Sports

WYSL basketball tryouts will be held on Saturday, Dec 17 at the Grove St. Recreation Center Gym.

9:00am – 4-6 yr old boys and girls (Co-ed)

10:00am – 7-9 girls

10:30am – 7-9 boys

11:00am – 10-11 girls

11:30am – 10-11 boys

12:00pm – 12-up girls

12:30pm – 12-up boys Whatever age your child has attained on Feb 20, 2023 is the age which they will play this season.

Coaches should make arrangements to attend tryouts due to the fact that you will be grading and picking your teams. Each league will be picking teams immediately after tryouts conclude. TRYOUTS ARE MANDATORY!

Trailing 14-8 at halftime, the Winnfield Tigers exploded for fivesecond half touchdowns to come from behind and defeat the Wolverines of Mansfield High School, 41-28, in their final regular season game at Stokes-Walker Stadium.

The Tigers picked up their sixth win of the season in a Senior quarterback Malachi Jackson led the Tigers with three rushing scores and one pass for a touchdown while fellow Senior Trey Starks had two touchdowns on 70 yards rushing and he had 20 yards receiving.

Using eight running backs on the night, the Tigers amassed 343 yards on the ground and another 66 through the air for just over 400 offensive yards on the night.

Jackson ended the night with 13 carries for 185 yards while Starks had 87 yards on eight totes. Kararyan Thomas had 28 yards on six carries while Jeremy Mamon had 27 yards on four attempts.

A week of college football upsets took its toll on those trying to pick the winners in Week nine of the football season.

After having our first week of a prognosticator getting all the games right, the first place prize this week went to someone who got 12 out of 17 games correct.

Rodney Alderman, a frequent top finisher, missed just four games this week. One of the games was thrown out because of a schedule change. So the LaSalle game was a freebie. The original schedule had LaSalle taking on Beckman; however, they actually played Northwood. They won that game 24-20.

Alderman missed the Grambling upset of Alcorn State (35-6), the McNeese loss to Southeastern (28-27), the Westminister win over Montgomery (37-8) and the East Carolina win over BYU (27-24).

It took eight weeks into the 2022 football season but the Winn Parish Enterprise Pigskin Picking Contest finally got its first perfect entry.

Louis Bell got all 15 games in the weekly contest and the tiebreaker correct.

The tiebreaker contest, Winnfield vs. Red River, had to be used to determine second place. Rodney Alderman and Patricia Bell each had only two misses in contest. Alderman missed the Nichollls State win over McNeese (40-35) and the Louisiana Tech loss to Rice (4241). However, Alderman predicted within 13 points of the actual score in the Winnfield win over Red River, 20-7. Patricia Bell was 18 points off with a Winnfield victory where her prediction of 31-14.

Will King actually had the closest guess to the actual score He predicted a Winnfield victory 24-10, off just seven points.

The Winnfield Tigers (6-1) will host the Mansfield Wolverines (2-6) in the final home game of their 2022 regular season. However, both teams enter the contest with identical 2-1 league records.

The Tigers and Wolverines have that one loss opponent in common. The Many Tigers, ranked number one is the state Class 2A defeated Winnfield by a 42-14 score two weeks ago, while Many defeated the Wolverines 61-18 three weeks ago.

Mansfield’s two district wins have come in back-to-back weeks. They defeated Jonesboro Hodge 20-17 and then Lakeview 37-0 last week.

Winnfield’s Tigers have district wins over Lakeview 54-20 and last week’s victory over Red River 20-7.

It’s That Time Again, Time for “Ride Ataxia-Dallas”, scheduled for November 5th, 2022 the annual Fund Raising Ride dedicated to raise funds for research and development of drugs to treat Fiedreich’s Ataxia(FA), a rare neuromuscular disease that effects some 15,000 people worldwide.

This will be the sixth year that Kate Walker, daughter of Jason and Rachel Walker, granddaughter of Dr. Jimmy & Helene Walker and Bo & Chris Walker and she will participate in the ride. Kate is no longer able to ride her recumbent trike, but she still goes to give moral support and see her many friends that also have FA.

The ride usually attracts some 600 participants of which about 75 to 100 of them are FA patients that are able to ride. There are three routes to choose from- 6, 17, and 42 mile options. There is also a 1.5 mile walk and even a virtual participation option. Come join us and enjoy a fun time while helping us raise funds.

It’s always fascinating to hear the history and accomplishments of some of Winnfield’s own. It feels a little bit like a personal experience for each of us who hear of someone from our city who has achieved accomplishments and excelled in things. That is especially true when it comes to sports, because Winnfield is big on sports.

Lionel Johnson, a native and current resident of Winnfield had an impressive career as a football player at Winnfield High School and then with the Texas Longhorns. His high school years spanned from 1970-1972. He was the program’s career leader for tackles.

Willis King returned to the top of the heap last week of football prognosticators with a two miss entry. King only missed the La. Christian College loss Ottawa University of Arizona 45-13 and the Bethune Cook beating of Grambling, 45-13.

Second place went to Rodney Alderman with just four missies. Alderman edged out Sarah Cockerham who also missed four games. Alderman was 20 points of the LSU 38-0. Win over New Mexico with a guess of 44-14. Cockerham was 24 points off the correct score with a prediction of an LSU win by 37-23.

Alderman also came the closes to the actual score on a second entry that predicted an LSU 41-13 win, which was just 16 points away from the actual final score.

In a rare Thursday night outing, the Winnfield Tigers defeated the Jena Giants 41-26 in a non-conference battle on the road and raised their season record to 4-1.

The Tigers from Winnfield rattled off four straight touchdowns to dominate the Giants from neighboring LaSalle Parish. After a first quarter 1414 tie, the Tigers scored the only points in the second quarter and dominated the third quarter with three more touchdowns while holding Jena out of the end zone.

The Tigers went into halftime a touchdown up, but came out a blazing in the third quarter with three scores.

Winnfield’s Tiger running backs Jeremy Mamon and Malachi Jackson each scored two touchdowns on the night. Both had touchdowns in the first quarter, Mamon a one-yard tote into the end zone and Jackson a 75 yard scamper for six points.

Mamon also got the only score in the second quarter with a three yard running TD.