The Ouachita Citizen

06/04/2025

Robby Devinney took a team with 7 new starters through a gauntlet of a schedule and finished with consecutive wins against Mangham, Oak Grove, Glenbrook, Ascension and No. 1 Covenant Christian to reach the state championship game. Rebuild? Not at OCS. Arguably his best coaching job to date:

Pressure is a privilege.

06/03/2025

More honors for Claiborne Christian’s Allie Wainwright:

Ebarb made baseball history, while Calvin and Claiborne Christian continued traditions of softball success this spring. Now all three teams help lead the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Class C all-state

06/03/2025

Miller Sheets has been on the radar for quite a while now but Sterlington’s slugger took his game to new heights in 2025. That includes a .430 average with only four strikeouts on the year while helping his team capture a state championship:

An anxious Miller Sheets peeked his head out of the dugout, impatiently waiting for his turn in the batter’s box during a winner-take-all Game 3 against Erath.

06/02/2025

OCS' Karson Trichel got the ball against three of the Top 5 seeds in the playoffs and delivered (much like he has throughout his career). That included taking down previously unbeaten CCA in the state tournament.

You can’t throw anything at Karson Trichel that he hasn’t seen before. Not in a high school baseball game, at least. Kind of ironic when you think about it. Opponents'

05/29/2025

https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/sports/2025-ouachita-citizen-all-parish-softball-team/article_b550bc8b-6435-4b75-b768-969b211534f5.html

Hitter of the Year: Eva West, Sterlington

05/28/2025

Chris Winstead took a young Claiborne Christian team back to the state championship game. The Lady Crusaders started two 7th graders and four 8th graders in 2025.

“Trust the process” is a popular phrase in sports.

05/27/2025

Big Games = Big Performances from Ava West in 2025. Her big bat earned herself The Ouachita Citizen Hitter of the Year:

There might not have been a state championship won in Ouachita Parish for softball, but that doesn’t mean big-time players didn’t make big-time plays in big-time games. Take Ava West

05/26/2025

Claiborne Christian had a youth movement in 2025. That forced Allie Wainwright to expand her role as a veteran. From mentoring young girls to stacking strikeouts in the playoffs, Wainwright earned The Ouachita Citizen's Pitcher of the Year:

Allie Wainwright was walked with the bases loaded with her team trailing, 2-1, in seventh inning of the district championship, and yet she did enough inside the circle to warrant

05/22/2025

https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/sports/west-ouachitas-martin-shares-mvp-honors-in-2-4a/article_3609307a-322d-4bbd-9a89-924faf3bf333.html

West Ouachita’s Cam Martin shared Most Outstanding Player honors with Tioga’s Ryan Crooks in District 2-4A.

05/21/2025

https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/sports/trichel-devinney-take-top-2-2a-honors/article_48c04751-1ccc-41f1-81c0-dfcba24fe35b.html

Robby Devinney and Karson Trichel collected top honors in District 2-2A after the Ouachita Christian Eagles earned the District 2-2A title.

05/20/2025

Our favorite kind of sports edition? A championship one! Panther fans, you can pick up your copy around the parish (convenience stores, Walmart, Mac’s, etc.) Wednesday evening/Thursday morning! (If you can’t locate any, we always have extra at The Ouachita Citizen.)

05/20/2025

https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/sports/river-oaks-claiborne-christian-claim-mvp-honors-in-respective-districts/article_ef860e1d-f406-4ff9-b11e-b2309fd2fe47.html

River Oaks and Claiborne Christian reaped many All-District honors with Claiborne Christian’s Parker Bearden and River Oaks’ Logan Laforge and Jayden Davis reigning as MVPs.