North DeSoto fishing celebrates season’s end with tournament
The North DeSoto fishing team celebrated the end of its season with a Major League Fishing style tournament on Grand Bayou in late May. B.T. McMillian and Conner Roberts were named North DeSoto High Anglers of the Year while Bubba Berry and Hudson King were ND Junior Anglers of the Year.
Summer track season underway
A handful of North DeSoto track and field athletes are competing this summer with River Cities Track Club. Macaylah Tingle logged two top-10 finishes in the season-opening meet in Houston, finishing fourth in the javelin (94-04) and seventh in the mile (5:38.42). Incoming freshman Katelyn Allen won her age group in the 1500 meters (5:52.23) in a late May meet at West Monroe High.
O’Neal joins Mansfield boys basketball staff
ReCarrus O’Neal has accepted an assistant coaching position with the Mansfield boys basketball program, according to a Facebook post from both O’Neal and head coach Reggie Williams. It’s the first coaching position for the Bossier Parish Community College and Pelican All Saints High graduate.
Mansfield is still looking to fill one assistant position.
Powerlifting state championships move to Kenner
Only one LHSAA state championship event will move locations for the two-year cycle beginning in 2024-25. Powerlifting, which has been hosted in UL Lafayette’s Cajundome, will move to Kenner and the Pontchartrain Center. The other 16 LHSAA-sanctioned championship events will remain in their current locations, which includes wrestling taking place in Bossier City’s Brookshire Grocery Arena.