WATSON – Three days after winning his first LHSAA state wrestling championship, sophomore Anthony Dodson, like the majority of Live Oak’s returning members, was back on the mat at practice.

THIBODAUX – Michele Yawn had a blunt assessment of how the fourth quarter went Thursday night.

WATSON – By the time she finally picked up a basketball for the first time and tried out for a competitive team, Harmony Johnson was cut.

THIBODAUX – Michele Yawn had a blunt assessment of how the fourth quarter went Thursday night.

WALKER – Just when it appeared Walker may be vulnerable down the stretch, the Wildcats reminded everyone why they’re still the reigning Class 5A state champions.

WATSON - Second-seeded Lakeshore, led by a hat trick from Kylie Milligan, was able to combine talent and some good fortune into a 4-1 victory in a Division II state quarterfinal playoff match No. 10 Live Oak, ending the Lady Eagles’ best season in school history.

WATSON - Behind a scoring eruption from guard Isaiah Johnson, the Belaire Bengals rallied from an early double-digit deficit and ruined Senior Night at Live Oak High with a 66-59 victory Friday night.

WATSON – Live Oak’s Sal Palermo refers to himself as a “gunslinger”, a quarterback with a preference for throwing the ball.

This year’s Live Oak girls soccer team has gone about this season changing the course of the program’s history in dramatic fashion.

WATSON – The sight of LSU football coach Ed Orgeron on campus Thursday at Live Oak High School created quite a buzz among administrators, faculty and students.

WATSON – It took a little under two minutes for Live Oak to score their first goal. Just a minute later, they had their second goal and the Eagles soared to an 8-0 mercy-rule victory over Beau Chene in the opening round of the Division II state playoffs.

WATSON – A nagging shoulder injury contributed to Denham Springs’ DJ Williams missing over half of his senior season.

WATSON – It was the perfect scenario.

ZACHARY – The Live Oak Eagles dominated the early part of the fourth quarter against the Zachary Broncos and turned an 11-point deficit into a four-point lead with just over three minutes to play.

Live Oak yielded two first-half goals and saw its opportunity at a share of the District 4-II championship come to an end in a 2-0 loss Thursday at Woodlawn High.

It’s hard to imagine anything missing from Walker’s first state championship season of a year ago.

BATON ROUGE - John Capps knew his team was in for a battle. The Eagles showed their coach they were up for the challenge.

WATSON – Live Oak defeated both Central and the wind Saturday night in a wild 2-1 finish that saw two scores inside the final four minutes.

In order to eventually reach the top of the mountain in Division II wrestling, Live Oak will have to scale Teurlings Catholic.

DENHAM SPRINGS – JV Johnson’s a senior guard for Denham Springs that hadn’t attempted a shot in his limited time Tuesday in a game that turned tense down the stretch against arch-rival Live Oak.

WATSON – Don’t look know but Live Oak’s boys soccer team is trending in a direction that’s conducive toward reaching a program milestone.

WATSON – Walker’s boys basketball team represented the top of the mountain in Class 5A basketball a year ago.

CENTRAL – Live Oak edged out Central 2-1 Friday night in a key District 4-II matchup due in no small part to the heroic goalkeeping of senior Kylie Stringer.

BATON ROUGE – Live Oak squandered every bit of a nine-point second-half lead Wednesday night at St. Michael forcing the Eagles to turn to desperate measures.

BATON ROUGE - Live Oak leading scorer Dijone Flowers sat out more than three minutes in the fourth quarter of the Eagles girls basketball game at St. Michael Wednesday evening, but there were no worries.

Despite a lack of depth, the Live Oak girls’ soccer team was carrying an impressive streak into the start of district play.

For Bryan and Vince Bayonne, twin brothers who are also seniors on the Live Oak High basketball team, playing sports has provided an outlet for their natural sibling rivalry, but underneath their competitive nature is a bond that makes them inseparable.

HOLDEN – Live Oak coach Michelle Yawn couldn’t remember the last time she had a team sweep three games in a tournament.

WATSON – Given his football lineage it was apparent Live Oak strong safety Eli Johnson was destined to play college football one day.

ZACHARY – Two goals from Jacob Agazzi helped Zachary complete a 3-1 victory over Live Oak Monday night.