Sports

Saints announce 2020 schedule

Tom Dodge
Friday, May 8, 2020
The New Orleans Saints announced their 2020 schedule which on Sunday, Sept. 13 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and features four prime time games and the team playing on Christmas day for the first time in franchise history.

Lady Jays softball: a sister act times four

Tom Dodge
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
The 2020 St. Edmund softball team had four sets of sisters on the roster including two sets of twins. From left, are twin sisters Helen and Alice Brown, sisters Karleigh and Jaedyn Soileau, sisters Kinsley and Ashlyn Marcantel and twin sisters Hannah and Rebecca Benoit. (Photo by Tom Dodge)

Bengals earn fifth title in 2015

Tom Dodge
Friday, May 1, 2020
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the eighth of a 12-story series celebrating LSUE’s baseball and softball national championships. After the Bengals won their fourth baseball national championship in 2012, LSUE almost had its first repeat but fell one run short of another title in 2013.

Several area students shine on McNeese rodeo teams

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, April 30, 2020
With the cancellation of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s College National Rodeo Finals this year due to coronavirus, McNeese State University’s men’s and women’s rodeo teams have officially ended the season.

Spring Squirrel Season Opens May 2

Tom Dodge
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Spring squirrel hunting season begins Saturday in Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reminds hunters to use social distancing practices due to the coronavirus pandemic. Spring squirrel season runs from May 2-24.

LHSAA 2020 Academic All-State softball

Tom Dodge
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The spring sports seasons were halted because of COVID-19, but the student-athletes’ accomplishments were recognized by the LHSAA as part of the Academic All-State honors. The LHSAA All-Academic award program recognizes the academic excellence of senior student-athletes who have attained a 3.