Sports

By Daniel Jones

Coach Dewain Strother, who has served as the coach of the Florien Lady Black Cats since 1983, has reached a tremendous milestone in his career: That of attaining 1,000 career wins.

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Jimmy Campbell won the Many Bass Club’s January 2016 tournament with a five fish stringer weighing 17.24 lbs, which included included the 5.26 lb lunker big bass of the tournament. Campbell caught his fish using a pumpkin green Mister Twister Hang 10 ribbon tail worm in shallow water around grass in the Palo Gaucho area of the lake.

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(Editor’s note: The following is reprinted from the December 2015 issue of “The Box” magazine. It features former Florien resident Jessica Benevage Anderson) In the summer of 2013, Jessica Anderson was on a vacation in the Smoky Mountains and wanted to see a natural waterfall. But when her group did find one, the 1 1/3 mile hike was too much for the 365-pound Anderson to physically handle and she had to stay back.

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Dewain Strother, background, reached 1,000 wins when his Lady Blackcats defeated Stanley at home on January 15. More will be included about this milestone in next week’s edition of The Sabine Index.

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By Daniel Jones, editor

Mayor Ken Freeman presented Many Tiger Football Head Coach Jess Curtis with a new addition to Many city limit signs, as now every visitor will know that the town won the Class 2A state championship in 2014.

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Eight Florien High School varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders were chosen to perform with the All American Cheerleaders at the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl On January 1. This was an amazing trip for these young ladies, who made memories that will last a lifetime.

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Donald Stephens won the Many Bass Club’s December tournament with a five-fish stringer weighing 16.96 lbs. Stephens caught his fish using a swim jig in shallow water around grass in the Pirates Cove area of the lake.

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Many’s newest work-out location, Rigs & Racks, will be celebrating a grand opening Thursday, December 17 at 12:15 p.m. The new business, located at 420 Fisher Road, is owned by Anna Cate and Dustin Wright. Both are former athletes at Many High.

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LSU football great Billy Cannon, the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner, will be the featured guest this Saturday from noon-3 p.m. for a book signing event at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum.

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James Carhee ran for a quick first down and into Ram territory, but it was AJ Carter who ran for another touch down and just kept on going for a 23-yard touchdown run. The point attempt was blocked, which put the Tigers 6-0.

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