WALKER - Senior point guard Jalen Cook, who was honored before the game for surpassing 3,000 points in his career, added 32 more to his total in Walker High's 79-58 victory Friday over Sophie B. Wright.
Holden was unable to recover from a slow start in an 81-65 road loss to Runnels in District 7-B play on the road Friday.
Twelve players scored as the Albany girls got off to a fast start in a 68-44 win over Sumner in District 8-3A action Friday at Albany.
WATSON - Live Oak broke open a tied game after the first quarter with a 20-4 run in the second quarter to run away from St. John of Plaquemine, 54-31, on Friday at C.B. Wheat Gym.
Northlake Christian used a strong second quarter and a 25-point effort from Bill Leahy to pull away for a 57-32 win over Springfield in District 10-2A play in Covington on Friday.
Northlake Christian broke a first-quarter tie with a big run in the second quarter to pick up a 57-32 win over Springfield in District 10-2A action in Covington on Friday.
Trey Yelverton scored 31 points for Albany, but Sumner pulled away for a 76-63 victory over the Hornets in District 8-3A action Friday.
FRENCH SETTLEMENT – In order to get to where they want at the end of the season, Daniel Kennedy knew his Doyle basketball team would have to steal some district wins on the road.
DENHAM SPRINGS - After trailing by two points at halftime Denham Springs created just enough separation in the second half for a 58-53 non-district win Friday over Central.
WATSON - Live Oak came out of the gates on fire and continued in that manner in taking a 60-44 victory Friday over St. John of Plaquemine.
FRENCH SETTLEMENT – Sometimes it’s a good thing to shake up the game plan.
WALKER – Walker ran its streak of dominating wins to five games Friday night with a resounding 71-36 home win over Westgate of New Iberia.
DENHAM SPRINGS – With one final game remaining in District 3-I play the objective for Denham Springs’ soccer team remains the same.
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DENHAM SPRINGS - Based on the norm for a regular meeting of the Denham Springs Athletic Association it was regarded as something out of the ordinary.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana football coach Frank Scelfo will be a part of the Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020, which will be inducted on Saturday in New Orleans.
Eleven players scored as the Springfield girls basketball team cruised to a 50-27 road win over Family Christian Academy on Thursday.
DENHAM SPRINGS – One of the six returning starters for this year’s Denham Springs High’s soccer team, defender/midfielder Corey Bush, said he heard the whispers on his own school’s campus.
ALBANY – When he started his high school career, Albany’s Caleb Puma might not have seemed like the guy to hit a career milestone like scoring 1,000 points, but he’s done just that.
HAMMOND -- The Southeastern Louisiana baseball squad begins its preseason workouts Friday at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field in preparation for the 2020 season.
Torez Kinchen went one-on-one with a vast expanse of the country, making the staggering 1,200-plus mile trip – 18 ½ hours without car trouble – after the Christmas break from his home in Denham Springs to St. Cloud, Minn., he saw certain stages of life flash before him.
WATSON – With the team’s main objective essentially off the table Live Oak’s soccer team must adjust its focus moving forward over the remainder of the regular season.
Livingston Parish produced a pair of players on the LHSAA’s composite (4.0 GPA) All-State academic football team which was recently released.
This poll is conducted by the Louisiana High School Soccer Coaches Association (LHSSCA). Total points are followed by first-place votes in parenthesis and record.
The French Settlement girls basketball team picked up a pair of lopsided wins, defeating Pope John Paul II 67-11 in District 10-2A play on the road Tuesday and scoring a 73-16 victory over Pine on Monday.
French Settlement finally picked up the elusive road win the team was looking for.
Four Mount Hermon players scored in double figures, and the Yellowjackets outrebounded Holden 53-25 to key a 70-48 win over the Rockets in District 7-B play Tuesday.
WATSON - Live Oak fell victim to a hot-shooting Catholic High team that drained 14 3-pointers en route to a 74-54 victory Tuesday over the homestanding Eagles.
Doyle held Springfield to single-digit scoring in the first and fourth quarters, keying a 64-40 win over the Bulldogs in District 10-2A play Tuesday at Springfield.
Doyle got rolling early to cruise to a 63-21 road win over Springfield in District 10-2A girls basketball action Tuesday.
GIRLS BASKETBALL | Decisive first quarter helps pave way for Live Oak against Central Private, 65-39
WATSON - Senior Dijone' Flowers helped Live Oak open an early lead and never looked back in taking a 65-39 victory Tuesday over Central Private.
ALBANY – It may be three games into the District 8-3A season, but the Albany boys basketball team is still trying to sort things out.
DENHAM SPRINGS – The Merry-Go-Round that’s been Walker High’s starting lineup the past two weeks got two familiar faces back on board and lost another in Tuesday’s nondistrict matchup with arch-rival Denham Springs.
ALBANY – The Albany girls basketball team’s game with Bogalusa may have been just what the Lady Hornets needed, if for nothing else, just for fine tuning.
WALKER - Freshman guard Caitlyn Travis had 11 of her game-high 19 points in the first half that enabled Walker High to overcome a first quarter deficit en route to a 58-35 victory Tuesday over Donaldsonville.
A full-fledged friendship that originated in the trenches as opposing linemen in college served as a catalyst in twice bringing Brett Beard and Ryan Fournier together as members of the same high school coaching staff.
To truly understand their relationship was to hear the following exchange after Abby O’Donoghue embraced her mother Kelli Flynn O’Donoghue in the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse moments after the LSU junior high jumper won her first meet Jan. 18. in record-breaking fashion.
HAMMOND – Southeastern football coach Frank Scelfo isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
The North Corbin Junior High boys basketball team finished second in the Showdown in the Lake Tournament over the weekend in Lake Charles. Team members are Verna’gae Whitley, Brock Smith, Mike Stephens, Troy Sylve, Laramie Guidry, Kevin Smith-Johnson, Austin Workman, Michael Donmeyer, Jacob …
NEW ORLEANS - Leading scorer Trinity Harold scored five of her team-high 15 points during a first-quarter run that helped carry Walker High to a 55-28 road victory Tuesday over Haynes Academy.
BOYS BASKETBALL | Pierre leading way for LOHS more through his perseverance than just scoring points
WATSON – With his team trailing by double digits in a game that was heading toward the fourth quarter and Live Oak’s Lawrence Pierre suffering again from a right shoulder ailment, the senior guard could have taken the convenient way out and remained on his team’s bench.
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The North Corbin Junior High girls basketball team won the Showdown in the Lake tournament over the weekend in Lake Charles to move to 24-0 on the season. Team members are Kailey Bennett, Angelise Mansur, Jamiya Vann, Kennedi Ard, Taylor Smith, Kimber King, Adry Arledge, Kendra Johnston, Kyl…
A quick start enabled Holden to offset a 33-point effort from Amite's Corey McKnight in a 54-51 road win over the Warriors on Saturday.
The Doyle boys basketball team picked up its first victory in District 10-2A play, getting off to a fast start to key a 73-45 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday at Doyle.
WATSON - Live Oak was competitive throughout Friday's home non-district game with University High until the Cubs outscored the Eagles by nine points in the fourth quarter for a 71-56 victory.
SPRINGFIELD – Springfield basketball coach John Hii finally got the game he’s been looking for from his team, while the road woes continued for French Settlement.
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