High school wrestling: Airline’s Ernie Perry III, Bossier’s Christian Johnson win state titles

The Parkway Panthers pulled out a hard-fought 3-2 victory over the Haughton Bucs in the first round of the Division II boys playoffs Saturday afternoon at Bobby Marlow Field at Preston Crownover Stadium. Brasen Teutsch broke a 2-2 tie with a goal about 12 minutes into the second half. It...

The Airline Vikings won their fourth straight District 1-5A game Friday night, defeating the Parkway Panthers 71-60 before a packed house at Parkway. In other 1-5A games involving parish teams, Benton fell to Captain Shreve 54-19 at Shreve, and Southwood downed Haughton 68-41 at Southwood. In the other 1-5A game,...

The Parkway Lady Panthers clinched at least a share of their third straight District 1-5A championship with a 60-27 victory over the Airline Lady Vikings Friday night at Parkway. Parkway improved to 23-5 overall and 12-0 in district. The Lady Panthers have a two-game lead over second-place Natchitoches Central (19-9,...

Six parish teams play first-round matches in the LHSAA state playoffs Friday. The Bossier boys and Parkway girls are at home. In Division III, No. 2 seed Bossier (19-2-2) faces No. 31 Livingston Collegiate (4-9-2) at Memorial Stadium at 6 p.m. In Division II, No. 8 Parkway (12-7-2) plays No....

Carnez Hillmon scored 29 points and Tyrese Kimble 21 to lead the Plain Dealing Lions past North Webster 61-56 in a non-district boys game Thursday night in Springhill. Plain Dealing also won the girls game 39-35. Hillmon scored 19 in the second half as the Lions held off the Knights....

The Music Program at Bossier Parish Community College will present a Guest Artist Recital featuring classical cellist Paul Christopher at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the Stephen W. Slaughter Performing Arts Theatre in Building C on the BPCC campus, 6220 E. Texas St., Bossier City, LA. This recital is free and open to the public.

Bossier City Police are investigating a crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian. At approximately 7:15pm on Saturday, February 4, 2023, the BCPD Accident Investigation Team responded to the 2800 block of Airline Drive. Investigators determined that a 67-year-old woman was standing in the middle of both northbound lanes for an...