Casey Jones sat down at his desk in the Belton Sports Complex at Wossman High School following the conclusion of the high school basketball season and let out a long sigh.

Ouachita Christian junior Emery Wertz received Class 1A First-Team All-State honors, while St. Frederick's Pashonay Johnson earned a Second-Team All-State nod. 

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks, The Ouachita Citizen will talk with baseball and softball 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 postponing (and…

Stan Humphries came one game shy of checking every box on his wish list for the 2019-20 basketball season.

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Lafaedria Green never had to be the best player on her team before.

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks, The Ouachita Citizen will talk with baseball and softball 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 postponing (and…

Sterlington senior Shelby Moore has signed a national letter of intent to continue her soccer career at Evangel University, an NAIA school in Springfield, Missouri.

High school seniors across the nation are clinging on to a sliver of hope that spring sports will eventually continue.

Confusion and doubt spread through the Louisiana preps scene, as rumors swirled about the future of spring sports amid coronavirus disease concerns.

If the season ends abruptly, the Ouachita Christian baseball team will have plenty to be proud of in a 10-3 2020 campaign.

West Monroe played poor defense and threw two of its best hands on the mound in the first of four tournament contests, and somehow walked away with three victories this past weekend.

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The No. 2 Wossman Wildcats made a valiant effort late and led by two with under 30 seconds to play in the Class 3A State Championship. But unfortunately for the Wildcats, the rim was kind to Bossier's Tim King on a 3-pointer that rattled in to give the No. 1 Bearkats a 62-61 state title victory. 

Madelyn Fletcher crushed a two-run, walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth as tournament host Ouachita nudged past Forest 9-8 Friday night at the Sterlington Sports Complex.

As rumors swirled about the possibility of suspension in play for LHSAA spring sports, which would be the latest in sporting events affected by the coronavirus disease, (7-3) Sterlington and (5-4) Neville began a series as if it were the last one they’d play the rest of the season.

With an opportunity to play in a state championship hanging in the balance, Wossman's Brandon Dennis went coast-to-coast and got a tear drop to fall at the buzzer to send his team to the title game. 

Frederick "Bear" McHenry, Ouachita Parish High School's longtime athletic director, died Tuesday at the age of 76. 

Make it eight straight for the Ouachita Christian baseball team after the Eagles handled their business in the 2020 Trey Altick Prep Classic last weekend.

If you’re a West Monroe Rebel baseball fan, you take pride in knowing it’s not about how you start but how you finish.

No. 2 Ouachita’s quarterfinal contest against No. 10 Hahnville was going to be an odd night to begin with considering it would be played on a Saturday night.

Episode 2 of the Digs and Posts Podcast is embedded below. 

Leading by 12 midway through the third quarter, Natchitoches St. Mary’s withstood a frantic Ouachita Christian comeback Saturday night for a 53-50 victory in the Division IV girls basketball state championship game. 

A furious late rally by the Ouachita Lady Lions came up short in the Class 5A State Championship, as Benton capitalized on a multitude of Lady Lion turnovers in Friday night's 62-48 victory. 

West Monroe boys head coach Kyle Hill will tell you that any win in the playoffs is a big win, but all you have to do is take a gander at the reactions on social media to gauge just how big the No. 14 Rebels upset was over No. 3 New Iberia in the second round

Borrowing a line from Ouachita Christian’s state championship football team, the Lady Eagles Finished Strong Tuesday night.

Tia Perry's clutch free throws, Skylar Buie's hot hand and the relentless motor of Lafaedria Green allowed Ouachita to survive and advance against Ponchatoula in an overtime thriller Tuesday night. 

The 2020 Trey Altick Prep Classic hits the parish this weekend with baseball teams from across the state competing on the diamond. 

The West Monroe Lady Rebels couldn’t ask for a better start to the softball season. 

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Carencro erased a 14-point third quarter deficit to defeat Neville 59-56 Friday night in the opening round of the Class 4A state playoffs.

The No. 19 St. Amant Gators entered their first-round matchup with No. 14 West Monroe with a reputation for playing big in the post, but in Friday night’s 74-55 opening round Rebel victory, it was West Monroe’s big men who shined on the big stage.

Emery Wirtz and Conleigh Laseter combined for 37 points as Ouachita Christian turned back Morgan City Central Catholic 51-33 Thursday night in the Division IV quarterfinals at The Shack.

The combination of Northshore’s proven resiliency and Ouachita’s previous quarterfinal woes made the final seconds of the Lady Lions’ 62-58 win all the more frightening for the Ouachita faithful. But it also made the win all the more sweet for head coach Amber Obaze-Ford and her team.

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When No.1 Ouachita dialed up the pressure in the fourth quarter of a second-round girls basketball matchup inside the Madhouse Monday night, No. 16 Terrebonne had no answers in a 56-49 defeat.  

Ten parish boys basketball schools earned playoff berths, but only two landed Top 4 seeds as Ouachita and Wossman enter the 2020 postseason as No. 2 seeds.

Two years ago, Chris Fuller was playing soccer recreationally in town, while the River Oaks soccer team was enduring yet another losing season.

Second half goals by Isabella Lopez and Ella Marsh powered Ben Franklin to a 2-0 Division II semifinal victory over Neville on a frosty Friday evening at Bill Ruple Stadium.

The No. 1 (33-0) Ouachita Christian Lady Eagles remained undefeated with a 70-19 thrashing over No. 16 Sacred Heart Thursday night in the opening round of the Div. IV Playoffs.