Sports

By Austin Whatley

The Jena Giants came into this past week unbeaten in district play and alone on top of the district standings. With the Caldwell Spartans only one game behind the Giants in the district standings Jena was looking to stay unbeaten and on top of the standings. The Giants district opponent this past week was the Avoyelles Mustangs.

On Tuesday the Giants played the Mustangs at home in Jena. The Giants came in with a 15-8 overall and 4-0 district record. The Giants have made a habit of coming from behind to pick up these district wins. The Giants would have to do the same in this one as they would fall behind 2-0 in the top of the 4th inning. The Giants would tie the game at 2 in the bottom of the 5th as Jordan Overstreet would score on a RBI double by Trelon Jones.

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By Austin Whatley

The Lady Giants came into this past week looking to gain some momentum going into the state playoffs. The Lady Giants will find out on Thursday April 12 what their playoff seeding will be and who their 1st round opponent will be. The Lady Giants scheduled some good teams to wrap up their schedule to help improve their power ranking before going into the playoffs. This past week the Lady Giants had two teams from class 4A that will make the playoffs on the schedule. On Tuesday the Lady Giants defeated Grant 2-1. On Thursday the Lady Giants defeated Franklin Parish 8-4.

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LaSalle Tiger Senior Avery Reed (20) lunges for first base to beat a throw out during the LaSalle vs Block home game last week.

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LaSalle Lady Tiger Senior Sam Floyd (2) gets a hit during the LaSalle vs St Mary home game last week. The game resulted in a 4 to 2 win for the Lady Tigers. LaSalle hits the road to take on Block tomorrow (April 5) in Jonesville.

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Jena’s KayeLea Dearmon (7) stretches to barely beat LaSalle’s Sidni Laird (33) for an out during the inter-parish game March 16 in Jena. The Lady Giants travel to Winnfield Friday night and Oak Grove Saturday. (All softball action photos by Mandy Howard and Laura Bailey.)

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The Jena Giants walk off the Marksville baseball field all smiles Thursday night, March 22, after an incredible 15-8 win. The final out came as outfielder Jacob Kimball (18) crashed into the wall for a spectacular catch, which prompted the entire team to race to where he was to check on him and congratulate him.

The Giants host Peabody at home tomorrow night and host Avoyelles at home next Tuesday night as district play continues. (All baseball action photos by Brayden Keene.)

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By Greg Jones

The LaSalle Tigers have had their win streak snapped at ten games by the 2A Menard Eagles. This happened at the Grant High School tournament over the weekend. The Tigers still remain unbeaten in District 3-1A play with a 3-0 record. The Tigers are ranked #1 in 1A powerpoints when they came out last week with an 11-3 overall record. LaSalle will travel to Logansport on Thursday of this week to continue district action and then be at home on the following Tuesday against Block

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By Greg Jones

The LaSalle Lady Tigers have won the last five games they’ve competed in and have moved their district 3-1A record to 4-1 after dropping the first game at St. Mary’s. Taylor Snow, sophomore pitcher, has carried the load in the circle for the Lady Tigers defense. LaSalle has provided the defense and the pitching staff with plenty of run support as the team is carrying a .363 batting average with Ali Long

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Jena’s Alyssa Howard (1) hits a fly ball to left field for a base hit and RBI during the Lady Giants win over Tioga last week 13-5. The Lady Giants will host LaSalle Friday night and travel to Menard next Monday. (Softball action photos by Mandy Howard.)

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The Good Pine Middle School Archery Team placed 3rd in bullseye out of 17 elementary teams and 3rd in 3D out of 8 elementary teams at the ALAS State Tournament on Saturday, March 3rd in Shreveport. This is the second year GPMS has participated in the NASP (National Archery in Schools Program).

These students will be representing our school and LaSalle Parish at the NASP Eastern National Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky on May 10-12. Team members are shown: kneeling, from left, Jahazya Wilson, Markaya Byrd, Lynzee Bowie, Keira Chevallier, Sophie Parker, Hannah Stapleton, Kaylea Boone, and Emily Calk; middle row, Isaiah Todd, Seth Andrews, Andrew Stephens, Preston Overstreet, Jacob King, Cale Parker, Keegan Roark, Cutler Coleman, and Jaxon Smith; back row, Tyresse Brown, Colten Sharp, Ethan Harris, Zach Scales, Kolton Bradford, and Walker McClure. Not shown - James Neal