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Lady Dogs top Union Parish 59-36, advance to second round of playoffs

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The No. 5 Jennings Lady Bulldogs advanced to the second round of the playoffs, but had to defeat a stubborn No. 28 Union Parish Lady Farmer team 59-36. Jennings lead 34-14 at half, but Union Parish refused to go away and wouldn’t let the Lady Dogs lead by more than 21 points in the fourth period until the end of the game.

Rams fans cheer Super Bowl champs at LA victory parade

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Aaron Donald and the rest of the Los Angeles Rams celebrated their Super Bowl championship Wednesday with a victory parade and rollicking rally in front of thousands of cheering fans.

NBA to honor 75th anniversary team during All-Star halftime

CLEVELAND (AP) — Some of the players who gave the NBA its global bounce will be in attendance when the league celebrates its 75th anniversary team during a special halftime ceremony at Sunday’s All-Star Game.

Lockouts get real: MLB’s spring showcase goes silent

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The street next to the San Francisco Giants spring training facility was missing its usual bustle on an unseasonably cool Wednesday morning.

No. 11 LSU ladies to face Mississippi State tonight

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The No. 11 LSU Women’s Basketball team (21-4, 9-3 SEC) will go head-to-head with Mississippi State (15- 9, 6-6 SEC) Thursday at 6 p.m. CT inside Humphrey Coliseum.

NFL hires former Attorney General Lynch in Flores lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has hired a law firm that includes former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to defend it and its teams in Brian Flores’ race discrimination lawsuit.

Lady Tigers end regular season by blasting PB, 68-39

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LAKE ARTHUR – The Lake Arthur Lady Tigers put an exclamation point on the dazzling regular season Friday night by punishing the Port Barre Red Devils by a final of 68-39 at “Nookie” Moore Gymnasium on the campus of Lake Arthur High School. The win ends the Lady Tigers ended the regular season at an astounding 23-6 overall, 5-1 in district 6-2A where they claimed a share of the league title with the Lafayette Christian Academy Eagles. With the two split games, the two teams each claimed a share of the crown.

Dogs, Lady Dogs sweep Westlake in 4-3A action

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WESTLAKE — The Jennings boys and girls basketball teams traveled to play the Westlake Rams and Lady Rams Friday night, and both Jennings’ defenses didn’t allow 25 points in both games.

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS

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The middle of February means only one thing for girls’ basketball coaches, players and fans of the sport at this time. It’s playoff basketball at its finest. As is the case in most seasons here in Jeff Davis Parish (JDP), there are a plethora of extremely talented teams eyeing more trips to the State Basketball Tournament on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University. Just a year ago, the Lake Arthur Lady Tigers hoisted their Class 2A state championship trophy after topping the Doyle Lady Tigers right in their back yard. The Lady Tigers garnered a No. 5 overall seed with a brilliant 23-6 overall mark, and claimed a share of the 6-2A crown with powerful Lafayette Christian. The Lady Tigers will play host to No. 28 Madison at 6pm at “Nookie” Moore Gymnasium in the bi-district round. Lake Arthur Head Coach Vickie Sketoe discussed her team’s regular season, and raved about the job her Lady Tigers have done.

Super Bowl 56 recap: Top moments from Cooper Kupp to Eminem

(AP) — From a thrilling late touchdown drive that gave the Rams a 23-20 win over the Bengals, to Eminem taking a knee and Meadow Soprano driving an electric Chevy, here are the highlights from Sunday’s Super Bowl 56.