Sulphur's Kristina Brooks shoots the ball between three Terrebonne defenders during a Class 5A first-round playoff game Monday night. (KIRK MECHE / SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS)
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX / AMERICAN PRESS
SULPHUR — The postseason drought is over for the Sulphur Lady Tors, who beat Terrebonne 54-33 in a Class 5A bi-district game
Monday night, its first playoff win since 2002.
No. 12 Sulphur (24-7) advances to play at No. 5 Ouachita in the regional round. Ouachita advanced with a 50-36 win over ...
BY RACHEL WHITTAKER / AMERICAN PRESS
Rain pushed the match back two days, but it was worth the wait for St. Louis.
The Saints ousted Alexandria 3-0 Monday afternoon in a Division II semifinal game at McNeese State, putting themselves in position to battle for their third straight championship.
Top-seeded St. Louis (28-1-4) will play ...
BY RACHEL WHITTAKER / AMERICAN PRESS
Sulphur has more than just six starters returning to its softball team this season.
The Lady Tors are welcoming back their head coach, Julie Mancuso.
Mancuso sat out last season to recover from
back surgery, and she said watching the team from another viewpoint took
some
getting used to. She at ...
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX / AMERICAN PRESS
Sulphur’s six-pack of seniors will look to make what could be their final home game a memorable one tonight, as they try to
pick up the first postseason win of their careers against Terrebonne.
The No. 12 Lady Tors (23-7) will host the No. 21 Tigers (21-7) at 7 p.m. Sulphur has not won a pla ...
BY RACHEL WHITTAKER / AMERICAN PRESS
If you like offense on the basketball court, I know a great place to look.
Try a school whose boys and girls basketball teams have score more than 100 points in a game a combined seven times this season.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I introduce you to Fairview High.
Scoring 100 points is ...
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX / AMERICAN PRESS
The Division II semifinal game between St.
Louis and Alexandria scheduled for Saturday was postponed by rain and
has been
rescheduled for 4 p.m. Monday at the McNeese Soccer complex. The
winner will face Ben Franklin in the championship game Friday
night at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans.
...
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The second time was not the charm for the Lady Saints on Friday night.
Teurlings Catholic beat St. Louis 3-2 in a Division II semifinal soccer game played at McNeese State.
Teurlings Catholic also curtailed the Lady Saints’ state championship hopes in the semifinals last year. The top-seeded ...
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX / AMERICAN PRESS
A pair of area girls basketball teams earned top
seeds in playoff pairings announced Friday by the Louisiana High School
Athletic
Association.
Iota is the top seed in Class 2A and Lacassine will be Class B’s top seed. Southwest Louisiana dominated the top of the Class
B bracket with five ...
BY RACHEL WHITTAKER / AMERICAN PRESS
Jodi Chatters remembers the sour taste that consumed the St. Louis girls soccer team when last season ended.
Teurlings Catholic curtailed the Lady Saints’ state championship hopes in the Division II semifinals when the top-seeded and
eventual state champion Rebels won 2-1 in Lafayette.
This ...
BY WARREN ARCENEAUX / AMERICAN PRESS
Growing up, Javandon Staves wanted to be a Cougar. He never got that opportunity, but is making the most of his career as a
Charging Indian at Washington-Marion.
The senior guard led Washington-Marion to an undefeated district season and will embark on a final run through the state basketball play ...
BY RACHEL WHITTAKER / AMERICAN PRESS
St. Louis is still alive for its ninth soccer state championship, while Vandebilt Catholic is going home early.
The Saints (27-1-4) eliminated the Terriers for the third straight year — this time in the quarterfinals in Houma — 2-1 on
a corner kick by midfielder Alex Kjellsten with 2 m ...
