Note to Our Readers: The following story was sourced in its entirety from Mr. Glenn Parrish, Director of Communications, Booneville School District. Mr. Parrish is a RNN Sports contributor and we thank him for bringing this story to our readers!
The Bearcat roster has been riddled with injuries in 2022, but the coaching staff has been able to welcome some of those players back during the conference portion of the season.
Out since the scrimmage, Brett Welling made his debut in Hackett for a few snaps and he started against West Fork.
It was welcomed with a new face wearing jeans with his jersey.
Brendan Dove, who left in the first quarter of the first game, made his way back against West Fork, but yet another player took his place in street clothes.
Regardless whether the Bearcats get any of the recently sidelined or those who have yet to play back on the field, the preseason projected lineup will never make it back to full strength due to at least one season ending ending injury.
With the fluid situation that is the Bearcat roster, it is unclear exactly which players will be able to participate in the 80th meeting between Booneville and Mansfield Friday night at Bearcat Stadium.
In terms of opponents the Bearcats have met the Tigers more than anyone except Paris (91), Ozark (85), and Waldron (81).
The series has been largely one-sided with the Bearcats winning 60 times. The Tigers have 16 wins and there have been three ties, a winning percentage of .778 for the Bearcats.
Seventeen of those meetings have been at Bearcat Stadium in Booneville. The Bearcats have won them all. The teams last met in Bearcat Stadium in 2018, a 55-6 Bearcat win.
The teams last met in 2019, a 48-27 Booneville win in Mansfield. That marked the 22nd straight win in the series for the Bearcats.
