New youth sports program in LaSalle

The Little Giants football team from Bayou Mountain Sports in Jena played their first home game at Jena High Schoolâs football stadium last Thursday night in front of a large crowd. Bayou Mountain Sports is a new personal, sports training program for youth in Jena led by Blake Davidson, shown at far right, who says the program teaches much more than sports.

Sports

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When Blake Davidson was asked to fill in coaching a Dixie Youth Baseball team earlier this year, his focus on the young boys in not just teaching baseball skills but life skills did not go unnoticed by the parents of the team.

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Obituaries, Obituary

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