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BELT CITY - The No. 18-ranked Lacassine Cardinals earned their second consecutive district 6-B win Monday night by thumping the Bell City Bruins 66-44 on the road.

Jennings High senior Keenan Landry signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at junior college powerhouse Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCC) on Wednesday.

LAKE CHARLES - The Jennings Bulldogs went on the road Friday night and picked up a big come-from-behind, district 4-3A win over the St. Louis Saints at Burton Coliseum. The Dogs rallied late for a 49-46 win to move to 7-5 overall, 2-2 in league play. The big story later in the ball game was the ability of the Bulldogs to knock down shots from the free-throw line. For the game, Jennings knocked down 17-of-23 from the charity stripe, good enough for 74 percent. The Saints on the other hand, hit only 11-of-23 for 47 percent.

BROUSSARD - Coming off of a loss to district 6-B leader J.S. Clark, the Lacassine Cardinals were seeking to get a little revenge in a rematch with Episcopal School of Acadiana (ESA) Friday night. The Falcons had defeated the Cardinals in the first half of district play by rallying in the second half to topple Lacassine on their home floor. This time around, the tables were turned and it was the Cardinals that rallied late for a 55-52 victory at ESA. The win moved Lacassine to 12-7 overall, 2-2 in district play. ESA fell to 15-9 overall, 1-1 in 6-B action.

MIDLAND - The No. 3-ranked Lake Arthur Lady Tigers stepped out of district 6-2A play Friday night and travelled down the road to face Class B No. 7 Midland. The Lady Tigers pushed their win streak to five games with a 75-36 drubbing of the Lady Rebels, and moved their overall season record to an impressive 24-3. Lake Arthur senior Deonna Brister also made school history in the contest, as she became the school’s all-time leading rebounder by yanking down her 988th board of her illustrious career.

BATON ROUGE - The LSU baseball team held its annual Media Day activities and opened preseason practice on a sunny Friday afternoon in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

MERRYVILLE - The Elton Indians continued to chop down opponents this week as they defeated the Merryville Panthers by a final of 90-61 on the road. The win extends the Indians’ win streak up to 12 games, and keeps them atop the district 4-lA standings at 10-0. Elton improved it’s overall mark to 16-3, and stayed sitting at No. 2 in all of Class A behind powerful North Central High School. Once again, the Indians used a balanced scoring attack to earn the big win by placing five players in double figures, however Sherman Bellow had an exceptional night by pouring in a gamehigh 30 for Elton.