By Matt Vines, The DeSoto Parish Journal
MANSFIELD – The Mansfield girls basketball squad are winners of four straight after consecutive wins against Booker T. Washington and Green Oaks earlier this week.
After marquee wins against Benton and Richwood, the Lady Wolverines (5-5) earned a 47-37 win against BTW on Tuesday and a 48-1 thrashing of Green Oaks on Wednesday.
Mansfield has one more game this calendar year on Tuesday at Northwood (6 p.m. tip).
North DeSoto was cruising on a five-game winning streak led by an oppressive defense before falling to Converse on Tuesday.
The Lady Griffins (7-3) had held their last five opponents to 30 points or less before Converse conjured a 36-28 victory.
North DeSoto shut out Lakeside for a half in a 54-3 win with wins against Red River, Bossier, Byrd and Haynesville in that stretch.
Logansport (3-4) remained undefeated against Class A with a 52-42 win against Calvary on Tuesday. The Lady Tigers also have wins against Byrd and Many with all losses coming against Class B opponents, which start their seasons a month earlier than ‘A’ members.
Logansport faces Converse, who has two wins against Logansport already, on Monday before finishing the calendar year with Stanley on Friday.
Stanley (3-11) had its contest against Ebarb postponed this week and returns to action Tuesday when they host Weston.
BOYS BASKETBALL
With football season finally over, the North DeSoto boys basketball team kicked off its season with a pair of wins this week.
The Griffins edged Lakeside (40-39) before knocking off Converse (76-65).
Mansfield (3-9) picked up its third win of the season by trouncing Lakeside (48-24) on Wednesday to open the Minden Tournament. Mansfield, which played Ringgold late Thursday night, has won two of its last four games after a 1-7 start against a brutal schedule.
The Logansport boys (1-2) haven’t played since Dec. 2 (it’s win against Northwood-Lena), but the Tigers do have one more contest before Christmas as they face Converse at home on Monday.
The Stanley boys (6-12) are in the midst of a four-game slide, which most recently included losses to Pleasant Hill (57-38) and Ebarb (59-42). Stanley has one more shot to end the skid before Christmas when host Weston on Tuesday.
SOCCER
The North DeSoto girls soccer team recharged its offense a pair of wins over the last week.
The Lady Griffins (8-2-3) topped Ruston 3-2 and opened Division II-District 1 play with a 5-2 win at Natchitoches Central.
NDHS has a stretch of road games that started with Airline late Thursday night and continues to Haughton on Friday and Tioga on Monday.
The North DeSoto boys are going through their roughest patch date with a tie and a loss to Natchitoches Central and a loss to Ruston.
The Griffins faced Leesville late Thursday night with a doubleheader today against Alexandria and Walker (4-4-1) in the Rapides Tournament to finish out the calendar year.