DENHAM SPRINGS – It was a case of missed opportunities for Denham Springs in its non-district game against East Ascension on Thursday night at North Park.

BATON ROUGE – Denham Springs missed a golden opportunity in the seventh inning of its non-district game against Catholic High on Tuesday afternoon.

Zachary’s 2018 baseball season came to an abrupt end.

Central’s baseball team has started off the 2019 season in a slow manner.

WATSON – Pitcher Sal Palermo gave Live Oak the start it needed and then Lane Hutchinson landed the hit that lifted the Eagles to a 7-3 victory Tuesday over St. Amant.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The Denham Springs baseball team leaves Wednesday for a tournament in Hoover (Ala.).

WATSON – For 6 ½ innings, it felt like Live Oak’s game against Central District 4-5A contest was emblematic of their uneven start to the season. The Lady Eagles fought hard, but tough luck and mistakes proved to be their undoing.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Denham Springs’ softball team had lost four straight games to Northshore going into Monday’s contest at North Park.

Zachary’s 2018 baseball season came to an abrupt end.

Central’s baseball team has started off the 2019 season in a slow manner.

LAKE CHARLES – Dejected looks. Blank stares. Solemn locker room.

LAKE CHARLES – With the clock winding down toward to the conclusion and his team comfortably ahead Scotlandville basketball coach Carlos Sample allowed himself a moment to relish in his team’s latest accomplishment.

Walker High’s Tiara Young may have been omitted from participating on a national stage with the nation’s top high school players in the McDonald’s All-American game, but after the news of Friday, she’ll get another opportunity for national recognition.

LAKE CHARLES – The prevailing narrative in Walker High’s first state championship of a year ago was that of a gritty, never-say-die attitude exhibited by the Wildcats down the stretch of the fourth quarter where they eventually won in overtime.

CENTRAL - Softball season is marathon, not a sprint. So, it’s only fitting that the opening game in District 4-5A play went extra innings following a 30-minute delay.

LAKE CHARLES – Junior swingman Tai’reon Joseph of Scotlandville Magnet admitted to dealing with a case of nerves in his first start in a state semifinal game Thursday’s matchup against Catholic High.

WALKER – Brian Thomas was a microcosm of Walker High’s program a year ago.

DENHAM SPRINGS – A complete effort throughout the offensive lineup, error-free defense and solid effort in the circle added up to one thing for Denham Springs’ softball team – a 10-0 mercy-rule victory Wednesday over Springfield.

An unprecedented Louisiana high school basketball run continues Thursday at at 1:15 p.m. when Scotlandville meets Baton Rouge Catholic in the Division I semifinals at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles.

WATSON – Pitcher Sal Palermo gave Live Oak the start it needed and then Lane Hutchinson landed the hit that lifted the Eagles to a 7-3 victory Tuesday over St. Amant.

DENHAM SPRINGS – The Denham Springs baseball team leaves Wednesday for a tournament in Hoover (Ala.).

Speed is a crucial physical element in pole vault. The faster the vaulter moves; the more energy is transferred into the pole to get them over the bar.

ALEXANDRIA – More than anything Denham Springs High School coach Blake Zito didn’t want to let go.

Denham Springs senior center Desiree Jones remembers all of the 7 a.m. workouts.

WALKER – Walker High may have arrived at its first state tournament in 56 years a year ago that resulted in the school’s first state championship without much fanfare.

Rarely is the sequel able to surpass the original.

WALKER – The two teams may be vastly different in makeup, but year’s version of the Walker High basketball team is starting to resemble its Class 5A state championship predecessor of a year ago.

WALKER – Even moments after enjoying one of his most productive nights of the season in Friday’s 92-53 opening-round Class 5A state playoff victory, Walker High senior guard Graham Smith didn’t miss the opportunity to keep the moment light.

WALKER – If Walker High coach Anthony Schiro needed reassurance that his team was fully vested in Friday’s opponent H.L. Bourgeois, all he needed was a small sample size of the opening minutes of the game.

GONZALES – Denham Springs controlled tempo for a 1 ½ quarters of its Class 5A state playoff opening game at East Ascension and looked like they were in a position to pull off an upset.

Live Oak coach John Capps liked the direction of Friday’s Class 5A state bi-district playoff game at Slidell.