSoto also recovered the onside kick, but they went three and out and punted it away. BTW put together a long drive that got them into the red zone, but the Griffin defense stood tall and forced a turnover on downs. North DeSoto was putting together a drive when the first quarter ended.

Wed

16

Oct

Mansfield Holds on Over Jonesboro-Hodge

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/16/2019 - 5:00am

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.

Wed

16

Oct

Tigers Open District Play with Win Over Block

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/16/2019 - 5:00am

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.

Wed

16

Oct

North DeSoto has Rough Night Against Minden

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/16/2019 - 5:00am

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

Wed

09

Oct

Mansfield Wins 20-16 Thriller over Logansport

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 5:00am

Fall weather filled the air as the Logansport Tigers celebrated Homecoming on Friday Night. Their effort on the field however and a big first half was too much to overcome as the Mansfield Wolverines spoiled the reunion festivities with a 20-16 nail biter victory.

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Wed

09

Oct

North DeSoto Rolls Past North Webster

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 5:00am

After losing last week to district rival Northwood, North DeSoto looked to bounce back this week with a non district match up against North Webster. Being held to only seven points last week, the Griffin offense wanted to get going early in this one. And after giving up 41 points the Griffin defense wanted to come out and play tough this week. The Griffins only had one goal in mind this week and that was to win.

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Wed

09

Oct

Tigers Lose Desoto Parish Battle to Wolverines

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 5:00am

In their final tune up before beginning district play, the Logansport Tigers fell 20-16 to DeSoto Parish rival the Mansfield Wolverines. For the third game in a row, the Tigers had a chance to win the game in the final minutes only to come up short.

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Wed

09

Oct