Sports

Welsh junior high students debuted their firstever softball team this week.

Elton High School running back Makelin Lemoine was recently named the Louisiana High School on SI Class 1A Football Player of the Year, distinguishing himself as one of the top performers in his class and cementing his status as one of the state’s elite players. Lemoine has worked hard in the classroom and is known as a bright student. The junior running back also shines on the football field as a key player for the EHS Indians, with reports hailing him as a 2,000yard rusher.

The Welsh-Roanoke Junior High WAR Pups traveled this week to take on the Lake Arthur Junior High Tigers. The WAR A and B teams were victorious, winning 18-0 and

“Some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they are gone.

ELTON — The Jennings boys’ and girls’ basketball teams traveled north to play parish rival Elton this week. In the girls’ game, the Lady Dogs lead 20-9 at halftime, but the Lady Indians made a run and tied the game at 29 early in the fourth period. However, Jennings secured the win with a final score of 43-38 before the final buzzer. In the boys’ game, Jennings took a 2-0 lead, but it was all Elton as the Indians led 25-17 at halftime and rolled on to their 48-33 win.

FAREWELL TO A LEGEND

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INDIANS NAB A WEEKEND WIN

SHREVEPORT — Freshman G/F Kane Broussard made a Centenary men’s basketball program record 10 three-point baskets as he helped lead the Gents to a 94-64 blowout victory over the Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets this week in a non-conference contest inside the Gold Dome.