Sports

Dragan Stojkovic hired as Serbia national team coach

Thu, 03/04/2021 - 05:00

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Dragan Stojkovic was hired Wednesday as coach of Serbia’s national soccer team, three weeks before the squad’s first qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup.

Eight Tigers receive NFL Combine invitations

Thu, 03/04/2021 - 05:00

BATON ROUGE - There’s no NFL Combine this year, however had there been one, eight LSU Tigers were on the invite list, the NFL announced on Tuesday.

Kentucky’s Howard repeats as SEC women’s player of year

Thu, 03/04/2021 - 05:00

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard is the Southeastern Conference women’s player of the year for the second straight season.

Lady Hornets back in Class B Finals

Wed, 03/03/2021 - 05:00

LAKE CHARLES — The No. 1 Hathaway Lady Hornets made it three wins over the Bell City Lady Bruins Monday night, however this one was the most crucial of them all. The Lady Hornets were able to punch their ticket to the Class B state championship game on Thursday in Hammond’s University Center by defeating the Lady Bruins by a final of 46-34. Thursday’s game will be a rematch of last year’s state finals, as Fairview toppled Florien last night to set up the showdown.

No. 3 Lady Tigers pull away from No. 2 Amite 71-57

Wed, 03/03/2021 - 05:00

HAMMOND — The No.3 Lake Arthur Lady Tigers moved into the Class 2A state championship game here Monday night by knocking down the No. 2-seeded Amite Lady Warriors by a final of 71-57. The Lady Tigers rode big nights from Deonna Brister and Kali Hornsby, who combined to score 56 of Lake Arthur’s 71 points. The Lady Tigers will now advance to play No. 1-seeded Doyle in the 2A state finals set for Friday night at 7:30 pm at the University Center in Hammond on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University.

Conner’s No-No lifts Tigers to 10-0 shutout over Lacassine

Tue, 03/02/2021 - 00:00

LAKE ARTHUR - The Lake Arthur Tigers (LA) got a dominant pitching performance from lefty Cason Conner over the weekend at the Lake Arthur Tournament, as he no-hit the Lacassine Cardinals by a final

No.16 Jennings rallies for 57-52 win over Mansfield

Tue, 03/02/2021 - 00:00

The first round playoff game between the No. 17 Mansfield Wolverines and the No. 16 Jennings Bulldogs was a close contest between two evenly matched teams.

Lady Hounds smash through Oakdale 15-4

Tue, 03/02/2021 - 00:00

OAKDALE - The Welsh Lady Greyhounds moved to 2-0 on the young softball season this weekend as they pounded the Oakdale Lady Warriors by a final of 15-4.

Lady Tigers cruise into semi-finals with 81-36 shallacking

Sat, 02/27/2021 - 05:00

LAKE ARTHUR — The No. 3 Lake Arthur Lady Tigers are back in there second home following a dominating win over Springfieldthe LHSAAs Class 2A state tournament. Lake Arthur blew the Lady Bulldogs out of the water from start to finish at “Nookie” Moore Gymnasium Thursday night, claiming an 81-36 victory to advance to play the No. Amite Warriors in the semi-finals at the University Center in Hammond on Monday night at 7 pm. The Lady Tigers left little doubt from the opening tip who would be the better team on this night, and buried a whopping 13 3-pointers as a team in the blowout win. Lake Arthur Head Coach Vickie Sketoe discussed her team’s dominant performance, and raved about their excitement going into the contest.

Lady Dogs drop heartbreaker to South Beauregard 56-49

Sat, 02/27/2021 - 05:00

LONGVIT - The third time wasn’t the charm for Jennings as the No.6 Lady Dogs fell to the No.3 South Beauregard Lady Knights 56-49 in a quarterfinal playoff game in Longville. The Lady Dogs lost to their district rivals twice in the regular season by 9 and 3 points, and fought hard for all 32 minutes in a game that had several lead changes before losing by 7 points.