Sports

Diamonds are these girls’ best friend

Tom Dodge
Saturday, May 9, 2020
It was worth every mile that Crystal DeVillier put on her SUV taking her daughters to hundreds of softball games. Oldest daughter Jaedyn Soileau started with T-Ball at age four and soon after was joined by younger sister Karleigh as the treks began for the family.

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

Rebecca Chaisson
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.