High School Sports

Evan Barton (#4) completes a pass from Quarterback Austin Lively (#14). (Red Ribbon Photography)

Evan Barton (#4) completes a pass from Quarterback Austin Lively (#14). (Red Ribbon Photography)

Quarterback Austin Lively (#14) hands the ball off to Brody Hutson (#11) to get a  Dragon first down.  (Red Ribbon Photography)

Quarterback Austin Lively (#14) hands the ball off to Brody Hutson (#11) to get a
Dragon first down. (Red Ribbon Photography)

Mangham loses 34-32 heartbreaker to Jena Giants

Last Friday night kicked off the first week of high school football in Louisiana. 

The Mangham Dragons traveled to Jena to take on a very strong Jena team. The atmosphere was so electric the season opener felt like a playoff game.

The Dragons headed into halftime with a lead of 24-14. They would go on to score and get a two point conversion to start the second half. The Giants, however, never stopped answering. Mangham lost a heartbreaker 34-32. 

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Cam Allen (#92) Darrick Franklin (#93)  and Rylan Hatton (#57) make the tackles Thursday night against Cedar Creek. (Photographs by Red Ribbon Photography)

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Junior Isaiah McFarland (#3) rushes into the end zone for a Dragon touchdown. (Photographs by Red Ribbon Photography)

Dragons begin season scoring at Bayou Jamb

Friday night lights are back in the town of Mangham and the Dragons are looking to make another deep run in the 2023 season. 

The Dragons participated in Bayou Jamb at West Monroe High School this past Thursday night. 

Adding a new defensive coordinator, Marcus Yanez, seems to have been the perfect touch for the Dragons as they shut out Cedar Creek in the 2023 Bayou Jamb 33-0. The dragons have a young squad with only four defensive players returning from last year, but it seems that the offseason workouts are paying off.

Hornets take second place in state playoffs

A reader told me that the Hornets don’t seem to be letting up during the playoffs. 

I replied that on the contrary, they seemed to be turning up a notch or two.  This seems pretty evident with them breaking a hundred in each game.  You could readily expect this against Welsh the #32 seed.  No problem there, but when Oakdale #16 came to town you would expect more competition  Didn’t get it 109-57.

Rayville girls defeat Kentwood in 58-9 blowout

What does one say in a game that was supposed to happen but didn’t?

I guess you could tell how it didn’t happen. To do that we have to go back a week before the phantom game was to be played. Rayville, true to form, made a late surge in the power ranking. The last two weeks he Lady Hornets vaulted from 14th to ninth and then supposedly made it to eighth.  Which meant that the girls would play the first two games at home.  

Not to happen.

Hornets close regular season with victories

This disrupted-district (Vidalia and Ferriday didn’t play due to COVID protocols) has come to an end. 

The girls had their last two games canceled but the Hornet boys continued to deal misery to their opponents. The last teams to swallow this bitter pill were General Trass and Mangham.

I was unable to attend these games myself.  It’s just as well.  I’m all out of superlatives for this team. Hornets 110, General Trass, who tried to tackle this buzz saw with only seven players, 20.  I feel sure the “mercy” clock must have been running.

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