Sports

Jena Lady Giants return most of their starters from a team that earned the #14 seed in the playoffs last season and made it to the second round of the state playoffs.

This season the Lady Giants have gotten off to a good start to the season as they are 7-3 in their first ten games. The Lady Giants have picked up some big wins already this season including wins over Sam Houston, North Desoto, and Leesville.

The Lady Giants defeated class 5A Sam Houston out of Lake Charles by a score of 6-5. Alli Brunson was the winning pitcher after pitching a complete game giving up 5 runs on 7 hits while striking out 7.

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With the win over the Caldwell Spartans in the 1st round of the Louisiana High School Basketball State Playoffs the Giants would move on to the 2nd round where they would take on the Sophie B. Wright Warriors from New Orleans.

The Warriors came in as the #11 seed and earned their way to the 2nd round with a 74-69 win over Donaldsonville. The Giants were trying to win a 2nd round game and move on to the quarterfinal round for the first time since the 1996 season.

Once again it would be a great atmosphere as the Jena High School Band was in the building and the Giants Fans did a great job of filling up Guy Campbell Memorial Gymnasium.

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This March, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will be hosting a free* Aquatic Volunteer Instructor workshop in Baton Rouge. This hands-on workshop is led by LDWF biologists and will be held on Saturday, March 21st.

Through LDWF’s Aquatic Volunteer Instructor Program (Aquatic VIP), volunteers will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to teach today’s youth about fishing and other fishing related topics.

The workshop offered through this program is perfect for teachers, Scout leaders, homeschoolers, and anyone who enjoys fishing and the outdoors!

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The Good Pine Middle Archery Team placed second out of 15 elementary school teams (4th and 5th Graders) at the ALAS Regional Bullseye Archery Tournament at LSUA in Alexandria and fifth out of 14 teams at the ALAS State 3D Archery Tournament at LSUA in Alexandria. GPMS has two more upcoming tournaments before competing at ALAS State Bullseye on April 4 in Shreveport and ALAS Nationals Bullseye and 3D in Louisville, Kentucky. The archers include: front row (left to right) Austin Thacker, Preston Taylor, Jonah Chapman, Lawton Cooper, Owen Girlinghouse, Eian Girod, Charli DeVille; middle row (l to r) Sophie Reaves, Ethan Evans, Khloe Davidson, Kamden Davidson, Trace Kirkham, Sam Vaughan and back row (l to r) George Bacon, Trent Tingle, Nolan Williams, Macy Carriere, Ashlea Price.