This past Friday, Coach Mike Green and the Mansfield Wolverines (2-6) football team traveled to Springhill to face the North Webster Knights (4-4). The Wolverines fell to the Knights 43-20. The game was much closer than the final score would indicate. The Wolverines trailed 20-29 with a 1:52 remaining in the fourth quarter before a couple of untimely penalties and a turnover allowed the Knights to pull away. The Wolverines had to fight the entire game to overcome penalties, 20 penalties for 190 yards. Many of which left the team and the fans scratching their heads.
In a game that could have been deemed the battle of the rural communities, the North Desoto Griffins hosted the Northwood Falcons from the Blanchard area this past Friday night, featuring players that are probably just as comfortable fishing, hunting or horseback riding as they are to playing football.
The Logansport Tigers continued on their quest for a perfect season this past Friday night with a 40-8 dominating win over long time rival St Mary. It was the fifth time this season the Tigers scored at least 40 points in a game. For the season they are averaging 40.9 per game. Logansport received big games from John Stephens and Dalton Shaw on offense and Stephens along with Nakendric Peterson on defense.
The Logansport Tigers improved their record to 5-0 with a 33-27 win over the Mansfield Wolverines this past Friday night. The Tigers are 5- 0 to start the season for the first time since 2002. The game was back and forth before the Tigers finally put the game away in the fourth quarter. This Friday the Tigers travel to Northwood-Lena to take on the Gators. The Gators come into the game with a 0-5 record.
The Mansfield Wolverines put up a hard fought battle against the undefeated Logansport Tigers this past Friday night. The Wolverines came up 1 touchdown short and fell to the Tigers 33-27. After a scoreless 1st quarter the teams battled until the final whistle sounded. With the loss the Wolverines fell to 1-4 on the season. This week Mansfield faces the Class 5A Airline Vikings.
September 2 - Huntington (Home) - 7:00 September 9 - North DeSoto (Away) - 7:00 September 16 - Red River (Home) - 7:00 September 23 - Bastrop (Away) - 7:00 September 30 - Logansport (Home) - 7:00 October 7 - Airline (Away) - 7:00 October 14 - Green Oaks (Home) - 7:00
The Logansport Tigers celebrated Homecoming in dominating fashion with a 40-6 win over the visiting Basile Bearcats. The Tigers came into the game as the Number 1 team in the State in Class A in the Power rankings. Logansport is ranked number 6 in the Sportswriters poll. With the win the Tigers improved their record to 4-0 on the season. This week the Tigers travel to Mansfield to take on the DeSoto Parish rival Wolverines. This will be the 61st meeting between the 2 schools. This will be Logansport’s final tune-up before starting District 3-1A competition. Against Basile, the Tigers rolled up 518 yards of offense while the defense limited the Bearcats to 78 yards.
