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A pair of Slidell defensive backs are headed to Shreveport to chase their dreams
Slidell defensive backs Dwayne Mills and Micaiah Birdlow have been playing football since before they could remember. The duo doesn't plan to stop anytime soon. They both recently signed to play football and run track at Division III Centenary College in Shreveport. "When I got up there, it just felt...
Former WNBA player raises awareness about heart disease after son’s death
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Shantel Hardison’s son Kendall, known as KD to friends and family, died peacefully in his sleep nearly five years ago. He was just 28-years-old. “He was a gentle, such a gentle and kind person,” shared Hardison. The Grambling State graduate and father of...
Bossier City golfer believed to have made history a couple of days after eighth-grade graduation
Hudson Greene wasn’t supposed to be at The Club at Huntington this weekend. However, when his middle school golf championship in Lafayette was canceled in the 11th hour, the Bossier City resident, who graduated from Cope Middle School on Friday, entered another tournament. It proved to be a prudent...
Captain Shreve lands a new boys basketball coach thanks to an in-parish search
Captain Shreve announced Monday the hiring of Southwood boys basketball coach Brandon Gultery to run the same program for the Gators. The 2024 Shreveport Times All-City boys Coach of the Year, Gultery stays within the Caddo Parish Schools System to take over a program with a big upside. The Gators were champions of...
Shreveport native owner of Mystik Dan says they’re ready for a potential Triple Crown run
BALTIMORE, Md. (KTAL/KMSS) — Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan’s run for horse racing’s Triple Crown continues this weekend at the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race course in Baltimore, Maryland. Shreveport natives Lance and Sharilyn Gasaway are part owners of Mystik Dan, and Sharilyn...
Glenbrook’s Easton Sanders headlines the 2024 All-District 1-1A baseball team
Glenbrook made a run to the LHSAA Division IV semifinals and that success propelled junior Easton Sanders to become the league’s MVP. A Louisiana Tech commitment, Sanders hit .412 with seven doubles, a home run, 15 RBIs, 29 runs scored and 40 walks. As a pitcher, he was 8-2 with a 1.49 ERA and 92 strikeouts against 24 walks.
Airline’s Akirah Curry tops Week 37 Shreveport Times Athlete of the Week voting
Airline’s Akirah Curry garnered enough votes this week to win the fifth annual Shreveport Times online poll for Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and Silmon and Cosse Orthodontics. A standout cheerleader for the Vikings, Curry becomes the first Airline...
Ivy League Princeton ousts SEC Ole Miss from NCAA Tournament
LAFAYETTE, La. - One of the last teams into the NCAA Softball Tournament became one of the first ones out Saturday, as Princeton defeated Ole Miss 4-2 in an elimination game at the Lafayette Regional. Ole Miss ended its season with a record of 31-27. Princeton advances to face Louisiana, who lost to Baylor 8-0 earlier in the day, tonight in an elimation game.
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