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Season begins with several key matchups

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

By: TONY MARKS Editor The college football season begins today for Southeastern Conference teams as the Missouri Tigers host Central Arkansas at Faurot Field. It is the first ever meeting between the schools. The game is at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network.

McNeese men’s basketball coach Bill Armstrong and the Cowboys will open up Southland Conference play on December 1st against Incarnate Word. (Photo courtesy of McNeese Athletics)

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MSU men’s basketball team unveils schedule

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Monday, August 18, 2025

By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III LSN Sports Editor LAKE CHARLES – The schedule for the first season of the Bill Armstrong era at McNeese has now been finalized, or at least the conference portion.

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Cowboys hold first football scrimmage of 2025 fall camp

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III LSN Sports Editor LAKE CHARLES -- The McNeese football team wrapped up its first scrimmage of fall camp under coach Matt Viator inside Navarre Stadium on Saturday. The offense was led by four different quarterbacks who had varied results.

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SBC Football 365 Preview - Louisiana

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

(Editor’s Note: The following article is courtesy of the Sun Belt Conference.) NEW ORLEANS — Following its seventh-straight Bowl Season appearance and its fifth Sun Belt West Division title over the past seven seasons, Louisiana will kick off its 2025 campaign on Saturday, August 30, when it hosts...

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LSU is ranked in Top 10 of first Coaches Poll

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

By: TONY MARKS Editor When the preseason Coaches Poll was released, the LSU Tigers found themselves in the top 10. LSU is ranked 9th in the poll. Three other SEC teams are ranked in the top 10. Texas sits atop the rankings and is followed by Ohio State.

The new stadium name is unveiled on the press box inside Navarre Stadium, the home of the McNeese Cowboys. (Photo courtesy of McNeese Athletics)

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McNeese unveils new stadium name in association with naming rights deal

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Thursday, July 31, 2025

By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III LSN Sports Reporter LAKE CHARLES – McNeese’s football stadium will have a new name. The Cowboys’ football stadium known by fans as “The Hole” will now be referred to as Navarre Stadium.

Sam Veillon, formerly of Sacred Heart, is pictured as he signs to play baseball at Louisiana Christian University during a ceremony held Wednesday, July 2. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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From a Trojan to a Wildcat

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Monday, July 7, 2025

By: TONY MARKS Editor Sam Veillon is taking his baseball talents to the next level. The Sacred Heart pitcher signed to play with Louisiana Christian University during a signing ceremony held Wednesday, July 2.

Artist Christopher Brown (left) presents artwork to Robert Soileau (right). The artwork commemorates Robert’s father George “Bobby” Soileau’s induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Carrying the flag

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

By: TONY MARKS Editor NATCHITOCHES — It may not be as good as when a priest, a pastor, and a rabbi walked into a bar, but did you hear the one about a gymnast, a boxer, a coach, a director, and a lineman going into the hall of fame?

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Marks earns three LSWA writing awards

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

NATCHITOCHES — Tony Marks, editor of the Ville Platte Gazette and sports editor of The Oakdale Journal, earned three awards in the 2024 Louisiana Sports Writers Association Annual Contest. The awards were presented on Sunday, June 29, in Natchitoches.

APRIL BURKHOLDER — Competed at LSU from 2003-06, graduating as the school’s most decorated gymnast and still ranking nearly two decades later among the elite in the program’s rich history. A 14-time All-American, she won 108 individual titles to set a school record, including the 2006 NCAA beam title with a score of 9.9125. (Photo courtesy of Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame)

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Burkholder’s dynamic days at LSU magnified support for powerhouse gymnastics program

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Monday, June 30, 2025

By: HARRISON VALENTINE Written for the LSWA Before there was Haleigh Bryant, Sarah Finnegan or Ashleigh Gnat, there was a 14-time All-American at LSU. An NCAA beam champion, and an SEC Gymnast of the Year, who was setting the foundation and helping vault LSU gymnastics into a perennial power.

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