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Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Hernandez got his start with no-rules Louisiana 'bush' races
A loud banging on the window woke Brian Hernandez Jr. He was 7-years-old. He'd been sleeping in his dad's pickup truck on the backside of Evangeline Downs, a one-mile oval track outside Lafayette, Louisiana. A member of the ambulance crew had come to get the jockey's kid. His dad had...
Louisiana softball advances to Lafayette Regional finals after defeating Princeton on Saturday
No. 13 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns defeated Princeton for the second time in two days, 2-1, clinching a spot in the Lafayette Regional championship against Baylor. The Ragin' Cajuns started sophomore Chloe Riassetto in the circle for the second time in as many days against the Tigers, and she was great once again pitching a complete eight innings with just four hits allowed, one strikeout, no walks and one run allowed.
Rayne man wins national pool championship in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (KADN) — A Rayne resident has returned from Las Vegas a little richer and with major bragging rights. Josh Schexnayder won his tier at the American Poolplayers Association’s 8-Ball Classic. The APA is a national amateur pool association. Josh was among 6,000 players who competed in...
UL-Lafayette owed more than $30,000 after Arena Football League team folds
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is owed more than $30,000 from a now-defunct Arena Football League team that was supposed to use its on-campus facility. The Lafayette Travel Board of Directors agreed to provide a $20,000 subsidy to the AFL’s Louisiana Voodoo to help the team rent Blackham Coliseum. However, previous AFL commissioner Lee […] The post UL-Lafayette owed more than $30,000 after Arena Football League team folds appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
Champion Cajuns Dominate All-Sun Belt Baseball Team
LAFAYETTE – The Sun Belt Conference champion Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns earned four of six specialty awards and placed five players on the 2024 All-Sun Belt Conference Baseball team, the league office announced on Monday. Led by SBC Player of the Year Kyle DeBarge, Louisiana claimed three other specialty...
No. 21-Ranked Louisiana Gets Story Book Finish in 13-3 Win Over Rival Jags
Louisiana, the top-seeded team in next week’s Guardian Credit Union Sun Belt Baseball Championship at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Ala., will open play on Wednesday against the lowest remaining seed (Old Dominion, South Alabama or Georgia State) in the 10-team field
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