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The LaSalle Tigers were only able to get in 4 innings of baseball this past week as terrible weather set in and cancelled games. The Tigers were able to host the Jena Giants, but in the fourth inning with the Giants leading 4-3 the bottom fell out and the game was suspended.

The guys will look to bounce back this week as they will continue district 3-1A play as they host Block for a double header in this week in Olla. That will wrap up the district play for the Tigers and the Playoffs are just around the corner.

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The LaSalle Lady Tigers took it to the Jena Lady Giants in a tune up game before the playoffs were to start. Taylor Snow was in the circle for the Lady Tigers and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits, striking out 5 on the night.

The Lady Tigers’ bats were hot as they homered 3 times in this game as Carli Estis, Taylor Snow, and AnnaBeth Pitman all had home runs. The Lady Tigers collected 9 hits on the game with Sidni Laird and AnnaBeth Pitman having multiple hits.

The Lady Tigers had a bye in the first round of the state playoffs and will look to move on to the Quarterfinals as they will host Northwood-Lena in the second round.

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The LaSalle Lady Tigers finished this week 3-1 and none of these games were district contest. The Lady Tigers are 16-5 overall and 4-0 in District 3-1A play. They also hold down the number 1 position in 1A powerpoints. The Lady Tigers are starting to get some respect around the Cenla area as they are ranked #4 in the Cenla top 10. This ranking is of all classes around the Cenla area.

Recap of last week

The LaSalle Tigers would take a couple on the chin this last week and one of those losses would be in district play. The Tigers still sit in the #9 position in the state power points and 9-7 overall. This would put them one game behind St Mary’s in district standings, but with two games with St. Mary’s coming up this week that could all change soon. Recap of Last Week

The Jena Lady Giants came into this past week with some momentum as they started district play with two wins. It would be a big week for the Lady Giants who are currently in the #16-20 range of the power rankings. The Lady Giants would love to get into the top 16 as that would mean they would get a home playoff game in the 1st round of the playoffs.

On Tuesday the Lady Giants played the Peabody Warhorses at home. The Lady Giants would not waste any time putting away the Lady Warhorses as they scored 19 first inning runs and beat Peabody 25-0 in three innings.

Brooklyn Burlew led the Lady Giants with 3 RBIs. Alyssa Howard picked up the win as she pitched two scoreless no hit innings while striking out two.

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What Jena High School Head Coach Jay Roark has done with the football program has been nothing short of spectacular. Since he has been hired in 2012, every year, the Giants have just gotten better and better. They have improved as a program so much that they are one of the top programs in the Cenla area. Since he has been there, you can see the development as the Giants finished 5-5 in 2012, 5-6 in 2013, and 6-5 in 2014 to dramatically improving over the last four seasons at 11-1 in 2015, 9-3 in 2016, 10-1 in 2017, and 9-2 in 2018. It also helps that the program has had some of its best talent to go through in nearly a decade. Players like TE Parker Fink (Northwestern State), WR JaRay Jenkins (LSU), QB Lamar Farris (Trinity Valley Community College), etc. have all signed at the college level during that time.

The LaSalle Tigers have roared out to a 4-0 start in District 3-1A competition. The format for this year’s contests are that teams will play each school in the same week.

For instance, LaSalle vs. Montgomery on Tuesday, then on Thursday of the same week, Montgomery vs. LaSalle. This format was voted on by the coaches at the first district meeting of the school year.

LaSalle has beat Montgomery twice and Northwood-Lena twice thus far in district play. LaSalle Tigers are currently 6-5 overall and sitting at #11 in Power Points. This week’s contest will be against Logansport on Tuesday and Thursday. These will be great games, as Logansport sits at 3-1 in district play.

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The LaSalle Lady Tigers are currently sitting in the #1 spot in power points in 1A. This is largely behind the power of this year’s offense and the pitching of Junior, Taylor Snow.

Here’s a recap of this season thus far:

• 2/24 Against Franklin Parish at the Polar Bear Classic, Anna Beth Pitman and Taylor Snow each homered in the game, leading to a 13-6 victory over 4A Franklin Parish

• 3/1 Against 5A powerhouse Ouachita Parish, LHS dropped the contest, 5-2. But the Lady Tigers had some great things happen. Lexi Snoddy hit a home run and Taylor Snow struck out 7 in this game.

• 3/2 Lady Tigers traveled to Grant High School to take on Delta Charter. Carli Estis had a great game at the plate, driving in 6 runs with 2 home runs. The Lady Tigers defeated Delta Charter 18-0 in a 5 inning contest.