There are three Avoyelles Parish boys teams in the state high school basketball playoffs. The playoff bracket was released Monday.
'TOO FAST TO PASS'
11-year-old racer Maddie Chesne holds the trophy she won at Emerald Coast Dragway in Holt, Fla., in her purple dragster, “Too Fast to Pass.” {Photo by C.J. Chesne}
Maddie Chesne displays her trophy following the race at State Capitol Raceway.
Maddie Chesne is a little young to be called a “fast woman” -- but she’s faster than most girls -- or boys -- her age.
YOUNG ONES PLAYING AN OLD GAME
[From left] Maya Lopez, Kaiden Pierite and Emilio Lopez, all of Marksville, are shown here at the Tunica-Biloxi Stickball Clinic in 2017. The Marksville-based tribe will be sponsoring its 4th annual Stickball Clinic & Exhibition at Chief Joseph A. Pierite Pow Wow Grounds on the Tunica-Biloxi Reservation in Marksville on Saturday (Feb. 9).
{Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Before there was a Super Bowl, there were large sporting events that attracted thousands of spectators to watch their favorite team take on their hated archrivals.
High school football will look a little different in 2019 as the Louisiana High School Athletic Association shuffled the cards with its reclassification for the next few seasons.
Leonard Sampson (76) squares off against an opposing defensive lineman. Sampson is an Academic All-State and earned first team selection to both the All-District and All-Parish squads. Sampson said he enjoyed facing larger opponents, using his speed and strength to neutralize the opponent's size advantage. {Photo courtesy of Golda Sampson}
Leonard Sampson (right) and Marksville Coach J.T. Dunbar proudly display Sampson’s Academic All-State Team award, which he received during the state championship game in the Superdome on Dec. 7.
{Photo courtesy of J.T. Dunbar}
Leonard Sampson
Once upon a time he was the target of bullies. He struggled with asthma. He was shy and withdrawn.