Lafayette Sports News

Local high school, college, and pro sports news in Lafayette, LA

• Monday May 20 | via NOLA.com 

  Sam Houston's prized hoops player, Kenny Waddell, si...

  Every week, The Times-Picayune honors male and female athletes from the Metro, River Parishes, and St.

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• Friday May 17 | via Zachary Plainsman News 

  2013 Spring Sports State Champions

  The Louisiana High School Athletic Association congratulates the following state champions for their hard work and great success this spring season: The 2013 State Bowling Championships were held April 12 at Acadiana Lanes in Lafayette.

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• Wednesday May 15 | via NOLA.com 

  UTEP, Louisiana Tech are the latest to offer St. Tho...

  Frisco, Texas - St. Thomas More guard Trey Touchet had as good of a season as a high school player in Louisiana could hope for in 2012-13. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound junior led the Cougars to a 33-4 record and capped off the season with a state championship as St.

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• Monday May 13 | via NOLA.com 

  Former Teurlings Catholic standout receiver Dylan Bo...

  Former Teurlings Catholic wide receiver Dylan Bossier has decided to return home to play football for the University of Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns.

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• Sunday May 12 | via The Times-Picayune 

  No. 21 Catholic the lowest-ranked team to win 5A cha...

  Before this year, only one team -- the tenth-ranked 2008 Jesuit squad that lost the Class 5A championship to Barbe -- had made the 5A championship game with a seed lower than No.

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• Friday May 10 | via NOLA.com 

  St. Thomas More thwarts Teurlings Catholic rally, ad...

  About the only thing missing from the Class 4A semifinal playoff baseball game Friday night between rivals St.

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• Friday May 10 | via The Advocate 

  Two-of-three series coming to 5A tournament next season

  That's the way it's going to be next spring when the second and third rounds of the Class 5A baseball tournament become two-out-of-three affairs rather than single elimination as has been the case in all other classes and, for that matter, most other LHSAA team sports for decades.

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• Friday May 10 | via NOLA.com 

  Live updates from Friday's baseball playoff action

  The 2013 LHSAA baseball championships begin today in New Orleans , Monroe and Sulphur , and are scheduled to conclude Saturday with champions crowned in each of the seven classifications.

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• Thursday May 9 | via Banner-Tribune 

  CCHS softball team is honored at ceremony

  The Central Catholic softball team poses with the banner it received for participating in this year's State Softball Tournament in Sulphur.

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• Monday May 6 | via The Times 

  Teurlings' rally sinks Benton in quarterfinals

  It was the kind of rally that likely would have sunk a lesser team. The Benton Tigers exploded for four runs in the top of the sixth inning to claim a 6-5 lead against the Teurlings Catholic Rebels in their Class 4A state quarterfinal game.

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