Sports

LACASSINE – The time has come for the annual Lacassine Cardinal Backer’s Club Bingo and Auction that is set for Saturday, Feb. 29. The event has long been the club’s main fundraiser for all sports at Lacassine High School (LHS), and according to president Jo Chadwick, the 2020 version should be another special one due to some quite unique auction items the club was lucky enough to have donated. The event is free for anyone to attend and bid on live auction items, silent auction items and a dessert auction. A full concession stand will be there to feed all hungry visitors, while a sweet shop will also be utilized to take care of anyone with a sweet tooth. The only cost for guests besides the bidding of items and food will be to participate in the bingo event. The cost is $15 per book of cards consisting of 10 games. The first nine games will be for a $100 prize, while the last game is a blackout card worth $1,000. Chadwick touched on the importance of the event to help raise money for all sports at the school, and pointed out the gratitude to everyone who makes the event a success.

The Jennings High School Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs claimed a pair of victories Tuesday over the Iota boys’ and girls’ squads at home. The Lady Dogs defeated Iota 5-0 while the Bulldogs earned a 3-1 overall win against their Bulldog counterparts.

Lake Arthur High School (LAHS) standout football player Daylon Charles recently signed a letter of intent to play college football at Louisiana College in Pineville at a ceremony held at LAHS. Charles was an All-District and All-Parish award winner as both a wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner in his time with the Tigers.

LAKE ARTHUR – The Lake Arthur (LA) Tigers sent out their seniors with a huge win over rival Welsh (WHS) Tuesday night, as they strummed up the Greyhounds by a final of 75-38 at ”Nookie” Moore Gymnasium. The win upped the No. 10 Tigers to 17-10 overall, 6-3 in district 4-1A play. Despite the lopsided final score, the Hounds battled extremely hard early in the game until the Tigers just had too much firepower to pull away. Both teams will end the season this week and wait for playoff announcements on Monday.

BATON ROUGE – No. 11 LSU belted three homers Tuesday to pace a 12-hit output, as the Tigers posted an 8-3 win over Southern at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

After a long grueling basketball season, the LHSAA released the girls’ playoff brackets on Monday. To no surprise, all six high school teams in Jeff Davis Parish qualified for the postseason. First round games will begin play this Thursday, while second round action will be played on Monday next week.

After sweeping LCCP, last year’s district champion, and avenging losses to South Beauregard and Westlake, the Bulldogs have found themselves back in the hunt for a postseason berth. The overall record does not adequately show the competitiveness of the Bulldogs on the hardcourt, after an amazing football run to the Super Dome. The season started off slow as four of the starters on the basketball squad were still playing football at the begin ning of the season. Once the Dogs found their court legs, close losses to St Louis (64-67) and Westlake (73-79) seemed to have derailed their attempt at the LHSAA 3A State Tournament.