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The Winnfield 7-year-old boys coach pitch team has claimed the District 8 Championship title this year, a feat that hasn’t happened in quite some time. This group of boys has dedicated many hours to practicing in the weeks leading up to the tournament. They powered through some hot evenings and tough practices and their hard work has certainly paid off.

The transferring of students from Atlanta High School to Winnfield schools was the main topic up for discussion at the recent committee meeting of the Winn Parish School Board. “We have some serious problems,” stated school board member Steve Vines. “I’ve talked to some of the principals. At WSHS we have 365 students with 22 teachers, if the facts that I looked at were right. In English I they’ve got 89 kids signed up, English II 100, English III-62, English IV- 50, with 2 teachers on staff. They have only 2 English teachers at WSHS and 3 math teachers. That’s ridiculous,” stated Vines. He continued on with stats of class sizes at the local schools. “Something’s got to be done to meet these needs,” added Vines.

The big concern at this point, according to several members of the school board is that school will resume in five or six weeks and principals and teachers don’t know what they are supposed to do to prepare.

Goldonna Baptist Church will hold a Wiffle Ball Tournament on July 22nd at GBC. Get your youth groups, high school ball teams and friends together for a fun, fast-paced day. All proceeds will go to #operationchristmaschild shipping costs. The rules are as follows: -6 players on a team. At least 3 players must be female. All female teams are welcomed.

-Entry fee $60/team. -Field will be drawn behind GBC. -Pitching rubber will be 15-20 feet from home plate. Bases will be 25-30 feet apart.

-Wiffle balls and bats will be provided. -All games will have a 15 minute time limit or 3 innings, whichever comes first.

-10 run rule in effect after 2 complete innings. -Defensive team must field a pitcher. The other 5 players can be in any configuration they choose.

-No walks, hit by pitch, bunts ot looking strikeouts. However, there will be swinging strikeouts.

“We can, we will, we DID!” was a common refrain heard Saturday evening, June 24, at the Winnfield Civic Center, the site of the 63rd annual Winnfield High/Winnfield Senior High School reunion. The class of 1973 was the first class with the high school motto “We can, we will,” and the school crest, and served as the host of the annual event on the 50th anniversary of their graduation from WSHS.

Dreams, we all have them. Sometimes as we get older we stop believing in our dreams. Not sure why this really happens. Guess it is called life and most of us store our childhood dreams away in the back of our minds. But for some, they keep believing, they keep reaching, they keep working and they continue to dare to dream. Joshua Tinnerello is living one of his childhood dreams, having the opportunity to play the sport he loves at the college level. Joshua being the youngest of three boys learned how to throw a baseball at the ripe age of four, trying to keep up with his two older brothers. So he learned how to be tough for sure and he learned to chase dreams.

As of June 13, Atlanta High School is safe. At the special called school board meeting that was held on that evening, emotions were high and the WSHS auditorium was full. Parents, students, citizens all came out in support of AHS. Procedure required that those who wanted to speak fill out a form and would be called on one by one. A total of 18 walked up to the podium to plead, voice their concern, and even share a little history of the much loved school.

The regular monthly meeting of the Winnfield City Council held their regular monthly meeting on June 15. Mrs. Shonna Moss, Director of the Louisiana Political Museum was in attendance to discuss items that were being stored at the museum that belong to the city of Winnfield. She asked that the city decide what they wanted to do with those items as work is being done to the building.