Sports

Top spot in last week’s Enterprise Football Contest went to Rodney Alderman. Alderman missed just three of the games on the 15 game slate. He edged out Will King who had four misses and Sara Cockerham had finished with five missed games.

Alderman missed the NSU loss to Grambling, the Baylor loss to BYU and the Florida loss to Kentucky.

The only game in common Alderman and King missed was the Kentucky upset of Florida. King missed the La. College loss, the ULL win over Eastern Michigan, Grants win over Block and the Tennessee victory over Pittsburg.

Closest to the tie-breaker score between Winnfield and Caldwell Parish High was Alderman. He was off 17 points from the actual score of 14-13 with a guess of 25-8.

Winnfield 1st Assembly of God has kicked off Upward Sports for the children of Winn Parish ages 3 to 6th grade. There are currently 71 children signed up for the soccer league and practices are already being held. The kids are having a blast according to Lacey Garner, wife of Pastor Shaun Garner. All games will be held on Monday’s beginning at 5:30pm. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The first game will be held on Sept 26. The hope is to grow this league every year adding divisions for Calvin, Atlanta, and Dodson.

The Domestic Abuse Resistance Team (DART) has begun a Men Standing Strong Campaign in Winn Parish. This campaign seeks to bring strong leaders in our community together in joining us in our stand against domestic violence. These men serve as a powerful example to Winn Parish.

Each week we will recognize a member of our 2022-2023 Men Standing Strong Campaign. It seems only fitting that we begin with Winn Parish Sheriff Cranford Jordan. He is committed to stopping family violence and protecting all citizens of Winn Parish. Over the years, Sheriff Jordan has been a force in helping keep families safe and fighting crime.

Winnfield Tiger stadium is underway to receiving new reserve seats. All of the old seats have been taken out and new ones are already delivered and awaiting placement.

On Saturday, June 11, 2022 Kisatchie National Forest, the Winn Parish Sheriff ’s Office, and the Winnfield Bass Club will host a Youth Fishing Derby on the Winn Ranger District. The Winn District invites children ages 2-12 to participate in the derby at the Bombing Range Pond, 7 miles west of Winnfield. Check-in will begin at 7:30am with fishing at 8:00am and concluding at approximately 10:00am with an award ceremony for the derby winners.

Please bring your own fishing gear (rods, poles, lines, hooks, etc), bait (for catfish and bream), water, sunscreen, chairs. Adults may cast for children, but are not allowed to reel in the fish.

The 2022 Calvin Cougar baseball team advanced to the state semifinals in Sulphur by defeating the Downsville Demons 11-1 in Calvin last Thursday. Avenging last season’s heartbreaking loss in the quarterfinals to Downsville by the score of 5-4. The Cougars were able to blow the game wide open in the 5 ^th inning when junior John Bradley Griffin knocked in senior Cooper Spangler to finish off the Demons. Seniors Wayne Curtis Huckaby, Joseph Adams and Dylan Kyle all scored for the Cougars as well. Junior John Landon Poisso also added a good hit.

Calvin advances to the state semifinals for the first time since 2007. The Cougars are the district 4-C cochamps and currently own a record of 15-2. Finishing the season ranked #2 in the state, the Cougars will play the #3 seeded and defending state champion Hicks Pirates on Wednesday, May 11 th at 2:00. The game will be played at McMurray Park in Sulphur, La. Field 37 will the game site.

There are many things that can be used by successful men to help others. Using ones status and background as a professional athlete to mentor and reach out to young people is possibly the greatest of all. Brad Bryant, Sr. US Open golf champion has used his status as a legendary golfer to touch the lives of young people and maybe give a few golf pointers along the way.

Brad Bryant was born in Amarillo, Texas and in later years his family moved to Alamogordo, New Mexico. He once described himself as “kind of a good ol’boy.” That seems quite humble for a man who joined the PGA Tour Champions in 2005, has four PGA Tour Champions victories, and many other high points in his professional golfing career. He has used that career to help and contribute to families. For example, in 2012 he donated 10% of his earnings on the Champions Tour to the United Hearts Fund, which helps families cover the costs of adopting children.

Once again, the Calvin Lady Cougars brought the WIN back to WINN Parish. For the second year in a row, the Cougars are the Louisiana Class C softball champions.

Haley Martin was an RBI machine on Saturday, driving in five on three hits to lead the Lady Cougars past Harrisonburg Varsity Lady Dawgs 11-1. The girls put up four runs in the third innings and the offense of the Lady Cougars came from a single by Martin and a double by Mattie Barnes. Martin, pitcher for the Cougars, also surrendered zero runs on five hits over five innings, striking out five and walking one.

Jessi White took the loss for Harrisonburg Varsity Lady Dawgs. The hurler allowed eleven hits and eleven runs over four and a third innings, striking out three.

Calvin Lady Cougars tallied eleven hits in the game. Martin, Jaydan Pullig, and Lilly Barnes each had multiple hits.

Congratulations to the Calvin Lady Cougars on a successful, winning season.

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.