Sports

The Mount Vernon Tiger Varsity Football team will travel to Pottsboro for the final Region II3A District 5 game of the season with kickoff at 7 p.m. “I’m not ready to predict the winner of this one,” said Clayton George, head football coach and athletic director for the Mount Vernon ISD in a program for the Mount Vernon Rotary Club.

The Lady Tigers are your 2023 Bi-District Champions with a big win Monday night over Queen City. The Lady Tigers lost in the second round of playoffs to the Hughes Springs Mustangs last night, ending their season in area playoffs.

Porter South and Leon Ackerman reeled in five bass weighing 19.07 pounds for a second- place finish in the Texas High School Bass Association (THSBA) tournament on Lake Bob Sandlin Saturday. Winnsboro had 12 fishing duos participating in the October 28 tournament which featured 144 entries from 27 schools.

The Rugged Red completed a perfect season with a 65-6 victory over Bonham in the District 5-3A finale. With the win, Winnsboro accomplished the quest for an outright district championship. Following the bye week, they will face Atlanta, the fourth-place team out of District 6, in the bi-district round of the playoffs. The game will be played Thursday, November 9, at Longview Lobo Stadium; kickoff at 7 p.m.

Clarksville sits in third place with no shot at the district title with Maud and Cumby still left to play; Detroit and Rivercrest will have to win out right their next two games just to have a lastplace shot at playoffs.