A plethora of Southwest Louisiana high school softball teams were in action on Thursday night, as Sulphur, Leesville, and Kinder were all on the diamond.
Jace Moody, the son of Sam Houston tennis head coach Jason Moody, made his college decision official on Wednesday afternoon as he signed his National Letter of Intent to play tennis at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama.
Boys basketball teams from around the state of Louisiana are arriving at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles for the LHSAA Boys’ Marsh Madness tournament.
Friday, March 3rd was a big one for the Hathaway Lady Hornets Girl’s Basketball team as they won their first state championship beating Fairview 64-54 in the Non-Select Division V title game.
Several Southwest Louisiana high school baseball teams were in action on Thursday night, including Barbe, and Sulphur who were participating in the Navarre Tournament at Sulphur.
The No. 2 ranked Hathaway Lady Hornets defeated the No. 6 Florian Lady Blackcats 47-41 to secure a spot in the Division V Non-Select State Championship.
The LHSAA Boys Basketball State Playoffs kicked off on Friday with the Bi-District round, and we had around 20 local Southwest Louisiana teams in action.
Monday night was a busy one in Louisiana as girls high school basketball teams took the hardwood in hopes of elongating their seasons at least one more game as the regional round of the LHSAA State Playoffs got underway. Not only was it a busy day in Louisiana, but it was especially busy in Southwest Louisiana as 15 SWLA teams made it to the regional round.
The St. Louis Catholic Saints baseball team was very good in 2022 as they finished with a record of 26-14, and went undefeated in their district, but coming into this season the Saints want more.
Both the boys and girls soccer teams from St. Louis took the pitch Monday in the LHSAA Division III quarterfinals. The girls took the pitch first fresh off of a Regional win over West Feliciana 3-1 last week and to get to the semifinals, they would have to take down a formidable E.D White team.
Jarell Joseph has had a very successful career as a member of the Lake Charles College Prep Track and Field team, and on Saturday he put pen to paper making his college decision official to continue his academic, and athletic careers at The University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Paris Guillory is a senior at St. Louis Catholic and has signed to play college basketball at Louisiana Tech, but before leaving Lake Charles for Ruston, she has been making quite the splash with the Saints.
Like the Sam Houston softball team, the Broncos baseball team was impressive in 2022 as they finished with a record of 33-10, and made the state quarterfinals, but that’s not how the Broncos see it, they expect more.
The Sam Houston softball team had an impressive 2022 season as they finished with an overall record of 18-8, and also finished third in their district as well. Entering 2023 though, the Broncos are focused on improving everyday, and hopefully with their daily improvements, the wins will follow.
The Sulphur Golden Tors had an impressive 2022 season as they finished with an overall record of 32-8 and were 10-4 against district opponents, but despite their impressive records, they finished second in the 5A District 3, and fell in the state semi-finals. Now, heading into 2023, the Tors have a chip on their shoulder, and have their goals set on “#finishing”.
2022 was a disappointing season for the Sulphur Lady Tors softball team as they finished with an overall record of 14-9, and a district record of 3-3, but in 2023 they’re hoping to put that all behind them, and get back to having success with a new head coach in Brooke David.
2023 is the beginning of the Grant Anderson era at Barbe High School as coach Anderson will look to continue the winning culture that was instilled at Barbe by Candyce Carter who helped the Lady Bucs to the 2021 State Championship, and to an impressive 24-7 record, including a perfect 6-0 record in district play last year in her final season as head coach of the Lady Bucs.
Lacassine Baseball is headed into it’s sixth year as an organized team, and just a few years into their existence Hurricane Laura came through SWLA destroying their facilities. That didn’t stop the Cardinals though one bit. The school would hire Blake Trahan as their new head coach, and just a year into leading the team, he has them believing they can be special.
Wednesday was a big day for high school athletes across the country as they signed their National Letters of Intent making their college decisions official, and it was no different for many athletes here in Southwest Louisiana as 19 athletes from eight different SWLA schools signed their NLIs.
High school football players from all over the United States, and even Canada flocked to Westlake, Louisiana on Saturday morning for the ninth annual Speed, Power, and Exposure National Camp. The camp, which began in 2014, got started because the director of the camp; Taiwan Mixon, didn’t have this sort of opportunity when he was younger.
The Saint Louis Catholic Saints came into the 2022-2023 season with optimism, but what they didn’t expect was to lose something before it even started.
Hunter Brown graduated from Barbe High School in Lake Charles in 2020, and from there he headed out to Colorado to join the Air Force Academy’s football team as an offensive lineman, and to also pursue his ultimate goal of being an Air Force pilot.
Last week it was announced that Sulphur had hired Cody Gueringer to be the school’s next head coach. Gueringer spent the past nine years at Welsh serving as the offensive line coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, the offensive coordinator from 2016-18, and from 2019-22 Gueringer served as the head coach for the Greyhounds while still calling offensive plays. That being said, his move from Welsh to Sulphur certainly wasn’t an easy one, but it’s one he’s ready, and excited for.
Monday marked the final day of the Hamilton Christian MLK Classic. The event welcomed in 51 total teams from all around the state of Louisiana, and over 3 days the classic hosted 30 games.
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