Jacob Santacoloma, of Lake Charles, hits from a green-side bunker on No. 18 during the first round of the American Junior Golf Association event at Graywood. (Rick Hickman / American Press)
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
Local golf is getting some international flavor this week. And some young golfers are getting a taste of southern hospitality.
For the first time the American Junior Golf Association has brought one of its all-star events to a lake area course.
The group, which is designed to give young golfers ex ...
From staff reports
The Louisiana High School Rodeo Association’s junior high and high school finals, which began May 31, came to an end Saturday
with the crowning of the top competitors in the state in 13 events.
The top four in each event advanced to the National High School Rodeo Association’s finals i ...
By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
Blair Henderson spent a lot of time on his own this high school track and field season while dominating the local competition en route to repeating as the Class 4A 800-meter champion.
Henderson is the lone senior and repeat winner of the Cagle Award, which honors Calcasieu Parish’s top high s ...
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
Caleb Kellogg was given a second chance and Saturday he was rewarded for making the most of it.
The former DeQuincy High School pitcher was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 17th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Saturday, putting to a close a year of ups and downs.
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By Chris LeBlanc / Special to the American Press
Chief among the many obstacles for young athletes today are distractions.
School, friends and family can play havoc on the minds and emotions of high school athletes in all sports. This, however,
is not the case for Marle Mudd.
Mudd, an 18-year old Grand Lake resident, has been atop the standing ...
By Chris LeBlanc / Special to the American Press
It has been said that “rodeo gets in your blood.”
This has been seen both literally and figuratively throughout the history of the sport as generations of young men and women
follow in the footsteps of their parents and grandparents to become cowboys and cowgirls.
Jace Gilbert, a Sul ...
By Alex Hickey / American Press
McNeese State is embracing the addition of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association boys and girls basketball state
tournaments to Burton Coliseum.
Unlike the rodeo, which requires removal of the basketball court, the state tourneys will not force McNeese to hit the road
during the last two ...
By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
A compromise was reached in the debate
over how many divisions select/private schools would compete in during
the high school
football playoffs, with the Louisiana High School Athletic
Association Executive Committee voting Thursday to divide the schools
into four divisions.
When the LHSAA mem ...
By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
Southwest Louisiana’s blossoming relationship with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association reached full bloom Wednesday,
when Executive Committee voted to play all baseball and basketball championships in the area over the next two years.
Lake Charles won an 11-8 vote to host
both bo ...
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
Two weeks ago Laura Carleton finished a five-year journey with a slow walk across a stage in Baton Rouge.
Friday, another five-year journey will come to a close when she runs across a finish line some 2,500 miles away in Eugene,
Ore.
Both signal the end to a college career full of highlights on t ...
By Alex Onken / American Press
Lanie Courville is a top qualifier for the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association in breakaway roping.
The youngest child and only daughter of Leisha and Paul Courville, Courville is a recent graduate of Kinder High School.
During her four years there, she was vice president of Kinder High’ ...
By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
Southwest Louisiana has become a
popular destination for Louisiana High School Athletic Association
championship events over
the past few years, a trend that could continue Wednesday afternoon
when the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Executive
Committee votes on hosts for championshi ...
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
The state high school rodeo championships are back at Burton Coliseum, and they will be for some time to come.
According to Louisiana High School Rodeo Association officials, the group has agreed to come back for the next five years
as well.
“We really like the facilities here,” said ...
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Since January, when Louisiana High School Athletic Association member principals passed a proposal that
mandates split football championships, there have been several notable meetings and dates.
The next big date looming is Wednesday. That's when the LHSAA's executive comm ...
By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
LAKE CHARLES (AP) — A preseason rib injury turned Baylee Corbello into a hitter only for most of the season.
But when playoffs began the senior was back at home in the pitching circle, leading Sam Houston High to a third consecutive
state softball title. Corbello struck out 16 in an 8-0 shut ...
By Natalie Stewart / American Press
Get your cowboy hat, put on your boots and saddle up, the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association junior high and high school
Finals are back in Lake Charles at the Burton Coliseum.
Events begin today and run through June 8 with more than 300 contestants from across the state vying to be named cha ...
Special to the American Press
The season doesn't begin for another four months and we are still a long way until camp, but the football schedules for Southwest Louisiana high school teams have been released.
All information has been taken from the Louisiana High School Athletic Association's website and is subject to change. Al ...
He is the freshman of the year for his conference, the starting shortstop on a team playing in the Baton Rouge Regional this
weekend and has dreams of leading that club to Omaha, Neb., in a few weeks.
No, we are not talking about LSU’s Alex
Bregman, who has set the college baseball world on ...
By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
NEW ORLEANS — Sam Houston was undone by the bunt, giving up three hits and committing an error on another as Zachary beat
the Broncos 4-1 Saturday in a Class 5A semifinal.
Zachary advanced to play Catholic-Baton Rouge, a 3-1 winner over West Monroe, in today’s championship game.
Trail ...
Special to the American Press
Heavy rains and tough losses hit Southwest Louisiana baseball teams on Friday.
In the Class 5A state tournament in New Orleans, Sulphur lost 4-2 to Catholic-Baton Rouge and West Monroe beat Barbe 13-4.
With so many rain/lightning delays in New Orleans, officials moved Sam Houston's game against Br ...
By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
The Lake Charles area hit the trifecta in Class 5A baseball with all three local teams qualifying for the state tournament.
Barbe will be looking to defend its title, while Sulphur will be making its first appearance since 2005. Sam Houston will
be making its 5A state tournament debut, but reached ...
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
The Yellow Jackets may just be the new kids on the state tournament block, but they want everyone to know they are ready to
play.
Having already beaten No. 2 seed and powerhouse John Curtis, Kinder will get another chance to shake things up today when
they open the Class 2A tourney against anothe ...
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
Five of the last six years the Elizabeth Bulldogs have reached the state tournament.
Each of those times they lost in the semifinals.
Now they are back with hopes of sticking around a little longer. But their task could be a tall order.
Elizabeth will face Claiborne Christian from West Monroe at ...
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
KINDER — The Yellow Jackets will arrive in Monroe this weekend ahead of schedule.
The young team wasn’t supposed to be this good this quick. Maybe next year, but not just yet.
That was the thinking everywhere but in their own dugout.
“We thought we would have a pretty good team, ...
American Press
Three area teams are headed to the Big Easy.
Barbe, Sam Houston and Sulphur won Monday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state baseball tournament. The two-day, three-round event begins Friday at Tulane's Turchin Stadium.
The only other Southwest Louisiana team to win Monday ni ...
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