Sports

MONROE – Two Northwestern State intramural teams won Louisiana Collegiate Intramural-Recreation Sports Association championships this weekend at bi-annual LCIRSA state tournament in Monroe.

Northwestern State won first place in women’s basketball and co-rec softball. More than 600 students from 14 state public and private colleges and universities competed.

“Our students did an outstanding job of representing the university at the tournament,” said Jason Stelly, assistant director of intramurals. “Winning two state championships shows the hard work both teams did and the overall quality of Northwestern State’s intramural programs.”

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Winnfield Lady Tiger Softball Grabs Lead In Sixth Inning For Victory Over Marksville in Round One of the LHSAA Playoffs.

Winnfield Lady Tiger Softball took the lead late and defeated Marksville 6-3 on Monday. The game was tied at three with Winnfield Lady Tigers batting in the bottom of the sixth when there was an error, scoring one run. Later that inning Lauren Polk hits one to the fence scoring another run to give Winnfield a 6-3 lead in the sixth.

Winnfield Lady Tiger Softball captured the lead in the first inning.

After Marksville scored one run in the top of the fourth, Winnfield Lady Tiger Softball answered with one of their own. Marksville scored 3 runs on errors.

Lauren Polk, Kassidy Grantadams, Tyra Triplett, Haley Chandler, and Kara Grantadams each drove in one run to lead Winnfield. Haley Chandler gets the win for the Lady Tiger Softball team. She gave up 4 hits and had 9 strikeouts in the game.

The Winnfield Senior High School Lady Tiger Softball Team has earned a playoff spot in the LSHAA 3-3A State Quarter Final Playoffs and will take on Pine Prairie High School in Sulphur this Friday at noon. The ladies will be playing at Frasch Park and the winner of the contest will play in the Semi-Finals on Saturday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m.

The Calvin High School Lady Cougar Softball Team has earned a place in the LSHAA Class C Quarterfinals and will be playing against Maurepas High School at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. They will also be playing at Frasch Park in Sulphur. The winner of that game will move on to the Semi-Finals and play at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.

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April means different things to different people. For some, it’s time to get gardens planted. This is the time of year when eggs are dyed and Easter finery is selected. For me, April means I get my work done ahead of time and I start getting ready for my annual trek to the Lone Star state to chase wild turkeys.

This year, I joined four hunting partners leaving home for the 10 hour drive to fantastic Russell Ranch near Menard, Texas, a region that looks as different as daylight and dark from north Louisiana. Where we have pines, out there is mesquite and cactus and rocks, lots of rocks.

While my primary goal in making the trip each spring is to hunt turkeys, I never spend a few days there without seeing things that are just flat-out fascinating.

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Meet It is rare when a high school athlete is able to continue their sports careers after graduation, but one Winnfield Senior High School student will be able to enjoy competition long after her May 2017 graduation. Kaylie Lasyone, daughter of Rex and Ashley Lasyone, has recently been recognized for her years of hard work in the rodeo arena with a scholarship from Louisiana State University in Eunice. Kaylie’s primary competitive event will be barrel racing and she will also compete in team roping. She plans to major in Biology and possibly pursue a degree in Veterinary Medicine.

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Do you have a “bucket list”, stuff you’d like to accomplish before you “kick the bucket”?

My list is rather short. The first one I recall is that I wanted to one day go to the north country in winter and ice fish. I got to pull that off five years or so ago when I was invited on a trip for writers to Wisconsin to experience several things, including ice fishing. Scratch that off the list.

My latest “bucket” item has to do with something I wanted to accomplish by the time I reached a certain age. I had a birthday last week. I was born on March 29, 1937. Do the math; I turned 80 last Wednesday.

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As an outdoor writer/broad-caster, I get to visit with a variety of interesting people from hunters and fishermen to biologists and experts in out-doors topics. Most interviews provide good information for my readers/listeners.

Occasionally, I get to interview someone who really stands out and I can’t help but get a bit excited about the quality of information I’ll get to share with my audience.

Such was the case last week when talking with Stacy Lyn Harris, a lady who fits the definition of “dynamic” which Webster defines as energetic and vigorous.

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Bailor Brown of Dodson was invited to perform trick riding at the Saddle Up For Christ event in Deridder, Louisiana on April 1. Bailor performed alongside 6 time National Finals Rodeo trick rider Madison McDonald. Madison has been trick riding for 18 years and is originally from Canada but now resides in Texas. Bailor has been trick riding for three years.

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We’re sitting here on the cusp of one of my favorite times of year. Its spring; dogwoods and azaleas are blooming, everything is turning green, except for the yellow dust that falls like a heavy mist from my pine trees. I’ve already had to break out the lawn mower so, yes, it is spring.

As much as I enjoy watching the metamorphosis of the drab shades of winter evolve into a kaleidoscope of color, there is another experience that supersedes being there for the birth of yet another spring. Wild turkey season opens in Louisiana and the prospect of hearing a longbeard gobbler sound off from the roost and watching him in full strut, slowly shuffle his way to my gun makes other springtime happenings pale in comparison.

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This Friday, March 24, 2017, Winnfield Senior High School will be hosting the Tiger Relays. For an admission cost of $5 per person, you can watch 15 area schools compete in both field and running events.

Competing in the Tiger Relays will be boys’ and girls’ teams from Bolton, Buckeye, Bunkie, Grace Christian, Grant, Lakeview, Many, Marksville, Menard, Montgomery, Oak Hill, Pineville, St. Mary’s, Tioga, and our own Tigers from Winnfield Senior High School.

Mr. Eric Hardaway is the head coach for the WHSH boys track team, while Mr. Chase Bartlett coaches the girls team. Assistant coaches are Mr. Charles Carrol, Ms. Kelli Edwards, and Mr. Larry Neikirk. The coaches and athletes invite members of the community to join them at 3:45 p.m. for Field Events, and 5:30 p.m. for Running Events.