High School Sports

The Mangham Dragons upped their season record to 2-0 with a 39-12 win against St. Frederick last Friday night.

The Dragons will now host Lakeside at 7 pm. Sept. 20 in Mangham.

Meanwhile, in JV action Monday night, the JV Dragons lost 28-24 to the Franklin Parish Patriots.

The Delhi Bears defeated the Merryville Panthers, 23-12 last Friday night.

“We played a lot better in the second half,” Delhi Head Coach Storm Ridgeway said, noting that the team came out of halftime with a 6-6 tie.

Ridgeway noted that Charles Cooper was the top player for the game.

“He played a lot both ways and gave 100 percent,” Ridgeway said. Cameron Smith also played a good game with a pick six.

The win leaves the Bears at 1-0 on the season as they prepare to take on the 1-1 Delhi Charter School Gators at 7 p.m. Friday night at Delhi Charter School.

The Rayville Hornets lost last Friday’s game to the Oak Grove Tigers by a final score of 46-32.

The loss leaves the Hornets at 0-2 as they get to go on the road this week to face Union Parish at 7 p.m. Friday in Farmerville. The Farmers are 1-1 this season.

In Friday’s game, Oak Grove came out to a 14-o lead in the first quarter and widened that to 40-12 at half time.

Oak Grove failed to score the rest of the game. However, despite scoring six points in the third quarter and 14 points in the fourth, the Hornets ended the game trailing 46-32.