LHSAA Cross Country State Championship Meet
The LHSAA State Cross Country Meet was held on Monday morning at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. Glenbrook, Lakeside, and Doyline all sent representatives. To qualify for the state cross country meet, a school team (must consist of 5 runners or more) must finish in the top 8 at their Regional meet or a runner must finish in the top 25. These meetings took place on November 7.
Glenbrook girls qualified for the state meet after finishing 7th at the Region 1 Division 4 meet. The Lady Apaches’ top runner at the regional meet was Emerson McLelland who finished 20th. Laurie Kilgore finished in 26th. Emma Garner, Lela Margaret Miller, and Peyton Malone rounded out the scoring for the Lady Apaches at the regional meet. The Lady Apaches finished 18th in the Division IV state meet. Kilgore was the top runner for Glenbrook with a time of 24:39.37 and finishing 78th out of 150 runners. McLelland finished 94th. Garner, Miller, and Malone rounded out the scoring at state.
Glenbrook boys have sent their team with an 8th-place finish at the Region 1 Division 4 meet. Trent Clemons gave the Apaches a top-10 performance at regionals finishing 9th with a time of 18:03.52. Brody Walker was the next Glenbrook runner to cross the finish line in 35th. Hunter Shipp, Nolan Malone, and Reed Blake added points for the Apaches at the regionals meet. The Apaches finished in 24th place at the state meet. Clemons was the top Apache runner placing 35th. Malone, Walker, Blake, and Shipp rounded out the scoring for Glenbrook.
Doyline’s Zach Mareno finished 9th with a time of 19:17.39 to qualify for the state meet at Division 5 Region 1 meet in Ruston. Mareno finished 78th at Northwestern State on Monday morning in the Division 5 state championship.
Lakeside’s Luke Mandino also qualified via the Division 4 Region 1 meet with 21st place. Mandino finished 87th at the Division 4 state championship on Monday.
Three Local Athletes Sign College Commitments
Three local diamond athletes will continue to play at the next level. Glenbrook’s Easton Sanders signed to play baseball at Louisiana Tech. Doyline hurler Noah Spears committed to become a Northwestern State Demon pitcher. Minden’s Leigha Gilbert signed on to buck the competition in softball in Magnolia at Southern Arkansas University.
Basketball
The Doyline Panthers and Lady Panthers are still the only teams that started basketball for the season. The Panthers hosted and won the Jimmy Stewart Memorial over the past weekend. Doyline (6-1) defeated Providence and Summerfield to take the title. The Lady Panthers (1-6) came up short against Family Community and Providence in the tournament.
Lakeside and Minden started basketball with jamboree matchups at Minden High on Friday night.
Boys
Monday, November 11
Stanley 83, Doyline 54
Tuesday, November 12
Doyline 69, Evans 36
Thursday, November 14
Doyline 66, Providence 36
Friday, November 15
Doyline 59, Summerfield 55
Girls
Monday, November 11
Stanley 60, Doyline 18
Tuesday, November 12
Evans 61, Doyline 15
Thursday, November 14
Family Community 59, Doyline 45
Friday, November 15
Providence 57, Doyline 20
Soccer Season Kicks Off For Minden
Minden kicked off their soccer season last week. Minden boys took the 2-1 win over Parkway. The Lady Tiders shut down North Caddo 2-0 in their opening win.