Sports

By Ben Freeeman

On November 13, 1964, the small town of Logansport, Louisiana, was changed; never to be the same. Our local hero and football quarterback, Kenneth Harvey, was injured making a seemingly routine tackle, but forever paralyzed from the brain stem contusion injury. He would never walk again. In 2009, a group of friends, classmates, and coaches honored Kenneth with a celebration of his life and even erected a monument in his honor at the current site of the Tiger football field. Somehow, this still didn’t feel like enough.

Velocity Elite Softball 18U travel team is an organization that has a proud tradition of developing girls' softball skills as well as a history of fielding competitive girls that enjoy success locally, regionally, and nationally. Velocity Elite Softball is compromised of 15 dedicated athletes from DeSoto, Caddo, Webster, Bossier, and Franklin Parish. Velocity Elite Softball isholding a Hamburger Fundraiser on June 4, 2016 from 11am to 2pm at Community Bank of Louisiana Parking Lot - 211 Main Street in Logansport, to raise money to enable them to fully participate in local, regional, state, and national softball tournaments. Hamburger lunch includes Hamburger, Chips, Dessert, and Drink for $8.00. All proceeds will be given to Velocity Elite Softball to be used for tournament and umpire fees. 

Aiden Quinn and his family would like to thank everyone for supporting him in his first tournament. He participated in the Holiday in Dixie Championships in Shreveport during the month of April.

Coach Crystal Childress has announced the state qualifiers from Logansport High School. They include (l-r) Daisha Stephens, Lexi Smith, Dajah Gant, John Stephens, Emily Laenger, Alora Hall. Not pictured Braylen Wilson.