Southland Conference postpones fall sports
Maggie Tregre, Staff Reporter
August 13, 2020
After weeks of speculation and uncertainty, the Southland Conference announced that all fall sports will be postponed. The Southland Conference Board of Directors decided that football, volleyball, women’s soccer and cross country will not participate in any league competitions in the fall of 2020. Inst...
Adeyemi-Berglund selected third to Stampeders
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
May 15, 2020
Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund, Canadian native from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, did something a university football player has never done before. Adeyemi-Berglund was the first-ever Lion selected in the Canadian Football League, drafted to the Calgary Stampeders in the first round with the third overall pick...
Lions promote Lachney to interim defensive coordinator for 2020 season
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
April 4, 2020
After the sudden departure of defensive coordinator Lance Guidry to Florida Atlantic University, the Lions were left with a hole in the defensive coordinator position on its coaching staff. Head football coach Frank Scelfo decided to stay in-house and promote linebackers coach Chris Lachney to interim ...
Football commit fatally shot just weeks after signing on with the university
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
March 10, 2020
On Sunday Feb. 23, it was announced that university football commit Terry Delaney was murdered on the 3340 block of O’Neal Ln. in Baton Rouge. Delaney was 17 years old and chose to sign with the university on Feb. 5 to play on the defensive line. The 6’3, 317 pound strong side defensive lineman...
Hammond vs. Ponchatoula in Strawberry Stadium this Friday
Symiah Dorsey, Staff Reporter
November 6, 2019
Hammond High Magnet School’s football team is set to play against Ponchatoula High School at Strawberry Stadium on Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. The Hammond Tornadoes and the Ponchatoula Green Wave are considered athletic rivals within Tangipahoa Parish, and as a result, the game attracts attention from...
Lions move into second place with win over Stephen F. Austin
Maggie Tregre, Staff Reporter
November 6, 2019
The Lions football team emerged victorious over the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks with a 47-30 Southland win on Nov. 2 in Strawberry Stadium. Frank Scelfo, head coach, commented on both teams’ good efforts, including what he was proud of from the Lions’ performance on the field. “Give credit...
Football ranked in top 25 after win
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
September 10, 2019
For the first time since 2015, the university football team is ranked in the STATS FCS top 25 rankings. The Lions are sitting at No. 23 after knocking off then No. 6 Jacksonville State University 35-14 in the home opener on Aug. 29. Devonte Williams, a senior running back, shared how it felt to...
Lions prepared to take on Gamecocks
Annie Goodman, Editor-in-Chief
August 27, 2019
This weekend, the Lions football team will open the season against last season’s number one team in the Ohio Valley Conference. The game is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. in Strawberry Stadium. “I don’t have any concerns right now,” stated Frank Scelfo, football head coach. “Just...
Lions prepare for 2019 season
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
June 13, 2019
This year, the Lions will open up their season at home against Jacksonville State University on Aug. 29. With Jacksonville State’s impressive history - being ranked first in the Ohio Valley Conference since 2014 - Frank Scelfo expects the first game to be a tough one. “They truly have a great...
Personal development goes beyond the game
Prakriti Adhikari, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2019
Playing a sport and developing athletic abilities enables athletes to grow beyond just the field. Athletes get an opportunity to advance skills like leadership, maintaining trust and accepting failures and successes while learning to play a sport with their teammates. David DiPiazza, president of the men...
Summer preparations
Erica Welter, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2019
When the school year ends, many student athletes prepare for summer practice routines. Football players are among the student-athletes who practice during the summer months. Their workouts may vary in frequency and duration from regular season and from each other, but each athlete has goals and exerc...
A relationship rebuilt
Zachary Araki, Assistant Editor
May 7, 2019
In over a decade, the relationship between Lions football and the community began to grow again. In 1985, the football program was discontinued and entered an 18-year hiatus. Ken Kenelly, a 1975 alumnus, played on the Lions football team 1970-73 and later coached the team. He experienced the shift whe...
