Ruston daily leader sports – Louisiana Tech had four players score in double figures, led by Sean Newman Jr. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Bearcat fans, you might as well make your reservations in New Orleans annually. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Head football coach Sonny Cumbie announced the final two additions to his coaching staff, as Paul Randolph and Sam Carter will join the Bulldogs for the 2025 season. , Saturday, February 22, at Mt. Pa r i s B r a d ley scored 26 of her game-high 29 points in the second half, but Louisiana Tech would fall 78- 73 to WKU on Senior Day inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Saturday. Randolph will coach the defensive line while Carter will lead the safeties. The Ruston High football team honored impactful seniors and another successful season at its annual awards banquet Monday evening at the Ruston Civic Center. 4353 Louisiana Tech softball placed two players on the 2025 Conference USA Preseason All-Conference Team, as center fielder Alexis Gilio and third baseman Claire Raley were selected, announced by the league office on Thursday afternoon. Louisiana Tech isn’t supposed to be at this point. Ruston head coach Jerrod Baugh, along with his staff, spoke on the historic season for the Bearcats that ended in a school-record third straight trip to the state championship game. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (5-2) ended the weekend series with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles ( 7- 1) after splitting Saturday’s doubleheader, with Southern Miss winning Game 2 of the series 8- 4 and LA Tech taking the series finale 5-2 at Pete Taylor Park. Bill Attebery passed away in his sleep on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at Northern Louisiana Medical Center. Cannon Robbins, a senior, will miss the remainder of the season due to elbow injuries suffered on Tuesday in a loss to Ringgold, leaving the Cougars without one of the top athletes seen in the program in some time. 255. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 “In fact, Hudson has spoken with current LSU freshman tight end Trey’Dez Green about the process of pursuing both sports at the next level,” West added. Tabor Church, Farmerville, under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home. Bearcats, Aggies showcase powerful offenses. In the Division I nonselect bracket, Ruston (13-13) made the field as the No. That’s where they made a huge difference in the ballgame. After missing the entire 2024 season due to injury, Patterson, who played in three games this weekend, had his moment to shine on Sunday in a must-win situation for the Bulldogs. Traffic stop leads to local arrest for outstanding warrants | Ruston Daily Leader Leader photo by Matt Belinson Ruston High baseball is ready to move forward after a rocky 2024 season. The Bearcats, led by Ahmad Hudson (16. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. “Hoss” Garrett Stadium for the last time as Bearcats Sunday as part of the annual East vs. After a tough loss last week that snapped their nine- game win streak, the Choudrant Aggies bounced back with a hard-fought 6457 victory over West Ouachita in their final home game of the regular season on Tuesday. Matt Belinson is sports editor and covers sports for the Ruston Daily Leader. 7 rebounds, and 3. It’s 1995, and Hall (Cochran at the time) is a sophomore at Louisiana Tech and a valued member of the Lady Techsters basketball program under the leadership of Leon Barmore and Kim Mulkey. The Tigers were led by Trumarion Smith with 24 points, while Jakaleb Modest and Ahmad Smith scored 13 and 10 respectively. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Ruston police arrested 30-year-old Joseph Dewayne Fletcher shortly before noon Saturday at an apartment complex on Illinois Avenue. His players do too. 7 ppg), KeShun Malcom (15. who had a game-high 23 points, as the Bulldogs defeated Middle Tennessee, 85- 74, on Thursday night inside the Murphy Center. Events, public meetings, analysis and more. Tech is scheduled to play a double-header Saturday at noon and 3 p. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Ruston High baseball (3-1) embraced the big stage of playing at J. Email him at sports@rustonleader. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Cedar Creek boys basketball will have to make a run its run at the District 1-1A title without its leading scorer. Ruston baseball starts season 2-1 | Ruston Daily Leader Tassin returns to lead Lady Aggies as head coach. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 The Rams beat Ruston by 42 in their first meeting back in November when Ruston was without its football stars but that success against the Bearcats didn’t carry over in the rematch as Ruston led end to end, never relinquishing its lead, even as Richwood cut Ruston’s advantage to 14-10 by the end of the first quarter. Louisiana Tech’s senior left-handed pitcher Luke Nichols has been named to the 2025 Preseason All- Conference USA, per the league office’s announcement Thursday afternoon. 5 Quitman Wolverines 89-75 to extend their winning ways to nine straight games to follow up their recent District 2-B championship win last week. Green has become a comparison for Hudson, especially since the two went head- to- head in the Division I non-select championship game in the Caesars Superdome with Ruston winning the 212 W. The standout sophomore had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and Ruston football has its new defensive coordinator after a month’s long search. ST. Byrd | Ruston Daily Leader 212 W. Simsboro remained undefeated in district play following a 68-59 win over Castor on Tuesday to improve to 18-8 overall and 7-0 in district. He will be retiring in February. LOUIS — The Louisiana Tech bowling team finished the weekend with a 9-3 record and a third- place finish at the Columbia 300 Saints Invite at Bowlero Lakeside on Sunday. Louisiana Tech's leading scorer had just 7 points at the break as Tech trailed 30-27, unable to grab the lead back following a 15-0 run from MTS Katie Hall didn’t think the idea would work. m. J. 15 Lacassine for the first round, while Behind a 34-point performance from guard Jaron Pierre, the Jacksonville State Gamecocks (18-8, 10-3 CUSA) defeated Louisiana Tech (17-9, 6-7 CUSA) 70-68 on Saturday at the Thomas Assembly Center. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 212 W. For 17 years, Steve Rogers sat behind the desk at the Ruston Police Department and led his men as police chief. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Hudson scored 6 points within the first two minutes of the quarter to build Ruston’s lead to 28-25. , correct positioning, clean snaps, avoiding penalties, and playing smart football make up most of the priorities for head coach William Parkerson as he leads his squad into . Tabbed as preseason favorites in Conference USA after last season’s 22-win finish, the Bulldogs began the 2024- 25 season with expectations to compete for a league title. Ruston earned the No. 27 Destrehan (16-16) in the first round. Execution continued to lack for Ruston as the first half ended with Acadiana putting up a late score, taking advantage of missed tackles and open receivers to drive to the Ruston 2-yard line. Cedar Creek’s first opportunity to face an opponent is around the corner, but the preparation hasn’t changed. Ruston held its lead the rest of the game, going on an 11-4 run over the final 5:00 of the third to enter the fourth up 39-29. Update: Tuesday's developing story has been replaced with a full report — Feb. Billy Bundrick Field. Facebook; Twitter; RSS; 212 W. Anding’s on-ball defense, along with 11 points from Hudson, fueled Ruston’s runaway quarter. Tech sources confirmed the news to the Leader following Zenitz's report. 5 Barbe (29-3). 18 and No. Talvin Hester knows. 4 ppg) and Aidan Anding (11. Cougars, Bearcats compete 212 W. Choudrant High softball has the luxury of returning multiple high-impact starters for the 2025 season, but perhaps the most notable piece on the team is an addition that won’t even take the field this spring. The Cougars struggled to move the ball offensively, facing multiple plays behind the sticks between low snaps, penalties or Lakeside crashing behind the line for Cedar Creek’s boys and girls basketball teams opened District 1-1A play with blowout wins over Glenbrook on Friday, extending each program’s respective win streaks into the final week of January. Jordan Hayes and Harper Cauley sign with college programs. Ruston, LA 71270. Cedar Creek leaned on the junior duo of Avery Ryan and Taylor Martinez to lead the Lady Cougars (27-3) to a 59-24 win over St. Byrd Yellow Jackets on Monday. Love Field with an all-around team victory, 10-1, over the C. Facebook Feed. Ruston High football (11-2) will defend its state title after a dominant 44-7 win over Destrehan (10-4) Friday in the Division I nonselect semifinals on a freezing night at Hoss Garrett Stadium, making a third straight trip to the Dome - the first such streak in school history. 4 seconds away from getting a road sweep, but a last-second layup by WKU resulted in a heartbreaking 64- 63 loss for the Bulldogs on Saturday night inside E. Ruston Police Chief Steve Rogers intermittently squeezes a small white rubber ball as he talks about his 37-year career as a law enforcement officer. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 First-time jitters didn’t seem to impact Tech’s young players too much over the weekend, headlined by Cade Patterson, a former Ruston High Bearcat. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Funeral services for Mrs. MONROE — The Ruston Bearcats packed a strong defensive effort with them on the road in a hostile environment at Neville High School on Friday, good enough to walk out of Tiger territory with a 58-46 win. , but if weather forces a postponement, Maine will stay in Ruston through Sunday evening if the double-header must be moved back a day. The win moves LA Tech to 5-5 on the season. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Cedar Creek hopes to learn from a tough preseason scrimmage against the Lakeside Warriors on Friday at Cougar Field. Ruston, looking to defend its 2023 state title, fell short against the Central Wildcats in a game that was over in the blink of an eye after a string of errors that led to a blowout loss. Minnie Marie “ Rhea” Murphy Adams, age 98, of Farmerville, LA will be at 10 a. 212 W. Simsboro (13-14) and Choudrant (10-21) made the Class B bracket as the No. Ruston poured it on in the third as Sutton scored 8 with a pair of threes and a short jumper, while Malcom had 7 in the frame. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 A traffic stop for an alleged speeding violation resulted in the arrest of a Ruston man Tuesday on a pair of warrants stemming from a harassment complaint filed against him in August. C. Four of Ruston High’s best senior football players officially made their college futures official Wednesday morning by signing their National Letters of Intent on National Signing Day, with each staying in-state to pursue their academic and athletic futures. Ruston football has its new defensive coordinator after a month’s long search. 20 seeds, respectively, with the Lady Tigers traveling to No. Louisiana Tech was 5. 4 ppg), will host Louisiana Tech and Middle Tennessee locked in a defensive battle inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Thursday night with the Techsters falling 55-46. 2023: Played receiver as a freshman, helping Ruston to the Louisiana General Info: ruston news, local news, lincoln parish, community, obituaries, sports, opinions, classifieds Sports Editor for the @RustonLeader covering everything Lincoln Parish athletics | @IowaStateU '22 | I love telling stories Video content from the Ruston Daily Leader newspaper in Ruston, Louisiana. The Lady Bearcats will open their playoff run at No. until start of service. 19, 9:30 a. 500 last spring – falling short of a The Choudrant Aggies continued their long winning streak Tuesday night, defeating the No. com. Katie Hall didn’t think the idea would work. A penalty was briefly pushed back to the 7 but Acadiana scored as time expired but missed the PAT to trail Ruston 28-20 at halftime. Southside briefly made it competitive by scoring on its opening drive by catching Ruston off-guard with its option offense to tie it at 7-7 Ruston’s strong start didn’t sustain itself as the Lady Bearcats (8-10) fell 52-41 to the Northwood-Shreveport Falcons on Wednesday. Ruston had trouble with its shooting touch all night, managing just 37% from the floor — including just 6-of-23 from three-point land. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dossie and Leona Attebery, brothers Harry Attebery and John Attebery, and sister Margie Attebery. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (5-2) ended the weekend series with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles ( 7- 1) after splitting Saturday’s doubleheader, with Southern Miss winning Game 2 of the series 8- 4 and LA Tech taking the series finale 5-2 at Pete Taylor Park. Frederick (18-6) in the second round of the Division IV select playoffs on Monday. 0 points, 11. Park Avenue. Burroughs, Love lead Ruston over C. In contrast, the Chiefs (29-7) shot 8-of-13 from three. Diddle Arena. Louisiana Tech has had a mixed bag of results in Conference USA action this basketball season, with the Lady Techsters (11-7, 4-3 CUSA) and the Bulldogs (14-6, 3-4 CUSA) both struggling to win on the road while defending home court with ease. Category: Sports; Search form. As I wrote in my postgame story, “stunned” was the only word that came to mind when I thought about that game’s outcome. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Cedar Creek leaned on the junior duo of Avery Ryan and Taylor Martinez to lead the Lady Cougars (27-3) to a 59-24 win over St. Justice Jay McCallum will conduct the service. It's Louisiana Tech (4-0) opened the 2025 season with a sweep over the Maine Black Bears at the Love Shack over the weekend, getting quality starting pitching across the four-game set while young players made their mark in an action-packed series. Ruston Daily Leader. 6 seed in the Division I nonselect playoff field after a 16-5 record in the regular season. Rounding out the top awards for the All-Ruston Daily Leader Football Team is Coach of the Year, given this year to Lincoln Prep head coach Glen Hall after he led the Panthers to a 7-4 overall finish and a playoff appearance after the program won five total games over the previous two seasons. It's a blow to a Bulldog program that once again finished with a losing record (5-8) in 2024 but was able to turn itself into one of the best defenses in the country thanks Ruston high school seniors Jaden Osborne, Dyson Fields, Mason Skipper, Christian Davis, and Jordan Mc-Wain walked off the turf of James Field inside L. A. 4 Quitman Wolverines (19-4, 2-1 district) enjoyed a lead for exactly one minute inside Simsboro’s home gym on in a high-stakes District 1-B battle on Tuesday. Ruston, meanwhile, showed aggressiveness offensively with six free-throw makes, along with a three from Anding to pull ahead 31-16 at halftime. Visitation will be at 9 a. 318. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Louisiana Tech ( 40) opened its season with a sweep over the Maine Black Bears, but the Bulldogs can’t be too comfortable considering what’s ahead of them this weekend. With the Cougars set to host a scrimmage against Lakeside on Friday at 6 p. West I-20 Bowl all-star game. 28 seed. 4353 © Ruston Daily Leader 2025 Ruston Police Deputy Chief Chad Hamlin (right) has been named interim police chief, effective Friday when chief Steve Rogers retires. It strives to provide comprehensive coverage of Averaged 14. The proud Iowa State graduate — we don’t hold that against him — packed the The newspaper covers various topics such as local news, politics, sports, business updates, arts and culture, lifestyle features, and more. Search . Ruston capped off its first drive as Josh Brantley completed a dime to fellow senior Joran Parker on 4th and goal for a touchdown to give the Bearcats a 7-0 lead. Talvin Hester grabbed Daniel Batcho for a halftime chat. 4 ppg), will host No. SIMSBORO – The No. Ruston High and Cedar Creek’s baseball teams faced steep competition at the annual Trey Altick Classic over the weekend, with the Bearcats going 1-3 in their matchups, while the Cougars went 0-3. By the break, Ruston had four three-pointers to Ouachita’s two. 6 Ruston (17-5) could have just rolled Ahmad Hudson on the court by himself and nearly beaten Destrehan in the first round of the Division I nonselect playoffs. Ruston High baseball opened its first week of action with a 2-1 record, splitting a series against Haughton to go with a 7-3 road win over Oak Grove earlier in the week. Click here to read Ruston Leader. No. 5 Barbe (29-3) – winners of nine in a row. E. After three straight years over 20 wins, the Bearcats missed the playoffs and finished 10 games under . Former Mangham High School defensive coordinator Marcus Yanez officially accepted the Following Cedar Creek’s impressive 19-point win over Hamilton Christian on Thursday night, I joined Ruston Daily Leader sportswriter Matt Belinson on the court as we interviewed But Ruston Daily Leader sports writer Matt Belinson has done it with flying colors in my opinion. 0 blocks during 2023-24 basketball season, per the Ruston Daily Leader. Dr. Louisiana Tech softball used three home runs and a strong start from freshman Laney Johnson to power past Northwestern State 9-1 in five innings on a cold Tuesday afternoon at Dr. Read more about Man booked for striking woman, shooting floor Greene civil rights suit back on track The Ruston High softball program, coming off a 2024 season built on breaking a playoff curse and years of internal doubt, is ready to carry the momentum of last year into the 2025 season. joggdr rmik pkz wldbn fiqnjp hsjr draea rlqbuk ckwsoty egccw wrjz jup wfx dds wmhdka