Sports

The monthly meeting of the Winn Parish Police Jury was held on Monday, April 18. The guest speakers included Coach David Huckaby and players from the Calvin Cougar basketball team. The boys came home with the title of Class C State Runner Up. Coach Huckaby thanked the entire community for the overwhelming support shown for the boys and once again humbly gave all of the credit to the great group of players he coached. Police Jury President, Josh McAllister, along with members of the Police Jury presented a plaque to the team for their outstanding performance at the State Championship.

Also in attendance at the monthly meeting was Ms. Lindsay Gouedy, Executive Director of Sparta Groundwater Commission. She gave an update and answered questions concerning Sparta.

This season is over but the WSHS girls tiger softball team had a great season and came out with a seventh place spot in the LHSAA rankings. Congratulations to these girls on a job well done.

The Calvin Cougar baseball team had its senior day on Friday, April 22nd. The Cougars took on the Castor Tigers in the last regular season game of the year.

Senior Dylan Kyle got the win for the Cougars on the mound by pitching 4 scoreless innnings. During the contest, senior Joseph Adams and junior John Bradley Griffin both homered for the Cougars. Calvin finished the game by winning 10-5. Seniors Wayne Curtis Huckaby and Cooper Spangler each scored two runs. Senior Sidney Anderson and

Freshman Aden Coleman pitched in a run each. The Cougars finished the regular season with a 13-2 record and are the district 4-C Co-Champions.

Their final power ranking was #2 in the state. In the regional round of the playoff the Cougars will host the Plainview Hornets in Calvin at a date and time to be named later.

The Winnfield Lady Tigers Varsity Softball has had a busy season so far and are currently sitting at #8 in the class 2A power ranking. They have 13 wins and 8 losses under their belts.

The Lady Tigers recently defeated Red River in a no-hitter with a 17-0 final score. Josie Davidson was credited with the victory for the girls. The right-hander lasted two innings, allowing zero hits and zero runs while striking out six and walking zero. Allison Phelps threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen.

The Winnfield Tiger baseball team put their 6-7 record on the line against Ouachita Christian on Tuesday and will face Buckeye on the road on Thursday.

The Tigers, who don’t open district play until April 7 at home against Red River, were at home last Thursday against Sterlington. The Tigers won that contest 5-4.

Canyon Compton hit into a fielders choice in the bottom of the sixth inning to score a runner and take the lead 5-4.

Jake Pharr took to the mound for the Tigers going six innings. Ryland Brister led the Tigers with two hits in two at bats.

The big inning the Winnfield Tigers came in the third when they scored four runs. Brister and Bricen Page each had singles.

In some other diamond action provided the newspaper, the Tigers recorded wins over Jean and Montgomery while falling to Bunkie. (No dates of these contest was provided.)

All-District First Team: Joseph Adams (Calvin), Wayne Curtis Huckaby (Calvin), Dylan Kyle (Calvin), Johnny Nash (Atlanta), Blake McEntyre (Harrisonburg)

All-District Second Team: Chris Griffith (Georgetown), Evan Scarborough (Central), Jacob Thompson (Harrisonburg), John Bradley Griffin (Calvin), Braydan Atwood/Logan Riggs (Georgetown)

Most Valuable Player: Joseph Adams (Calvin)

Coach of the Year: David Huckaby (Calvin)

Honorable Mentions: Brandon Smith (Atlanta), Brian Small (Atlanta), Ryan Fuqua (Harrisonburg), Blake Adams (Central), Corey Watkins (Atlanta), Trindell Sykes (Atlanta), Ross Cooper (Central), Braxton Hardie (Harrisonburg), Gunnar Yokum (Calvin), Logan Duff (Georgetown), Micah Tims (Georgetown), Landon Coleman (Georgetown)

The Winnfield Middle School Lady Tigers hit the road last week and traveled to powerhouse Ruston on Thursday and Caldwell on Friday. Thursday, WMS was in a barn burner at Ruston and pitching duel. Great pitching kept both teams at bay with Karley Caskey and Kaylee Vercher for WMS and Tolar for Ruston. Caskey and Vercher silenced the Ruston bats allowing only three hits. Tolar for Ruston slowed down the Winnfield bats allowing only three hits. WMS couldn’t take advantage of the four Ruston errors and left six stranded on base. The game ended in a 3-3 tie.

First Team All-District

Pincis Goff – MVP, Senior, Atlanta High School

Jaydan Pullig – Senior, Calvin High School

Prentuina Sapp – Senior, Atlanta High School

Catherine Womack – Freshman, Calvin High School

Cadence Griffith – Junior, Georgetown High School

Second Team All-District

Julie Borne – Senior, Harrisonburg High School

Stormy Carpenter – Senior, Calvin High School

Taylor Cockerham – Senior, Georgetown High School

Ali Russel – Sophomore, Central-Joneville

Carlie Maxwell – Georgetown High School

Honorable Mention

Aanaiya Herbert – Senior, Atlanta High School

Janise Starks – Freshman, Atlanta High School

Serenity Pennywell – 8 ^th Grade, Atlanta High School

Becky Peters – Junior, Calvin High School

Lilly Barnes – Sophomore, Calvin High School

Jami Adams – Sophomore, Central-Jonesville

The Calvin Cougar basketball team finished their incredible season as the Class C state runner-ups. Their final record was 36-3, district 4-C Champs (8-0) and Calvin Tournament and Cedar Creek Tournament Champs. These boys also went undefeated in the Dodson and Quitman round robins.

The #1 ranked Calvin Cougar basketball team defeated the #16 ranked Johnson Bayou Rebels in the regional round of the playoffs by the score of 95-50. The Cougars hosted the Rebels on Friday, February 25 ^th to advance to the quarterfinals to be played in Calvin with the date, time and opponent to be named later. The Cougars had twelve players score in the contest with the starters only playing a total of two quarters. Leading all scorers was senior Joseph Adams with 25, close behind was junior John Bradley Griffin with 22 followed by seniors Wayne Curtis Huckaby adding 15 and Dylan Kyle pitching in 10. Junior Gunnar Yocum scored 8 to help the Cougars run their record to 34-2. Sophomore Caleb Bevill led all Cougars with 9 rebounds, while Yocum had 8 rebounds. Next for the Cougars will be the winner of the #8 Hicks and #9 Plainview game. The Cougars will host either on March 3 rd or 4 th . Check social media for game time and information.