CHARLESTON- Synonymous with the state football playoffs is Charleston Tigers football. For over 40 consecutive years, the Charleston Tigers have qualified and played in the state playoffs. And on Friday, that streak will continue.
Alumni Field in Charleston will host a Class 3A state football playoff game this Friday. Kickoff against an opponent that, as of deadline time for this story was not known, is set for 7 p.m. More information on this game can be found on our website at residentnewsnetwork.com
RNN Sports will follow the Tigers in the 2023 state playoffs in defense of their 2022 state championship. Watch for updates in the RNN Logan County Edition weekly newspaper, as well as on our website and on social media. Action photos from the Tigers’ playoffs games will be posted on Facebook at Charleston Tigers Sports, as well as on our Facebook page at “Team Press Pass.”
We have talked about the youth and inexperience of this year’s Tigers team all season. But despite the massive change in personnel from last year’s senior-heavy team, head coach Ricky May and his staff have done an outstanding job in developing the young talent on the team and guiding them to runners-up finish in the 3A-1 conference. Charleston is a number two seed going into this week’s state playoffs.
Charleston will play a four seed from the 3A-6 conference on Friday. At deadline time, which was November 3, that opponent was not known. Depending on Week Ten game results in the 3A-6 conference, there were possibilities of the Tigers’ opponents being either Drew Central or Barton, among other possibilities. And like we shared earlier, by the time you read this story, that opponent will be known, and you can read more about them on our website.
Going into the Week Ten regular season games on November 3, the standings in the 3A-6 conference were:
Camden Harmony Grove 4-0
Fordyce 3-1
Rison 2-2
Barton 2-2
Drew Central 1-3
Hot Springs Lakeside 0-4
If the standings held as they are above, Rison would be the number three seed by virtue of their head-to-head win over Barton on October 27. In Week Ten games of significance in the conference, Barton was playing at home against conference leader Harmony Grove, and Rison was playing at Drew Central. The outcome of those games determined who Charleston will play on Friday. Go to our website to read a story on Friday’s opponent for Charleston in this Friday’s playoff game.
RNN Sports will be at Alumni Field on Friday, and we look forward to covering Charleston in the state playoffs! Good luck to Coach May and his staff, and all of the Charleston Tigers in this year’s state football playoffs!
