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ZACHARY – Notre Dame sophomore Ali Lucas admittedly was nervous when the 2008 golf season began.

CROWLEY – It’s been said that the last three outs of a ballgame are the toughest ones to get.

Fortunately for Northside Christian, that was exactly the case Thursday in their regional-round playoff game against Family Christian.

CROWLEY – Notre Dame’s Taylor Simon hadn’t pitched in a game in almost a month.

So, imagine the surprise Catholic High of New Iberia’s Lady Panthers had when the Notre Dame freshman took the mound for Thursday’s second round playoff matchup.

CHURCH POINT – Heading into the final two events of the District 5-AAA track meet Wednesday evening, the Crowley Gents were in need of a little help.

BUCKEYE – The Crowley Ladies were on the verge of the biggest upset in the Class AAA softball playoffs Tuesday.

The Ladies, seeded 25th in the field of 32, had No. 8 seed Buckeye on the ropes for the first three innings.

CROWlEY – For J.S. Clark’s Lady Bulldogs, the bus ride from New Orleans to Fats Leger Memorial Field was three times longer than it took for their first-round softball playoff game against Notre Dame Monday.

CLINTON, Miss. – For the second time this season, Mississippi College’s Paige Hodges has been named the American Southwest Conference East Division Hitter of the Week following the Choctaws’ series win over Ozarks in Clarksville last weekend.

CROWLEY – Ever since she can remember, Northside Christian senior Sarah Ancelet has dreamed of playing college softball.

Last week, those dreams became reality when the two-time All-Stater inked a letter of intent to play softball for the Northwestern State University Lady Demons.

The Louisiana Folk Roots Ninth Annual Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week is coming to a close Friday, April 25. The event began Friday, April 18, in Chicot State Park.

Catahoula — A nearly seven-hour standoff between 37-year-old Jason Bienvenu and authoriites ended late Tuesday evening, when St. Martin Sheriff's Emergency Response Team (SERT) found him dead.