Jeff Brown landed this 11 pound bass while fishing for crappie on Lake Claiborne. (Courtesy photo)
Jeff Brown landed this 11 pound bass while fishing for crappie on Lake Claiborne. (Courtesy photo)
Franklin Parish girls basketball coach Cassandra Wiley set a goal of hosting a first round playoff game for this season.
FRANKLIN ACADEMY Lady Cougars are young but determined to bring their school successful basketball seasons in the upcoming years. Pictured are (from left) Anne Elise Sartin, freshman; Katelynn Faulk, sophomore; and Shelby Dickerson, sophomore. (Sun photo by Monica Huff)
The Family Community Christian School Lady Warriors will play Family Christian Academy in the semi-finals of the Allstate Sugar Bowl / LHSAA playoffs.
BATON ROUGE – Due to the strong forecast of rain in Baton Rouge on Sunday, the schedule for this weekend's LSU-Indiana baseball series has been changed in the effort to play all three games.
Sometimes the shots just don’t fall.
Sometimes the shots just don’t fall.
The Franklin Academy Lady Cougars finished their regular season with a win against Tensas Academy, third place in district and headed to the south state tournament.
Family Community Christian School Lady Warrior softball team has lost several key players from last season but should continue to be competitive with Class B teams.
The Franklin Academy Cougar basketball team ended their season on a positive note with a win against Tallulah Academy.
FRANKLIN ACADEMY junior varsity basketball team is the 2020 district champions. Pictured above is (front row from left) Morgan Rollins, Riley Remore, Cason Cloessner and Addison Spradling. (back row from left) Assistant coach Robby Spradling, Sam Carrington, Hoyt Carroll, Aiden Ward, Kyler …
Franklin Parish Lady Patriot softball team will field a younger team than last year’s squad which made the playoffs.
KA’DAJA HANKS grabs a rebound against Bastrop during a recent home game. The Lady Patriots fell to Bastrop Friday, 57-39. The team is currently sitting at No. 15 in LHSAA ranking and hoping to stay above No. 16 for a first-round playoff game. (Sun photo by Monica Huff)
Anne Elise Sartin scored 25 points on her home court to lift Franklin Academy past Prairie View Academy, Jan. 28.
The Franklin Academy Cougar basketball team is experiencing a late-season spark as they push past Prairie View Academy 52-47.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Franklin Parish Patriot soccer team. For the third year in a row, the Patriots are headed to the post season. FP will play Haughton Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. (Submitted photo)
Whoever coined the phrase “baseball is a spring sport” never played high school baseball in Louisiana.
With Franklin Academy Cougar baseball moving to Class A, head coach Justin Robinson has high hopes for the season.
After posting their first ever 17-win season last year, Family Community Christian School Warrior baseball team has set the bar high.
First-year Franklin Parish baseball coach Marty Dewees is grateful for the new indoor baseball facility.
Franklin Parish dropped a pair of close district games in Winnsboro Friday as the Patriots boys dropped a 50-47 contest, while the Lady Patriots fell 55-50.
CARLIE BANKSTON, Patriot sweeper, defends the ball against Delta Charter in Winnsboro. The Patriots went on to win the contest, 3-0, and improve their record to 6-7-3. (Sun photo by Joe Curtis)
I felt extra special there in elementary school at Goldonna. My dad had the coolest job in the world and it made me one of the most popular kids in the sixth grade to tell my buddies gathered around all big eyed about my dad’s latest adventure.
Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans upheld part of a lower court rule stating Catahoula Lake is private land but reversed some $38 million in awards to the plaintiffs.
The Family Community Christian School Lady Warriors won a close matchup against Plainview 57-56 on Friday.
ISSAC ROBINSON, #0 for the Franklin Parish Patriots, sets up the play last week in Winnsboro. The Patriots were playing against Simsboro. (Sun photo by Monica Huff)
The road was not kind to the Family Community Christian School basketball team as the Warriors dropped three away-game contests.
The Franklin Academy Cougar basketball team thrilled the home crowd Jan. 21 with an outstanding fourth-quarter comeback against Central School to send the game into overtime.
Franklin Academy Lady Cougars overwhelmed Central School 67-18 in a Jan. 21 matchup in Winnsboro.
Zinerra McCarthy led the Lady Patriots with 24 points in the game Friday against Bastrop Lady Rams. The Lady Patriots won by a score of 54-35. (Sun photo by Monica Huff)
A Jan. 24 auction will be held at the Jack Hammons Center in Winnsboro to benefit the Franklin Parish Patriot baseball team.
A second half Cougar push was not enough as Tallulah Academy beat Franklin Academy 43-41, Jan. 17.
The Franklin Academy Lady Cougars dominated the paint against Tensas Academy during a Jan. 14 game and came away with a win, 49-46.
Joe Burrow in shades in front of 15,000-plus people in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center with his arms behind the back was a picture worth a 1,000 words Saturday morning in Baton Rouge. And how could it not be after the NCAA single-season leader in touchdown passes referred to the season lik…
Ava Foster threw a complete game shut out against the Oak Grove Tigers Monday in Winnsboro leading the Franklin Parish Patriots seventh and eighth grade softball team to a 6-0 victory.
Ava Foster threw a complete game shut out against the Oak Grove Tigers Monday in Winnsboro leading the Franklin Parish Patriots seventh and eighth grade softball team to a 6-0 victory.
Three Franklin Parish High School Patriot football players participated in the 2019 Louisiana Gridiron Football All-Star Bowl Dec. 28 on the Louisiana College football field in Pineville.
FRANKLIN PARISH PATRIOT girls basketball team beat Sterlington Tuesday night 65-37. A full article will be published in The Franklin Sun Jan. 15. (Sun photo by Monica Huff)
Former New Orleans Saint and ALS advocate Steve Gleason will be formerly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Jan. 15, 2 p.m. in the United States Capitol Statuary Hall, said U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy.
For the second time in less than a month, the Family Community Christian School Lady Warriors proved too much for Downsville.
The debut of the new Franklin Parish basketball gym had to be pushed back after Bastrop’s girls team did not show up for its scheduled contest with the Lady Patriots on Friday.
Mangham’s boys basketball team went 1-1 in the Sterlington Shootout over the weekend with a convincing victory over Caldwell Parish and a close loss to Sterlington.
Mangham’s girls basketball squad split two games against District 2-3A foes in the Sterlington Shootout with a win over Sterlington and a loss to Wossman.
Franklin Academy Lady Cougars had a dominating performance against Mount Olive but slipped up against Briarfield in the River Oaks tournament last week.
CODY DEMOSS, of Crowville and 13-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier, instructs a student during the two-day school in Winnsboro. (Sun photo by Monica Huff)
Corey Harris, Chatham, is shown with the 13.57 pound bass he caught last week in Caney Lake.(Courtesy photo)
SHELBY DICKERSON, #13 for the Cougars, and Anne Elise Sartin, #11 for the Cougars, play hard in a photo taken earlier in the season. Sartin was the leading scorer for FA against Central. She and Katelynn Faulk both scored 13 points in the contest. (Sun photo by Monica Huff)
The Franklin Academy boys basketball team put up solid numbers against Central but fell in their first district contest, 61-47.
Franklin Parish's boys fell to Ruston 57-32 Thursday in the West Monroe Tournament.
BATON ROUGE – A federal judge in California has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of that state’s effort to ban the sale and importation of alligator and crocodile products, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced Friday (Dec. 27).
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