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Lady Pirates eliminate No. 26 Jennings from softball playoffs

KAPLAN – The Jennings Lady Bulldogs had no answer for the Kaplan Lady Pirates Tuesday in their Class 3A bi-district playoff game at the Lady Pirates’ home field. The Lady

Lady Dogs claim 5-3A Track Title

IOTA - Chloe Smith and Abigail Fontenot combined to score 57.5 points Tuesday to help the Iota Lady Bulldogs run away with the District 5-3A team track and field title

LAHS senior softball players honored

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Lake Arthur High School (LAHS) recently held its annual Senior Night to honor Tiger softball players. The senior night ceremony included a presentation at the Dickie Chapman Memorial Baseball Complex

HOUNDS ON THE MOUND

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The Welsh High School Baseball Team is winding down what has been a stellar season in Greyhound Country. The Hounds are currently rated as the No. 2 team in Class

MYERS IS THE MAN

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JENNINGS - Monday’s District 4-3A showdown between Jennings and South Beauregard turned out to be a pitcher’s duel between the Bulldogs’ Kole Myers and the Knight’s Chase Fisher. By the

Tennis competitors advance to state tourney

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ALEXANDRIA - A host of Jeff Davis Tennis standouts advanced to the LHSAA State Tournament Monday by claiming wins at the Regional Tournament held in Alexandria. Players from Lacassine,Hathaway and

Iota moves win streak to 22 games with 9-7 win over Eunice

IOTA - Trailing 7-3 after 5 1/3 innings, Iota’s 21-game winning streak was in serious jeopardy Monday. But with their backs against the wall against league co-leader Eunice, the Bulldogs

Iota softball advances with 14-4 pounding of Iowa

IOTA - The Iota Lady Bulldogs erupted for eight runs in the first inning and never looked back in a 14-4 thumping on Iowa Monday in the opening round of

Indians, Lady Tigers take JDP track crowns

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Over the last few years, the Jeff Davis Parish Track meet has regained some luster since the construction of the new state-of-the-art track facility at Jennings High School. Last week’s

BIG WIN FOR THE BULLDOGS

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LONGVILLE - The Jennings Bulldogs picked up arguably their biggest win of the season Friday with a 15-5 dismantling of the South Beauregard Knights.

The Knights entered the contest with a No. 2 rating in last week’s LHSAA Class 3A power ratings and were 25-4 on the season and 5-3 in District 4-3A play.

“This was that signature victory that we really needed,” said JHS coach James Estes. “We have been up and down all season long and we really needed a game like this to get that confidence back. You know, the game is 90 percent mental so this is a big boost for us.”