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The LaSalle High School Tigers are preparing for the upcoming LaSalle Football Jamboree this Friday Night by staying hydrated and extra conditioning sprints in hopes of enduring this brutal late August heat. Mother Nature spoiled us with mild July and early August temperatures, but her wrath is bearing down now.

Starting with a big parade at 6 p.m., and ending with a fireworks display at dark-thirty, the team members and coaches of the Jena Sweetees were honored in Jena on Saturday, August 9, 2014, after claiming the Runners-Up title at the Sweet Tees World Series played in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, July 27-30. It was hard to estimate the number of people who showed up to honor the team, because of the continuous flow in and out of the park. The parade started in downtown Jena and proceeded to the Jena Girls Softball complex in the Jena Town Park.

The Board of Directors of The Jena High School Alumni Association has announced the names of three men to be inducted into the JHS Hall of Fame this year. Milton “Mike” Finley, Ph. D., Raymond F. Manchester and Judge J. Christopher Peters, along with posthumous inductee, Coach Geraldine “Jelly” Piggott, will be honored during an induction ceremony scheduled for Thursday, October 23, 2014, at the Alumni Association’s annual homecoming banquet.

The Louisiana Thunder softball team competed in the United States Fastpitch Association World Series in Panama City, Florida, July 6-12, 2014. Louisiana Thunder is a group of players ages 11-13 from Caldwell, LaSalle and  Grant parishes. This group of talented and dedicated female athletes has been together less than one calendar year, but has accomplished a great deal in a small amount of time 

Members of the Jena Sweetees were on hand at the Jena Town Council meeting on Tuesday night of last week to witness Mayor Murphy McMillin sign a proclamation declaring Saturday, August 9, 2014, as Jena Sweetees Day in Jena. After signing the official document, Mayor McMillin presented each player and coach with an “I Love Jena” pin in honor of them winning the Runners-Up title at the Sweet Tees World Series played July 27-30 in Bay St. Louis, MS.

 

 

 

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