Sports

By Greg Jones

The LaSalle Tigers have spent the majority of the summer and preseason in the weight room trying to get ready for this upcoming season. These guys have worked hard knowing what needs to happen to replace the departed seniors from last year.

The hardest hit positions are offensive line and running back. There will be only two returning varsity players to this year’s offensive line and they are seniors, Eli Stringer and Landon Phillips.

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By Austin Whatley

The Jena Giants have had two of the greatest seasons in their football program’s history the last two years. But apparently it wasn’t good enough as the team comes into this season wanting to go further in the playoffs and with the ultimate goal of playing for a state championship in the Louisiana Superdome.

The Giants definitely have all of the pieces to have another great season and go on a run through the state playoffs. The pieces that good teams need to make long playoff runs always seems to be experience, talent, and coaching. The Giants have experience as they return 16 starters off of a team last year that made it to the 2nd round of the state playoffs.

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The annual 2017 JHS Alumni Association Homecoming Banquet and Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at 6:30 PM, in the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church in Jena, LA.

Guest speaker for the banquet is 2001 JHS graduate Jason Hatcher, retired pro-football player for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. Jason was an All-State football player in high school and an All-Southwestern Athletic Conference selection at Grambling State University.

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Jena Dixie Darlings and Sweetees honored with parade through downtown Jena last Friday afternoon.

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The Jena Dixie Darlings Fastpitch All-Star Team was named World Champions at the Dixie Darlings World Series Fastpitch Softball Tournament in Sumter, South Carolina last Wednesday night after they won the championship game in the series.

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The annual 2017 JHS Alumni Association Homecoming Banquet and Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at 6:30 PM, in the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church in Jena, LA.

Guest speaker for the banquet is 2001 JHS graduate Jason Hatcher, retired pro-football player for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. Jason was an All-State football player in high school and an All-Southwestern Athletic Conference selection at Grambling State University.

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LaSalle Parish’s baseball and softball teams continue to receive recognition for their outstanding seasons in 2017 as earlier this summer the Louisiana Sports Writers Association released their members’ picks for their 2017 All-State teams.

While all four teams had members selected to the first team All-State squads in their respective classifications, it was LaSalle High School that took center stage across the state.

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The Jena High School football staff recently hosted the 2017 JHS Golf Classic at the LaSalle Golf and Country Club in Trout. JHS Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Jay Roark would like to express his appreciation to all sponsors and the 62 participants as well as the country club for hosting the event. He would also like to extend a special thank you to Jay Paul for providing the meal. Over $7,000 was raised through the Golf Classic to benefit the JHS Football Program.

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By Greg Jones

Force Baseball is a collection of 12-year-old baseball players from LaSalle, Catahoula, and Concordia parishes. These guys have devoted every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon since April to practicing and getting better for the opportunity to play in the USSSA 12U World Series in Dallas, Texas.

The Team won the opportunity to play in this World Series by winning 4 of the 5 tournaments they played in and gathering enough points to qualify for this tournament. The tournament started with a parade of teams into Globe Life Stadium before the Texas Ranger and California Angels MLB game.

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In less than three weeks the 2017-18 school year will begin. For the parish’s two high schools, there will be more than just new faces of the incoming freshmen classes on campuses.

Coaching changes during the summer will mean students and student-athletes will notice several new, or in some cases, old, as in previous, coaches in the classroom and on the playing fields.

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