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Opelousas High football has been reinstated as state champions. Here's why.
The Opelousas High Tigers football team has been reinstated as the Division II nonselect state football champions after reaching an agreement with the LHSAA, head coach Jimmy Zachery said Monday. “It feels good to get it back,” Zachery said. “Those kids worked extremely hard to win that state title. It...
Area high school baseball state regional scores, schedules and reported linescores
(G1: 6 p.m. Friday; G2-3: Noon DH) (G1: 6 p.m. Friday; G2-3: Noon DH) (G1: 6 p.m. Thursday; G2: 6 p.m. Friday; G3: Noon Saturday) (G1: 6 p.m. Friday; G2-3: 1 p.m. DH) (G1: 6 p.m. Friday; G2-3: Noon DH) Division III select. (Best-of-3 series) Regional results. St. Charles 12-4,...
Championship Week Has Arrived at LCU
PINEVILLE, La. (WNTZ) – The Louisiana Christian University athletics program have three different teams eyeing their first Red River Athletic Conference Tournament Championships this week with softball hosting the event for the first time. Men’s Golf:. Head Coach John Nobles’ bunch has already hit the green for day...
Lakeshore signees pick colleges in Minnesota, Texas and Louisiana
Lakeshore’s final signing ceremony of the school year on April 25 featured a pair of football standouts and a district basketball MVP. Offensive lineman Austin Roberts signed with Division III Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. “They reached out to me on Twitter, and that’s how it all started,” Roberts...
Voodoo opens season in new arena in style with blowout win over new opponent
It was a successful opening night for the Louisiana Voodoo, the Arena Football League team in its inaugural season in Lafayette. The Voodoo scored early and often to pound the Philadelphia Soul 53-18 Saturday night in Blackham Coliseum. "There was a lot of work leading up to tonight," Voodoo coach...
No. 19 Louisiana Captures Sun Belt Regular Season Title
MONROE – Behind a complete game one-hit shutout from Sam Landry the 19th-ranked Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball team captured the Sun Belt Conference regular season championship outright with a 1-0 win over ULM on Saturday, April 27 at the ULM Softball Complex in Monroe, Louisiana. Louisiana (37-15, 19-1...
An STM pitcher with a fastball in the 90's inks with Cajuns. 'He takes it to another level.'
Unlike most athletes going through the recruiting process, it was quite easy for St. Thomas More baseball player Wil Taylor. Because from the moment he began talking with the UL Ragin’ Cajuns about joining their program, Taylor said he wasn’t interested in anyone else. Taylor signed a national...
Some golfers at LHSAA state championships will attempt to play 36 holes in one day
The LHSAA state golf championships were postponed by a day Monday because of inclement weather in the Lafayette area. The 36-hole tournaments in all four boys divisions and in both girls divisions are scheduled to begin Tuesday. But two divisions — Divisions II and III for boys — will attempt to play all 36 holes in one day.
Ragin’ Cajuns Complete Five-Game Week Undefeated
The Ragin’ Cajuns (38-15, 20-1 SBC), who earned the outright Sun Belt regular season championship on Saturday, collected their sixth series sweep of the season. The win also completed a 5-0 week for UL and extended the team’s winning streak to nine games.
Acadiana area hosts high school state boys and girls golf championships for ninth year
For the ninth straight year, Louisiana’s best high school golfers will converge on Acadiana Monday and Tuesday as the area hosts the 2024 Ochsner Health LHSAA state boys and girls golf championships. Championship play begins Monday at 8 a.m. for the four boys divisions and 9 a.m. for the...
UL plays annual Vermilion and White Game; Voodoo plays first game in Lafayette
Spring football from both the collegiate and professional ranks was played in Lafayette this weekend. Less than a mile apart was the Ragin' Cajuns spring game at the UL Athletic Complex and the first appearance of the arena league's Louisiana Voodoo at Blackham Coliseum. UL plays annual Vermilion and White...
DeBarge, Cajuns Earns Series Win Over USM, 13-7
John Taylor added three hits while Luke Yuhasz’s grand slam in the third put the game away as Louisiana (33-13, 17-4 SBC) maintained a three-game lead in the SBC standings while recording a season-high 18 hits. Maddox Mandino, Bryan Broussard, Jr., Caleb Stelly and Jose Torres each collected two hits each for the Ragin’ Cajuns, who evened the all-time series, 32-32, against USM (27-17, 12-9 SBC).
Teurlings Catholic pole vaulter "turns dream into reality" with college decision
Teurlings Catholic’s Addison Richey wanted more than to just compete on the college level in track and field. Richey wanted an opportunity to do so at a program that would challenge and push her to reach her full potential. And while grateful for all of the colleges that showed...
No. 17 Louisiana Edged By Southern Miss, 3-2
The series will conclude on Sunday with first pitch slated for 1 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with fans able to listen to the game in the Lafayette area on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network app.
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