Since Ricky May’s arrival in 2019 as the Tigers’ head football coach, Charleston has been to the playoffs every year and will now look to complete their third consecutive conference football title in the past four years. An impressive record for a coach who has continued the winning tradition of Charleston football since his arrival in the Spring of 2019.
Charleston will travel to Lavaca on Friday to play its final regular season game for the 2022 season. The Tigers will play for no worse than a share of the conference title and will also lock up a top seed from the 3A-1 conference going into the state playoffs.
RNN Sports and yours truly will be at Lavaca on Friday to bring you special coverage of this game as part of RNN’s game of the week. Look for photos and a special post-game wrap-up on Saturday of the Tigers’ game with the Golden Arrows.
At deadline time for this story, Charleston was making final preparations to host West Fork on Senior Night at Alumni Field. Depending upon the outcome of that game and the match-up of Booneville and Lavaca, Charleston could be 6-0 going into Friday’s game at Lavaca, and the Golden Arrows will be either 4-2 or 3-3 depending upon the outcome of their game with Booneville. Either way, with the head-to-head win over Booneville, Charleston should wrap-up the outright conference championship, barring an upset in the final two weeks of the season.
As of October 27, the 3A-1 standings are:
Charleston 5-0
Booneville 4-1
Lavaca 3-2
Greenland 3-2
West Fork 2-3
Mansfield 2-3
Cedarville 1-4
Hackett 0-5
Lavaca is a much-improved program and is a dangerous opponent for anyone they play. That will not be lost with Charleston coach Ricky May as he will most assuredly remind his team that they must respect the Golden Arrows.
The Class 3A state football playoffs begin on November 11, and RNN Sports will be there to bring you photos and a recap of the Tigers’ drive through the championship brackets. So, bundle up and we will see you in Lavaca on Friday!
