MANSFIELD — It’s the most demanding position in all of sports and Mansfield Senior has entrusted it to a 14-year-old. But David Phillips III isn’t a typical freshman. The son and namesake of first-year Senior High coach David Phillips Jr., the younger Phillips is the starting quarterback for the Tygers (0-2). He has completed 20-of-51 […]
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Column: New Mansfield Senior football coach will need time to rebuild program
I first met David Phillips during his record-setting playing career at Mansfield Senior. I got reacquainted with him when he joined Chioke Bradley’s coaching staff during a golden era of Senior High football. I couldn’t be more excited for Phillips, who will become Mansfield Senior’s head coach pending board approval. At the same time, I […]
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Phillips to take over as Mansfield Sr. football coach
MANSFIELD — David Phillips landed his dream job and he’s assembling an all-star staff. A 2004 Mansfield Senior graduate, Phillips will become his alma mater’s next football coach pending board approval. It’s a dream come true. I’m a Tyger through and through David Phillips “It’s a dream come true,” Phillips said Wednesday evening. “I’m a […]
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Twice Crowned, Still Hungry: Mansfield 8th-graders finish historic 2-year run
It was only fitting that the Ohio Cardinal Conference eighth-grade championship game was played inside Madison’s Wayne E. Miller Gymnasium. The former home of the Rams is a throwback to an earlier era, and so is the Mansfield basketball team that claimed the crown with a gritty 52-45 win over Ashland on Thursday. The Tygers […]