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The Calvin Cougars won the Calvin Basketball Tournament by winning three straight games from November 11-13 ^th . First, the Cougars defeated the Dodson Panthers by the score of 69-24. Leading scorer for the Cougars was Wayne Curtis Huckaby with 25 followed by Joseph Adams with 16. Scout Anderson and Dylan Kyle pitched in 7 each.

On Friday night, the Weston Wolves came calling and the Cougars were once again victorious. Final score of 83-57 saw Dylan Kyle as the top scorer with 31, followed by Wayne Curtis Huckaby with 22 and Joseph Adams with 17. John Bradley Griffin rounded out the scoring for the Cougars with 7.

The Winnfield Tigers used two fourth quarter touchdowns to put the icing on the cake to defeat Delcambre in round one of the LHSAA Class 2A Football playoffs last Friday night.

The Tigers racked up 233 yards on 36 carriers for three touchdowns in route to a 30-13 victory in picking up their seventh win of the season. Malachi Jackson led all rushers with 109 yards on a dozen totes and one score. His TD run was from six yards out. Dyllan Lawson had 65 yards rushing on 12 carriers and provided the Tigers with a touchdown and two runs for the PAT.

The Tigers got on the scoreboard in the first quarter at Stokes Walker Stadium when Manuel Espejel intercepted a Panther pass and raced 12 yards into the endzone. Lawson converted the two-point try for an 8-0 Tiger lead. They never relinquished the lead the entire night.

An 80-yard scamper into paydirt put Delcambre on the board, and their PAT kick was good bringing them to within one point, 8-7.

The Calvin Cougar basketball team has started their 2021-2022 campaign. The Cougars defeated the Saline Bobcats in the Saline Jamboree on Thursday, October 28 ^th by the score of 41-33. Seniors Joseph Adams and Wayne Curtis Huckaby combined to score 33 points. Dylan Kyle scored 6 and Sidney Anderson chipped in a bucket. The Cougars led the entire game to get the season started.

Next, the Cougars traveled to Alexandria Senior High to take on the Class B Fairview Panthers in the LHSAA Tip-Off classic. The Cougars found themselves down at halftime by 6, with a score of 40-34. In the second half the Cougars went on a 41-28 run to finish with the win, final score was CHS 75- Fairview 68. Team leader’s in scoring were Joseph Adams with 33, Wayne Curtis Huckaby with 22 and Dylan Kyle with 9.

The City of Winnfield Recreation Department has started taking registration for it’s annual youth basketball league until Friday December 17, 2021. Registration fee is $40.00. Tryouts will be held on December 18 ^th , and the tryout times will be posted in the Winn Parish Enterprise. Boys and girls ages 4-15 are eligible for this exciting program. Don’t let this deadline pass you by. COACHES ARE NEEDED in all age groups. For more information concerning WYBL Youth Basketball, contact the recreation director, Anthony Hall at 628-3413, also the City of Winnfield encourages everyone to support this program. Our youth needs programs such as this. Remember that our children are our future. Please come out and join us. There is so much talent in Winn Parish.

The Winnfield Tigers stopped a three game losing skid Friday night with an 11-6 victory over Holy Savior Menard High School of Alexandria at Stokes Walker Stadium.

The Tigers, now 4-3 on the year, had over 300 yards of offense on the night they celebrated Homecoming.

Led by senior running back Dyllan Lawson and junior Malachi Jackson, the duo rushed for 233 of the 293 yards gained on the ground. Ironically, neither of the leading rushers found the endzone for the Tigers.

Finding themselves down 6-0, after Menard scored on a 35-yard TD pass, the Tigers’ defense shut down Menard for the rest of the game.

Winnfield had a touchdown run from one yard out by senior running back Travon Nichols. That knotted the score at 6-6 after the PAT failed.

The Tiger defense got a safety against Menard and two points courtesy of a tackle in the endzone by junior Alex Adams.

Autumn Leaves Nursing and Rehab residents and staff were treated with a pep rally to help celebrate the Winnfield Senior High School homecoming on Friday 10-15-2021. Buses unloaded cheerleaders, band members, pep squad, the Tiger Mascot, administration, teachers and senior football players. The residents anxiously awaited their arrival just like they have done in years past. This has become an annual event that has become a favorite of our sweet residents.

A frequent winner in the weekly Football picking contest has claimed top prize in last week’s prognostications with only two misses from the 15 game slate.

Rodney Alderman missed only the Northwestern State win over Houston Baptist and the Boise State victory over BYU. A typo game everyone a free game in the SMU vs. Navy contest. We accidentally listed the game as LSU vs. Navy. LSU actually lost to Kentucky.

Alderman also came to closest to the actual score in the Many vs. Winnfield contest. Many shut out the hometown Tigers 50-0. Alderman picked a final score of Many 48 and Winnfield 6. He was off just eight points of the actual score.

Second place honors for the week went to Johnny Mills with only three misses. He got all the games correct except for the Oklahoma win over Texas, the Notre Dame win over Virginia Tech and the Boise State win over BYU.

Finishing in third place for the week was Louis Bell Jr. He had just four misses in his predictions.

The defending State 2A champions Many High School handed the Winnfield Tigers their first shutout of the season with a 50-0 lashing in Many last Friday night.

Currently ranked No. 2 in the state, the Tigers of Many held Winnfield’s squad to under 100 yards of total offense. The Winnfield offense could muster only 45 yards rushing and 37 yards passing during the outing.

Many is now undefeated in District play, while Winnfield is 0-3 in league action.

All of the Many touchdowns were runs; the longest was a 55-yard romp for their last touchdown of the night. The Sabine Parish School, which has become a football dynasty, had scores of 5, 16, 32, 22, 4, 4 and 55 yards.

The leading Winnfield rusher was Travon Nichols with five carries for 18 yards.

Quarterback Malachi Jackson was two of four passes for 37 yards. Both receptions were by Damascus Lewis.

Talk about having a dream come true. There is not a baseball player who has ever laced up his “spikes” that hasn’t dreamed of playing on a major leaguer field. This coming spring, the coaching staff and players of the Weston baseball team will get to live that dream.

Better yet, they will get to play on the iconic “Field of Dreams” made famous by the 1989 blockbuster movie of the same name starring Kevin Costner and where the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox played this past August. Future games are scheduled as well, including next season when the Chicago Cubs will play the Cincinnati Reds, all part of major league baseball’s “Go the Distance” program designed to increase the opportunities and interest of young players.

In an interview with KTVE – Channel 10, sports director Chris Demardjian, first year Weston head coach Joey Kemp and several players spoke about the “once in a lifetime” opportunity.

After a strong start to their season with their first tournament in the season the Atlanta High School Fishing team reeled in first and second place again at the Caney Lake Tournament on Sept. 25.

Lucas Hyde grabbed first place and Mason Green got Second Place and Big Bass of the tournament.

Be sure to keep a lookout for the team as they keeping bagging first and second place in tournments after reaching the first ever state fishing tournament last year.