Denham Springs High senior Caletria Curtis recently signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas. Pictured (seated, from left) are Daniel H. Landry, Sr., grandfather; Danita Curtis, mother; Camyri Jones, niece; Caletria Curtis, signee; Caralynn Curtis, sister; Calvin Curtis, Jr., father and Lizzie Curtis, grandmother. Standing are Jason Laborde, AAU basketball coach; Laura Davis, Denham Springs High assistant girls basketball coach; Brenda Loe, Denham Springs High assistant girls basketball coach; Shelly LaPrarie, Denham Springs High head girls basketball coach; Ben McDonald, PARDS basketball coach; Catrina Curtis, sister; Calvin D. Curtis, brother; Dru Nettles, Denham Springs High athletic director; Kelly Jones, Denham Springs High principal and Mike Picou, Denham Springs Jr. High basketball coach.
The Denham Springs Lady Yellow Jackets take home the state runner-up trophy from the Fast 56 state championship softball tournament in Sulphur last Saturday. Coached by David Bourque and assistants Kristy Saltaformaggio, Brandi Sharp and Tristian LeBlanc, managers Taylor Miley and Karson Pope, statistician Kirk Smart, principal Kelly Jones and players Hannah Meadors, Bailey Hughes, Macey Monk, Makenna Amond, Claire Nettles, Chelsea Lewis, Allison Irby, Jessie Borne, Hollie Morrison, Harli Crow, Jaden Accardo, Kali Montgomery, Brittany Case, Morgan Mincey, Maggie Hinson, Kaitlyn Thompson, Bailey Fuiche and Kylie Bourque.
The Live Oak softball team celebrates its third consecutive trip to the state softball tournament in Sulphur following a second-round playoff win at home over defending state champion Sulphur. Live Oak reached the semifinals before bowing out to eventual 2014 champion Ouachita Parish. Members of the team, which won the District 4-5A championship this season, include head coach Michelle Morris and assistants Britney Knight, Mischa Rabalais and Lyndsay Johnson and players Payton Gremillion, Virginia Cacioppo, Hailey Freeman, Amanda Holliday, Kaitlyn Ourso, Lauren Brown, Savannah Hall, Ally Howard, Katelyn Mclin, Ashton Priester, Breanna Stout, Giselle Ash, Laney Chandler, Lexi McCoy, Kelsey Miller, Cameron Seals, Kendall Theriot and Presley Wascom.
North Live Oak Elementary School third grade students (from left) Faith Grace, Kelsey Wollmer and Cassie Brown plant their tomato plants as part of Rotolo's "Homegrown For Mom".
