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Tue
12
Apr

LaSalle Lady Tigers clinch District 3-1A Championship

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By Greg Jones
 
The LaSalle Lady Tigers finished the regular season with a 17-5 overall record and a district record of 9-1, clinching the District 3-1A championship. These Lady Tigers are sitting in the state rankings at #3. Things are really coming together for Coach Derek White and the Lady Tigers. During district 3-1A play the Lady Tigers outscored their opponents 110-37. There was a streak of 6 games where the Lady Tigers run ruled every team that stepped on the field with them. This offensive power showed up during district play.
 
Tue
12
Apr

LaSalle Tigers sit in first place in District 3-1A play

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By Greg Jones
 
The LaSalle Tigers were supposed to be a rebuilding team this year after graduating 10 seniors last year, but don’t tell this team things like that. The Tigers have sprinted out to a 10-5 overall record and 5-0 in district 3-1A play. They have been carried this season by the pitching of Ross Campbell, senior, and Eli Stringer, sophomore. These guys have done the job on the mound this season thus far. Cullen Wise, sophomore, has also filled in to pitch some crucial innings.
 
Tue
12
Apr

Lady Giants pick up 3 big wins at Mangham tourney; Giants winning streak is now at 12

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By Austin Whatley
 
The Jena Lady Giants wrapped up district play this past week when they traveled to Avoyelles to take on the Lady Mustangs. The Lady Giants were looking to win a share of the district championship. With the win the Lady Giants would be tied with Buckeye and Winnfield for first place in district play. Both teams would have trouble scoring as the score would be 0-0 going into the top of the third. The Lady Giants would take the lead in the top of the third 1-0 and would not look back as they would score 6 runs in 4th and 5th inning to go on to win the game 13-1.
 
Mon
04
Apr

LEAD plans two sessions during June

Rising eighth, ninth and tenth grade students in Louisiana are invited to attend an interactive leadership camp set for June. The Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) camp will be held June 5-11 or June 12-18 at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts.
 
 

 

Mon
04
Apr

Jena Lady Giants win two more district games; Giants stay undefeated in district

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By Austin Whatley
 
The Jena Lady Giants came into this past week looking to pick up a couple more district wins and improve their power ranking so that they will get a favorable playoff seed. On Monday the Lady Giants had to travel to Alexandria to make up a game with Peabody that was started but postponed because of rain in the 1st inning.
 
 

 

Mon
28
Mar

The Jena Giants basketball season of 1965-66

By a former Writer and Player
 
The Giants opened the much anticipated 1965-66 season with a 71-47 win over Harrisonburg in Jena. The Giants had a 13-20 record the year before under new coach Billy Wayne Fowler with Bobby Day serving as his assistant coach. Several players returned from the previous season led by play maker 5-9 senior Dwain Roark, 6-2 senior Doug Lee, 6-4 junior Max Cary, 6-2 Paul Zoller, a sophomore, and 6-1 leaper Kay Windham, a junior. The Giants came out dressed (including coaches, players, and managers) with gold blazers, black ties with Jena written on them and black pants.  
 
Mon
28
Mar

All-District basketball honors…

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The four high school basketball teams in LaSalle Parish placed a total of eleven players on the All-District list for the 2015-16 season. Jena High School had seven players chosen for various All-District honors, while four players from LaSalle High School made All-District.   
 

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Mon
28
Mar

Lady Giants pick up 3 district wins; Giants start district play with 2 wins

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By Austin Whatley
 
The Jena Lady Giants came into this past week with a 7-4 overall record and 0-1 district record. The Lady Giants were coming off of a tough loss to the Winnfield Lady Tigers and were looking to get back on track with three big district games. The Lady Giants were scheduled to play Beau Chene on Monday but the game was cancelled. 
 

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Mon
21
Mar

No-hitter leads Bulldogs past Forest Varsity 10-0

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Monday, March 14th, was a day Avery Smith will set aside for the scrapbook as he threw a no-hitter in the Harrisonburg Bulldogs Varsity’s 10-0 victory over Forest. No Forest batter was able to locate Avery Smith’s pitches during the game. Avery Smith threw a no-hitter, striking out eight batters, and walking none while recording his momentous feat. He got Paris to strike out for the final out of the game. 

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Mon
21
Mar

Lady Dawgs out last Block in highscoring affair 14-11

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Fans were treated to a high-scoring affair Tuesday, March 15th as the Lady Dawgs outscored Block 14-11 in seven innings. The teams banged out 19 hits between them, as well as seven for extra bases. Claudia Franklin had three extra-base hits for Lady Dawgs. She tripled in the third inning and doubled in the second and fourth innings.    

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