West Ouachita’s mascot plastered on the gym wall might as well have been a sign from the good Lord, himself, for Keith Smith.

Editor’s Note: As we wait for sports to resume locally, we’ll take a look back at the Top 10 high school football games since 2015.  Every week will feature a look back at the top games played amongst our parish teams.

The tale of Joe Delaney’s heroics in June 1983 in Chennault Park has been told from one generation to the next. Marvin Dearman has made it his mission to provide some visual aid to those tales in Monroe.

Sports editor Jake Martin goes through some of the biggest headlines of the week and unveils the No. 4 Game in our ongoing series involving the greatest games in Ouachita Parish since 2015. 

Nikki Skerlong made abnormal plays look routine at shortstop. The former Mississippi Association of Junior Community and Junior Colleges Player of the Year did so at Ouachita, at Hinds Community College and at Northwestern State.

Will Campbell is bucking a recent trend.

Over the course of the last few weeks, several baseball and softball stars have been highlighted after having their final year with their respective high school programs short-changed.

No doubt about it, Sterlington catcher Braden Hough would be sporting University of New Orleans apparel this fall on UNO’s campus if 2020 was just like any other year.

Editor’s Note: As we wait for sports to resume locally, we’ll take a look back at the Top 10 high school football games since 2015.  Every week will feature a look back at the top games played amongst our parish teams.

When Mike DeJean accepted the new head-coaching job at St. Frederick High School in 2019 that meant seniors like Jadon Roy would have their third new head coach in their high school career.

West Ouachita’s Jimbo Murphy has a history of being candid with athletic director Mitch Thomas. To be more specific, Murphy hasn’t shied away from telling Thomas, “no,” a time or two.

Randall Hughes is one of the most accomplished weight lifters to ever come through West Monroe’s proud program. He’s also the happiest.

Editor’s Note: As we wait for sports to resume locally, we’ll take a look back at the Top 10 high school football games since 2015.  Every week will feature a look back at the top games played amongst our parish teams.

West Ouachita parted ways with basketball head coach Daniel Dalleo last week and will begin accepting applications for the vacant position next week.

There was no other way for Ouachita Christian’s state championship to conclude other than Seth Traweek taking the mound in Sulphur.

When the news broke that the LHSAA canceled the remaining spring sport seasons, Ashlyn Roach immediately searched for loopholes.

Since the LHSAA baseball playoffs split in 2017, four teams had won two state championships and would vie for a third in the 2020 season. The Sterlington baseball team was one of those four teams. Auburn commit Seaver Sheets tweeted the Panthers would’ve accomplished that goal, and though th…

Editor’s Note: As we wait for sports to resume locally, we’ll take a look back at the Top 10 high school football games since 2015.  Every week will feature a look back at the top games played amongst our parish teams.

A lifelong journey fulfilled, a postseason run for the record books and a hot streak that followed a ho-hum 17-13 season made West Ouachita’s 2019 season memorable to say the least.

When you have two first-round picks in the 2020 NFL draft ahead of you on the depth chart along with who knows how many other future first-round selections occupying space within the same room, it’s imperative to find ways to stand out.

After 31 years of building young men and women inside the concrete walls of West Monroe High School, Casey Sanders, 58, will turn his focus to his four sons and six grandchildren when he officially retires this month. 

Editor’s Note: As we wait for sports to resume locally, we’ll take a look back at the Top 10 high school football games since 2015.  Every week will feature a look back at the top games played amongst our parish teams.

COVID-19 has changed mostly everything we’ve come to understand and expect in the sports world. For instance, Case Roark recently committed to Southwest Mississippi Community College after taking an unorthodox recruiting trip that he would’ve never envisioned.

Ouachita Christian’s Olivia McCrary had an unorthodox signing day, but a signing day nonetheless.

Editor’s Note: As we wait for sports to resume locally, we’ll take a look back at the Top 10 high school football games since 2015.  Every week will feature a look back at the top games played amongst our parish teams. 

On one hand, Colt Hamilton is much more fortunate than most senior baseball players. Hamilton saw his first varsity action as a baseball player when he was in seventh grade. He’s been in four state championship games and he has two championship rings stored away.

Former Neville standout Rashard Lawrence had his dream realized when he was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. 

Griffith Olinde’s baseball momentum was seemingly unstoppable in 2016.

Editor’s Note: As we wait for sports to resume locally, we’ll take a look back at the Top 10 high school football games since 2015.  Every week will feature a look back at the top games played amongst our parish teams. 

Sports editor Jake Martin shares his NFL draft thoughts & reliving the Ouachita/Ruston encounter during the 2018 season. 

Abby Allen is trying. She’s attempting to remain positive after her senior season at Ouachita was interrupted by circumstances out of her control. Instead of dwelling on what could have been — perhaps setting a home run record that would never be broken at Ouachita Parish High School — she’s…

A long line of blinking headlights circled the parking lot in front of Ouachita Christian School last week, as one by one, cars made their way to the fieldhouse where seniors were gathered.

Kennedy Jones remembers the most dramatic bus ride of her life like it was yesterday.

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks, The Ouachita Citizen will talk with baseball coaches to reflect on the recent stoppage in play. Though highly doubtful, we’ll pose the question to coaches on whether or not they’ve experienced anything crazier than COVID-19 canceling the baseball season.  

After Sterlington’s athletic facilities took damage in Sunday’s tornado that touched down in Ouachita Parish, Sterlington head football coach and athletic director Lee Doty had one message for those eager to pitch out.

Editor's note: The following is the first installment of an 11-part series, detailing The Ouachita Citizen's selection of greatest high school football games since 2015. Here are the 10 games that just missed the cut. 

Sports editor Jake Martin details the games in the parish since 2015 that just missed his Top 10 games list. Plus, Jake talks about the fallout of the LHSAA canceling the remaining spring seasons. 

If there’s one message Claiborne Christian head coach Chad Olinde wants to send to his fellow coaches in Ouachita Parish it’s this: “love on your players.”