During its Class 5A quarterfinal series a year ago, Zachary’s season ended abruptly.

MOSS BLUFF – The curtain came down on Denham Springs’ 2019 season, one filled with tremendous promise, sooner than most expected.

SCOTT – It was apparent early that runs would be at a premium Saturday with Live Oak battling Acadiana High to advance in the Class 5A state baseball playoffs.

Central has been anything but the favorite to win the Class 5A baseball championship each of the past two years.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Denham Springs junior pitcher Dalton Diez had three days to think about getting his first starting assignment in a postseason game.

WATSON – If this was indeed Sal Palermo’s final act at Live Oak’s Ballpark, the senior right-hander certainly deserved to take one final bow.

ZACHARY – Zachary pitchers Tanner Hall and Zack Farr combined on a two-hit shutout of District 4-5A foe Walker in an 8-0 victory Monday in a Class 5A state playoff opener at Herty Field.

CENTRAL - Despite losing a chance to move into a tie for first place in District 4-5A one day earlier, Live Oak displayed showed some resiliency in its regular-season finale at Central on Wednesday night.

BATON ROUGE – Before the start of Saturday’s LHSAA Track and Field state championships Clayton Simms of Live Oak couldn’t stop remarking about how deep the Class 5A pole vault competition was going to be.

BATON ROUGE - Zachary’s Sean Burrell headlined Saturday’s 5A State Championship Meet with two blazing victories.

WALKER – The resolve for Walker’s Kaitlyn Hayes to qualify for this year’s LHSAA Class 5A state track and field meet began with a disappointing result a year ago.

ZACHARY – Zachary has some work to do in order to qualify for next week’s Class 5A state tournament.

During its Class 5A quarterfinal series a year ago, Zachary’s season ended abruptly.

MOSS BLUFF – The curtain came down on Denham Springs’ 2019 season, one filled with tremendous promise, sooner than most expected.

SCOTT – It was apparent early that runs would be at a premium Saturday with Live Oak battling Acadiana High to advance in the Class 5A state baseball playoffs.

SULPHUR — No. 8 Walker came within inches of keeping its season alive in the seventh inning of the Class 5A semifinal Friday, but No. 4 St. Amant held on for a 2-1 win at the LHSAA state softball tournament at North Frasch Park in Sulphur.

Central has been anything but the favorite to win the Class 5A baseball championship each of the past two years.

ZACHARY – Scotlandville spent most of Wednesday’s Region II-Class 5A meet in a tight battle with Catholic High, but in the end the Bears were able to edge out the Hornets for the title.

ZACHARY - For the third consecutive year Walker High’s Kaitlyn Hayes will return to the Class 5A state track and field meet at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Denham Springs junior pitcher Dalton Diez had three days to think about getting his first starting assignment in a postseason game.

WATSON – If this was indeed Sal Palermo’s final act at Live Oak’s Ballpark, the senior right-hander certainly deserved to take one final bow.

ZACHARY – Zachary pitchers Tanner Hall and Zack Farr combined on a two-hit shutout of District 4-5A foe Walker in an 8-0 victory Monday in a Class 5A state playoff opener at Herty Field.

MOSS BLUFF – Walker High’s softball team had traveled too far this season to be turned back 15 miles away from the site of the state tournament.

CENTRAL - Despite losing a chance to move into a tie for first place in District 4-5A one day earlier, Live Oak displayed showed some resiliency in its regular-season finale at Central on Wednesday night.

WALKER – From wire to wire, Zachary and Scotlandville were locked in a tight battle for boy’s District 4-5A Championship Wednesday night.

WATSON – Zachary catcher Alex Milazzo hadn’t hit a home run all season. But when his team needed a run, he provided.

WALKER – Walker High entered Tuesday still having a chance of winning the District 4-5A championship.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Two days before he wound up signing with a Division III school to continue his football career, Denham Springs cornerback Caleb Young was entertaining a career path entirely unrelated to athletics.

WALKER – Walker’s Lainee Bailey came this close to throwing a no-hitter in the LadyCats’ first-round Class 5A playoff game with East Ascension.

DENHAM SPRINGS – Behind a lights-out performance from pitcher Natalie Parker, six-seed Denham Springs opened their playoff run with an emphatic 10-0 victory Friday over No. 27 Ruston in five innings at North Park.

ST. AMANT – The easy inclination after Live Oak’s 2019 season ended Friday evening with an 8-1 loss at fourth-seeded St. Amant in the first round of the Class 5A state playoffs was one of disappointment.

WATSON – Neither coach had seen anything like it.

ZACHARY – Denham Springs coach Mark Carroll set up the situation to get out of a bases-loaded jam of a tie game in the bottom of the seventh inning against Zachary on Thursday.

WALKER – It wasn’t just preseason rhetoric when Walker’s softball team established such lofty goals as winning the District 4-5A championship and reaching the state playoffs.

WALKER – Zachary capitalized on a flurry of errors and a stellar outing from Zack Farr to defeat league-leading Walker 6-1 on Tuesday in District 4-5A play.

CENTRAL – Denham Springs got off to a quick start in District 4-5A with a pair of victories.