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Chris Brumley, Converse High School Softball Coach, received a $1,000 check from Modern Woodmen of America in a Marching Funds Project. The softball team hosted a Natchitoches Meat Pie sale to raise funds for new softball equipment and supplies. Their efforts were rewarded with the matching funds from Modern Woodmen of America, a Fraternal Financial organization of Rock Island, IL. The CHS Softball team and coaches express their appreciation to Modern Woodmen of America and thank them for their support.

The Many Bass Club’s second tournament of the 2023 season took place on February 11 and 12. The weather on Saturday was raw, cold, windy and rainy with temps in the mid 40’s. Sunday was calm, with lows in the upper 30’s and highs in the upper 50’s with much welcomed sunshine. The water temps were in the mid to upper 50’s. Most of our anglers targeted the shallow bite. The top three stringers and the tournament’s big fish all came from two to six-foot water depths. The fish were active and shallow in spite of the weather conditions. Five double- digit stringers were weighed in. The winning anglers reported that their fish were predominately caught around shallow cover or grass.

BOM is continuing their sponsorship of the Negreet High School Lady Indian softball program. Pictured left to right: Allie Payne and BOM’s Savannah Garcie.

The Many Tiger’s 2022 redemption tour ended in fine fashion during the afternoon of December 10 when they captured the LHSAA Division III State Championship with a win over Union Parish Farmers by a score of 35-13.

After quite the week on social media and being listed as underdogs in other media outlets for the game against the St. James Wildcats, the Many Tigers were eager to show that they are the number one team in Division III Non-Select on Friday night, December 2 at John Curtis Stadium.

It was senior running back Trent Williams racking up three touchdown runs and a defense firing on all cylinders that were the main contributors for the 32-13 victory.

Williams scored all three of the touchdowns in the first half, with Tackett Curtis adding a 52-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter to put the icing on the cake.

St. James did mount some offense in the third quarter, as Brayden Williams passed to Khai Prean then followed it up with a pass to Kaden Williams for the touchdown. The Many defense brought about multiple turnovers on downs with massive goal line stands that kept them from scoring the majority of the game.

The Many Tigers football team wrapped up their regular season in style on Thursday, November 3 with a decisive 56-0 victory over the Lakeview Gators at home.

The Many Bass Club’s October 2022 Tournament took place on October 8 and 9 on Toledo Bend. The weather was moderate with lows dipping into the upper fifties and highs in the eighties. Skies were clear after the passing of a mild cold front on Friday with high pressure and low winds. The water temperatures had cooled down to the lower seventies on both Saturday and Sunday but warmed back into the mid-seventies by afternoon. The fishing conditions were challenging with only four limits brought to the scales by the twelve competing anglers, and only two double digit stringers were weighed in. The fish were primarily caught in ten to 20 feet of water.

Following a rare bye week, the Many Tigers have continued to make their case for being the top 2A football program in Louisiana with convincing wins against the Winnfield Tigers 42-14 and the Mansfield Wolverines 61-18. This latest string of victories brings them to 6-0 on the season and 2-0 in 2A Dist. 3.

Their game against Winnfield started out quick, when Jamarlyn Garner got loose and found a little open space for a 20-yard gain on his first carry of the game. It wasn’t long before he’d punch it into the endzone to put the Tigers up 7-0 after the extra point kicked by Deacon Lafollette, whose last name is no stranger to fans of the Tigers as his brothers were also widely known for their kicking prowess.

Winnfield didn’t get off to the same start, having trouble on their possession. A huge tackle by Jeremiah James that knocked the helmet off of the opposition sent an early message from the Many defense.

Sports media was abuzz over the weekend with stories of the Isidore Newman Greenies’ Arch Manning and first loss of the season at the hands of the Many Tigers, without as much emphasis put on the stellar effort put forth by Sabine’s football team throughout not only this game, but its entire first month of play. The final score was 25-17, but not without some late-game theatrics.

For those not in the know, Arch is a member of the Manning football dynasty, which began with beloved Louisiana native Archie Manning and extended to his three sons Cooper, Peyton, and Eli. Arch is the son of Cooper Manning and the number one ranked recruit in the nation. He has committed to playing at the Texas Longhorns following his high school career.

The Many Bass Club held their July Tournament of 2022 on the weekend of July 9. The weather was extremely hot with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees and a heat advisory was in effect during the day over the weekend with high bright skies and moderate winds. The water temperatures were in the upper 80’s. Typical summer fishing patterns were in effect with deep soft plastics catching most fish. Twelve anglers fished the tournament and six five-fish limits were caught in spite of the extreme heat.