MANSFIELD, Ohio — Growing pains are rarely easy. For a young Mansfield Senior football team, the 2026 season has included plenty of them. But as the Tygers prepare to welcome Wooster to historic Arlin Field for Homecoming on Friday night, there are also signs that the future of the program is beginning to take shape. Mansfield Senior enters the Ohio Cardinal Conference matchup at 1-6 following last Friday’s 30-7 loss at Ashland. The defeat came one week after the Tygers final

MANSFIELD, Ohio — Trust the process. That has been the message surrounding Mansfield Senior football as first-year head coach David Phillips works to rebuild a program looking toward a brighter future. Last Friday night, Tygers fans got their first taste of what that future could look like. Phillips earned his first victory as Mansfield Senior’s head coach in dramatic fashion, as the Tygers outlasted rival Lexington 32-27 in a shootout at historic Arlin Field. For Phillips, t

MANSFIELD, Ohio — The Mansfield Senior Tygers may be 0-2, but don’t let the record—or the final scores—tell the entire story. There is a new era of football underway at Mansfield Senior, and while victories have yet to arrive, first-year head coach David Phillips has plenty of reasons to believe better days are ahead. After opening the season with back-to-back losses against Hilliard Davidson and Tiffin Columbian, Mansfield Senior returns home Friday night hungry for its firs

Pending board approval, former Tyger David Phillips will be the next varsity head football coach at Mansfield Senior. Phillips is a 2004 graduate of Senior High and played football under Stan Jefferson and LeRoy Smith. He shined on the field running for over 2,900 yards during his career as a Tyger. In addition to being a great player and student at Mansfield Senior, Phillips went on to spend 11 seasons as the running backs coach under one of the greatest coaches in school hi

The storied tradition of Mansfield Senior football faced a new chapter Friday night as Antonio Fletcher stepped onto the field for the...

Losing 17 seniors from a previous season is never easy to overcome. Add to that one of the toughest schedules of any division three team...

What makes a rivalry so great? Is it the bragging rights and school pride? Maybe it’s all the history and agony from a past loss that...

Heading into Friday night's matchup the Tygers were desperately looking for that spark that would get the offense going. An 0-4 start is...

Last Friday night may not have gone the way the Tygers wanted after a tough 21-14 loss to Akron SVSM. But there is one thing we can’t...

8/21/2024 Mansfield, Ohio Coming off back to back ten win seasons, the Mansfield Senior Tygers will open their 2024 campaign at historic...