Ali McCoy prepares for her senior season
Gabrielle Wood, Staff Reporter
February 16, 2020
The Lady Lions softball team is preparing for their upcoming 2020 season with player Ali McCoy ready to lead the team in her senior year. McCoy, a utility player from Maurepas, shared how she began playing softball when she was a child. “My mom and dad are the reasons that I got into softball,”...
Softball finishes fall season riding six-game win streak
Maggie Tregre, Staff Reporter
October 24, 2019
The Lady Lions softball team finished their Fall 2019 season of exhibition games with a 7-1 record. On Friday, Oct. 18, the university defeated Louisiana State University of Alexandria 8-0 and followed by a 9-4 victory over Jones County Junior College. Rick Fremin, head coach of softball, was proud...
Byerley steps in as new assistant softball coach
Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter
September 17, 2019
A new assistant coach has been hired to train the softball team. Jack Byerley was hired in July of 2019 to assist Rick Fremin, head coach of softball. Byerley started his coaching career from Robertsdale High School in Robertsdale, Alabama. During his time coaching there, the team won state championships...
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...
Lady Lions triumph
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
April 14, 2019
The Lady Lions softball team returned from a loss to take a 2-1 series win against Lamar University. The teams competed in North Oak Park on April 12-13. The wins improved the Lady Lions' overall record to 24-17. In the first game, Briahna Bennett, a freshman pitcher, hit a grand slam, and in the...
Lady Lions trounced by Warhawks
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
April 3, 2019
The Lady Lions softball team took on the University of Louisiana at Monroe Warhawks to a 4-3 loss. The teams faced off on April 2 at North oak Park. The Lady Lions did not put a run on the board until the 6th inning. With the loss, the Lady Lions fell to a 19-15 overall record. Rick Fremin, head...
Leaving Lion Classic II 6-6
Jacob Summerville, Staff Reporter
February 18, 2019
Gaining two wins and three losses through the 2019 Lion Classic II, the Lady Lions will go into next week's tournament with a 6-6 record. After their game against Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, Alley McDonald, a junior pitcher, explained that a weak offense led to the 2-1 loss on Sunday. "We...
Setting his sights on further improvement
Zachary Araki, Assistant Editor
February 5, 2019
Entering his fourth year as the softball head coach, Rick Fremin aims to continue the Lady Lions’ upward trajectory after setting school records for wins. Though Fremin initially aspired to be a college football coach, he started his softball coaching career at his former high school, Belle Chasse Hig...
Lions prepare for the 2019 spring season
Zachary Araki, A&E Editor
November 20, 2018
As fall season sports end, some teams look towards spring competition and a shot at championships. Baseball will begin its season against Louisiana Tech University on Feb. 15-17. The team follows a 37-22 record last season. Men’s and women’s basketball both began competing in November and will...
Transitioning to college sports
Zachary Araki, A&E Editor
November 13, 2018
Almost six percent of high school athletes compete at a National Collegiate Athletic Association school, according to the NCAA and face the next level in their athletic career. “So far, my transition into college has been a really good one,” said Sydney Rivers, a freshman forward on the women’s...
Athletes going from the bench to the action
Prakriti Adhikari, Staff Reporter
September 26, 2018
While a few players from different sports teams come into the light, there are a lot of players who put in an equal amount of hard work and practice on the field. Every sports team has a number of non-starting players who train with the team to prepare for opportunities to play. According to Rick...
Coaching opposite genders
Zachary Araki, A&E Editor
September 19, 2018
Coaches work to connect with their athletes to optimize their training, and gender differences can be one of multiple factors that stand in their way. Although minimal women coach male sporting teams, 58.8 percent of head coaches for women’s teams are men according to the University of Minnesota’s...
