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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.

Top spot in last week’s Enterprise Football Contest went to Rodney Alderman. Alderman missed just three of the games on the 15 game slate. He edged out Will King who had four misses and Sara Cockerham had finished with five missed games.

Alderman missed the NSU loss to Grambling, the Baylor loss to BYU and the Florida loss to Kentucky.

The only game in common Alderman and King missed was the Kentucky upset of Florida. King missed the La. College loss, the ULL win over Eastern Michigan, Grants win over Block and the Tennessee victory over Pittsburg.

Closest to the tie-breaker score between Winnfield and Caldwell Parish High was Alderman. He was off 17 points from the actual score of 14-13 with a guess of 25-8.

Winnfield 1st Assembly of God has kicked off Upward Sports for the children of Winn Parish ages 3 to 6th grade. There are currently 71 children signed up for the soccer league and practices are already being held. The kids are having a blast according to Lacey Garner, wife of Pastor Shaun Garner. All games will be held on Monday’s beginning at 5:30pm. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The first game will be held on Sept 26. The hope is to grow this league every year adding divisions for Calvin, Atlanta, and Dodson.