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On the Move

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ELTON - The Elton Indians and Gueydan Bears drew to a stalemate between both clubs’ first offenses and defenses here in a controlled scrimmage at Cleve Beard Stadium Thursday night. The Indians second offense was able to pop a score in their first possession of the contest, and Gueydan’s first unit scored in a controlled goal-line series at the end of the night’s action. First-year Indian Head Coach Donnie Bruchhaus was impressed after his squad’s first action, and praised his defense for their effort against a Bears team that made the playoffs a season ago.

Tigers take fortress mentality into uncertain 2018

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BATON ROUGE (AP) — If LSU coach Ed Orgeron wanted to highlight perceived slights of the Tigers as a way of motivating players to prove their critics wrong, he’d have

Astros hit 5 homers, end skid with win over Rockies

HOUSTON (AP) — Throughout their five-game losing streak, the Houston Astros failed time and again to get a big hit when they needed it. They didn’t have that problem Wednesday

Acuna hit by opening pitch, Braves top Marlins 5-2

ATLANTA (AP) — Slugging rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. was hit by a pitch before he could take the Marlins deep again, but Dansby Swanson filled the power void for Atlanta,

SPORTS BRIEFS

World Cup champion France tops FIFA rankings; Germany 15th ZURICH (AP) — World Cup champion France is No. 1 in the FIFA rankings for the first time in 16 years.

Ole Miss pushes past NCAA penalties, ready to rebuild

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s football program is still dealing with the fallout from NCAA penalties — including a two-year bowl ban — that were assessed last year following a

Narcisse set to transfer from Tiger program

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BATON ROUGE - After landing coveted junior transfer quarterback Joe Burrow from Ohio State over the summer, LSU had their first departure at the position when redshirt freshman Lowell Narcisse

Football registration underway for Lake Arthur’s youth athletes

Football season is just around the corner on the high school, college and pro levels and that means the young aspiring pigskin players of Lake Arthur are gearing up to

Slumping Astros drop fifth straight

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HOUSTON (AP) — Nolan Arenado hated his first career appearance at designated hitter Tuesday night. However, the Colorado slugger couldn’t be mad at his results at the plate. Arenado and

The Year That Was

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The year 2017 was truly a year of dreams coming true for me. As the football season began at Welsh High, it was with the same expectations for me. I