Sports

With two runners in the top 10, the WMS Lady Tigers finished 4th at the Rapides Junior Runners cross country meet held at the Ward 9 complex in Pineville this past Saturday.

Annie Heard finished 6th and Chloe James 7th, as both clocked excellent times of 16:09 and 16:10 respectively for the rolling 2 mile course. Lauren Poole was next to cross the line for the team finishing 14th in 17:10 followed by Olivia Files in 19th at 19:34 and Breanna May in 20th at 20:07.

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They say the Lord works in mysterious ways. For 30 year old James Howell, divine intervention came into play twice last week.

“I try to be a Godly guy and I can’t help but believe He blessed me twice last week while deer hunting on my lease near St. Francisville in W. Feliciana Parish,” Howell said.

On the one hand, Howell who makes his home in Breaux Bridge, was able on the morning of October 4, to put the crosshairs of his Ten Point Venom crossbow on a beautiful 8 point velvet buck that measured 135 inches of velvety bone.

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The Tigers from Winnfield Senior High School traveled to the Red River High School home of the Bulldogs in Coushatta last Friday, and had a long drive home. The young Tiger team suffered yet another loss for the season, after a hard fought game.

Both teams had a good showing in the first quarter with the Tigers putting 7 points on the board, and the Bulldogs scoring 8. The Tigers had a disappointing second and third quarter, with no points added to the board, while the Bulldogs put 14 more points on the board in the second quarter. The final quarter of the game added some excitement for the fans with the Tigers scoring another touchdown, while Red River added 14 more points to the score.

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We fidgeted and lollygagged around all summer waiting for hunting seasons and finally on September 2, they kicked off when dove season opened. The following weekend, teal season was launched and on the first day of October, archery season for deer kicked off in much of the state. 

Although I haven’t gone after teal or a deer with stick and string, I did sample some dove shooting opening day.

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Tiger Cross Country 4 th at Pine Prairie Meet 

Tyler Hight paced the WSHS cross country teams with a first place individual finish as he led the Tiger team that finished fourth out 13 teams at the Prairie Run hosted by Pine Prairie High. Hight led the race almost from start to finish as he clocked an excellent time of 17:27 for the 3 mile road course. Edward Teal made a big move begin-ning at the 1 ½ mile mark to surge from 17thplace to 8that the finish with a time of 19:38. Cole DeBusk cracked the top 20 finishing in 18thposition at 20:42. Kaleb Hemphill crossed the line in 21:55, followed by Lakameion Evans in 25:22 and Jalyn Carter in 25:30.

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I’m sure I don’t have to remind you that one of my favorite outdoors activities happens each spring when I join a group of friends for a turkey hunting trip to Menard, Texas. It’s something I look forward to like a little kid waiting on Santa and I’m hoping I never get too old that this excursion loses its excitement.

One of the members of our group is slender, sinewy fellow from Ruston who can walk circles around me when it comes to chasing Texas turkeys. He’s Donnie Parkman and each year when we head out west, there’s one thing I know. While the rest of our party sits in comfortable blinds waiting on a turkey to show up, Parkman takes his game to the turkeys. He’s out tromping through the cactus and mesquite following a distant gobble or making his way back through the rough stuff to get where the turkeys are.

The Winnfield Tigers finished 6th in a field of 15 teams at the Hicks Invitational held at Hicks High School in Vernon Parish. Led by junior Tyler Hight who finished 2nd overall, the Tigers made a strong showing in their first team competition of the season. Hight completed the event in 16:37 followed by Edward Teal in 19:42, Cole DeBusk 20:30, Kaleb Hemphill 22:00, Brandon Florence 22:34, Jalyn Carter 24:10, and Lakameion Evans 26:50.

In the girls varsity division, sophomore Grayce McDavid finished 31st in a time of 26:30 with freshman Alia Holden clocking in at 30:00.

The Cedar Creek Invitational at the Lincoln Parish Park, was the site of the most recent action for runners from Winnfield Middle School. In the girls 7-8th grade girls race, 7th grader Chloe James finished 17th in the 2 mile race with an excellent time of 14:40. Annie Heard completed the hilly course in 15:12, followed by Lauren Poole in 16:43, and Breanna May in 17:09.

Runners from WMS raced at the Ruston Junior High Invitational this past Saturday along with 7 other schools from across north Louisiana.

Leading the way for the WMS 7-8th grade girls was Chloe James who finished the 1-mile course in 7:04 to finish 13th in a field of 75 runners followed closely by teammate Annie Heard at 17th place in 7:14. Lauren Poole followed next in a time of 7:38, along with Josie Davidson in 7:46 and Olivia Files in 8:45.

Michael Stroud was the lone boy finisher for the Tigers as he completed the course with a time of 7:22 in the 7-8th grade boys division.

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The typical matchup between the Winnfield Senior High School Tigers and Jonesboro-Hodge Tigers usually results in a tight game, and this year’s game was no exception. Even with a final score of 28-21 and a loss, the young Winnfield Tiger team gave their fans plenty to cheerabout.

Winnfield accepted the kickoff and after an interception, Jonesboro-Hodgemarched in from the 50-yardline.

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Picking up where he left off last year, WSHS junior Tyler Hight raced to a seventh place finish at the Border Dash Cross Country meet hosted by Parkway High School in Bossier City. Runners from Louisiana and Mississippi competed at the event held Saturday at South Bossier Park. This was the first competition of the year for WSHS and WMS runners.

Hight finished 7th overall with a personal best time of 16:55 for the 3-mile course.

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