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On Friday night a battle of two Tigers teams took place. The Winnfield Senior High School Tigers entered Stokes Walker Stadium with a new intensity and playoffs in their sights, while the Marksville Tigers took the field with confidence based on their season. The game was a hard-fought one, with the WSHS Tigers looking as good as they have all season. Winnfield had 6 wins under their belt for the season, while Marksville had 8 wins. Unfortunately, for Winnfield, Marksville chalked up a 9th win on Friday night with a score of 32-7.

I was sitting on my stand at daylight opening day Saturday with one goal in mind. Knowing that early season is the best time to take a doe for the freezer before hunting pressure renders them as spooky as mature bucks, I sat with visions of fresh back straps dancing in my head. My goal was to put a doe on the ground that would be destined for the freezer. Later this month when the rut kicks in around northern Louisiana, I’ll have my best chance at a good buck, but right now, I’m thinking back straps.

The Winnfield Senior High School Tigers rolled into Vidalia with hopes for another win to make their record 6-3, and that’s exactly what they did. The Vidalia Vikings brought a season record of 3-6 and high hopes of adding to their win column, but just couldn’t make it happen. When I sat down with Head Coach Andy Pyles, he had good things to say about the team and their efforts. He said that the Tigers gave up two touchdowns; one when the team blew coverage and another was after a blocked  

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Winnfield Senior High School celebrated homecoming with lots of activities last week. The biggest celebration came on Friday night with the Tigers’ win over Bolton. Bolton High School was welcomed to a spirit‐filled Stokes Walker Stadium, and after a 60 – 6 loss to Peabody last week; the Bears brought a 1 – 6 season record. The Tigers entered the contest, fresh off a 50 – 34 victory over Avoyelles, with a season record of 4 – 3. Bolton had been held scoreless in two games this season, scoring only one touchdown in four of their games, and had only had one game with a doubledigit score. Their only win was over a month ago when they beat Vidalia with a score of 20‐13.

The Winn Parish Enterprise Football Contest is getting heated! Contestants must be doing research and studying the games. No one had a perfect entry for this week, but Mr. Rodney Alderman came the closest with only two incorrect picks. It looks as if Ole Miss and University of Texas-San Antonio let him down on Saturday. Apparently, LSU’s win over Ole Miss came as a surprise to lots of people, since the entries this week were split half and half. Once again, our second place winner was determined by the tiebreaker game of Winnfield vs. Bolton, because we had an 8-way tie.

The Winnfield Senior High School Tigers went on the road Friday with a season record of 3-3, and came home with a win to make their record 4-3. The Avoyelles Mustangs entered the contest with a 2-4 record, and hopes of gaining a win. The Tiger fans drove to Moreauville and were rewarded with a final score of 50-34. When I sat down with Coach Pyles to discuss the game, he said, “The team played the best game of the season on Friday night. We overcame some adversity and I was real pleased with that.  We also had our biggest point total of the year.”  

Winnfield Tiger fans, who traveled to Buckeye High School on Friday night, were not disappointed! The Tigers came out of their cage and came home with a well-earned 15-9 win over the Panthers. The game got off to a good start, with Senior T.J. Myers making a 78-yard run in the first quarter, which was followed up by a two-point conversion by Senior Justin Pikes. The Tigers defense kept Buckeye from putting any points on the board during the first quarter.  

WSHS head football coach Andy Pyles was guest speaker at the Oct. 5 meeting of the Rotary Club of Winnfield where he gave a mid-season report on the Tigers. Pyles is shown with president Jennifer Vidrine and program chair Don Causey. 

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Winners of the Operation Save a Kid-Shop With a Copy Co-Ed Softball tournament that was held in August.

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