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ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

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LACASSINE – The Lacassine Cardinals made it 16 games in a row on Tuesday night by taking down the rival Bell City Bruins by a final of 67-56 at John Juneau Gymnasium. The win moves the No.4 Cardinals out to 27-5 overall, 7-0 in district 6-B action. Lacassine overcame an early first quarter deficit to pull away from the Bruins, and remain in the Top-4 of the Class B polls. The Cards placed five players in double figures in the win, with Seth Bourgeois leading the way with a team-high 16.

No. 10 Lady Cards sweep through Bell City, 39-29

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LACASSINE – The No.10-ranked Lacassine Lady Cardinals took down the Bell City Lady Bruins in a low-scoring slugfest at John Juneau Gymnasium Tuesday night by a final of 39-29. The win allowed the Lady Cards to up their overall record to 16-12, 3-2 in district 6-B play. Lacassine will be back in action tonight they head down the road to take on the No. 1 Hathaway Lady Hornets in a parish shootout. The Lady Cards erased a one-point first quarter deficit by outscoring the Lady Bruins in each of the three following periods following that. Anna Lindeman was able to lead Lacassine in the scoring department with her 12 points, with all of them coming on 3-point jumpers.

Shortened Olympic torch relay starts for Beijing Games

BEIJING (AP) — The three-day torch relay for the Beijing Olympics, shortened considerably because of concerns about the coronavirus, started Wednesday with an 80-yearold former speedskater carrying the flame.

Washington’s NFL team unveils new name as Commanders

(AP) — Washington’s NFL team is now known as the Commanders.

No. 14 Texas Tech wins 77-64 over Beard and No. 23 Texas

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Mark Adams stayed on the South Plains even before he knew he would get the job as Texas Tech’s new coach. Chris Beard got on a plane 10 months ago to Austin, and Red Raiders fans had waited since then to let him know how they felt about him leaving for their most-hated rival.

Ruffin, Rodriguez help Ole Miss hold off LSU, 76-72

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Mississippi had a 24-point lead in the first half and Daeshun Ruffin scored 19 points before leaving the game with a right leg injury with 12 minutes left.

Dogs pick up big win over St. Louis, 57-54

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The Jennings boys’ basketball team was able to hold off a late rally by the visiting St. Louis Saints to claim a 57-54 district win Friday night. The Bulldogs led 52-41 in the middle of the fourth period, but missed free throws by Jennings and some St. Louis treys made it a 57-54 game with 7 seconds to play, but the Saints missed a trey as time ran out to give the Dogs the win.

No. 4 Lacassine slips past No. 3 ESA, 54-49

LACASSINE – The No.4-ranked Lacassine Cardinals stretched their impressive winning streak out to 15 games last week when they toppled the ESA Falcons by a final of 54-49 in a huge district 6-B showdown at John Juneau Gymnasium. The win allowed the Cards to seep ESA in league play to continue to sit atop of the district standings. The win moved the Cardinals to 26-5 overall, 6-0 in league play. ESA, the No.3-ranked squad in Division V, fell to 19-9 overall. The Cardinals built a 41-30 lead going into the fourth quarter, and fended off a late ESA rally to hold on for the 5-point win.

No. 1 Lady Hornets cruise past Clark, 96-35

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HATHAWAY – The No.1-ranked Hathaway Lady Hornets continued their winning ways Friday night by blasting district rival J.S. Clark by a final of 96-35 at Charles Groth Memorial Gymnasium. The win moves the Lady Hornets out to an impressive 26-4 overall mark, and they remained perfect in district 6-B play. Hathaway placed 10 players in the scoring department in Friday’s win, with four hitting double figures. Lamiyah Sanchez led the Lady Hornets with her 26-point showing, and as a team Hathaway hit 14 3-pointers in the win. Hathaway built a huge 60-16 lead at the halftime intermission, and cruised to the 61-point beat down of the Lady Bulldogs.

Lady Saints rally in second half for 60-45 win over Jennings

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In a game that could determine who would be the district champion between the visiting St. Louis Catholic Lady Saints and the Jennings Lady Bulldogs Friday night, it was deja vu. In the first meeting 17 days ago, St. Louis defeated Jennings 60-45, and the Lady Saints would again defeat the Lady Dogs by the same score of 60-45.