Sports

Wed

25

Sep

Former Giants meet in Tiger Stadium

Two former Jena High School Giant teammates met at LSU’s Tiger Stadium Saturday night, September 14, playing for opposing schools in what their former high school coach called “one of the coolest nights of my life.”

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Wed

18

Sep

Giants come back in 2nd half to pick up 21-16 win over St. Louis Catholic

The Jena Giants welcomed an unfamiliar foe to Guy Campbell Memorial Stadium this past Friday. The St. Louis Catholic Saints out of Lake Charles made the long trip up to Jena to take on the Giants.

St. Louis is a class 3A private school that plays in the select brackets of the playoffs which includes all private schools. The Giants have played a couple of teams from the same district as St. Louis as they lost to Westlake two years ago in the first round of the playoffs and last season they beat South Beauregard in the first round.

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Wed

18

Sep

Meet the LaSalle Tiger Sophomores…

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Wed

18

Sep

LaSalle Tigers fall to Sicily Island last week

The LaSalle Tigers would not go away easy on Friday night in Sicily Island. LaSalle would get in a deep hole early as Sicily Island would break out to a 18-6 halftime lead, but in the second half would continue to chip away at the lead until the final horn.

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Wed

11

Sep

Giants start season with big win over Franklin Parish 32-7

By Austin Whatley

The Jena Giants football team started their regular season this past week by welcoming an old friend to town. Former Jena offensive coordinator Whitney McCartney brought his Franklin Parish Patriots to town.

Coach McCartney who is a longtime friend of Jena head coach Jay Roark also had a big hand in the success of the Giants during his tenure in Jena. During the two seasons that coach McCartney was in Jena the Giants won 20 of 24 games and made it to the second round of the playoffs both seasons.

So it would seem a little odd to see Coach McCartney on the opposite sideline for this one. The captains for the Giants were seniors Daniel Moss, Trelon Jones, Wesley Humphries, and Cameron Jackson.

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Wed

11

Sep

LaSalle beats Beekman Charter 19-12 last Friday

By Greg Jones

The LaSalle Tigers were able to put a notch in the win column last Friday night in Olla. They welcomed in Beekman Charter School from Bastrop, who did win the season opener last year in triple overtime.

In the opening possession of the game Beekman Charter would be turned away by a defense that would fly to the ball all game. On the 8th play of the opening drive, looking at a 4th and short yardage situation, Beekman decided to go for it and Griffin Peppers would record his first sack of the game.

This would turn the ball over to the Tiger offense that would utilize a nineplay drive ending with a Kade Hillestad to Zack Dickey 17-yard connection for a touchdown. Hunter Daigneault would come in and add the extra point for the Tigers to take a 7-0 lead.

Wed

11

Sep

Tigers looked good in Jamboree

By: Greg Jones

The LaSalle Tigers had a final dress rehearsal against Tensas Parish High School Saturday night (Aug. 31) in the Vidalia Jamboree, beating Tensas 27-14 in the two-quarter contest. The Tigers were able to move the ball at will against the Tensas defense.

The scoring started in the first half when senior quarterback Kade Hillestad found the endzone on a designed run from 14 yards out and Hunter Daigneault added the extra point.

The Tigers’ defense was stingy with yardage all night led by senior defensive end Logan Mathews, who finished the game with 3 sacks.

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Wed

04

Sep

Tigers looking for redemption Friday night

After kicking off the 2019 football season in Vidalia last Saturday night at the Vidalia Jamboree, the LaSalle Tigers are ready to face their first test of the year this Friday night as they take on the Beekman Charter Tigers.

LaSalle is looking for redemption after losing a heartbreaker to Beekman for the season’s opener last year in triple overtime at the Beekman school near Bastrop.

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Wed

04

Sep

Giants fight hard but come up short against Sterlington in Bayou Jamb

For the second consecutive season the Jena Giants open their season on the campus of ULM as the Giants participated in the annual Bayou Jamboree. All of the top programs in Northeast Louisiana would participate in the two-day jamboree.

Last season saw the Giants pick up a 34-14 win over the OCS Eagles. This season the Giants would take on the defending class 3A state runner-up Sterlington Panthers.

The Panthers return a veteran offense including returning starters quarterback Hayes Crockett, fullback Jordan Townsend, and tailback Dallas Reagor.

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Wed

04

Sep