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