Sports

Senatore earns SLC Offensive Player of the Week

There has yet to be a week this season where a Northwestern State player hasn’t earned a Southland Conference weekly honor.That streak continued, as Emily Senatore earned the SLC Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.

Strong defense leads NSU to shutout victory

Two first half goals in another offensive explosion lifted Northwestern State to a 3-0 victory at home against Grambling on Thursday evening at the Demon Soccer Complex.

Dove season to open statewide this Saturday

The 2025 dove hunting season begins Saturday, Sept. 6 statewide, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announces..Louisiana is divided into the North and South zones for dove season. The North Zone runs from Sept. 6-28, Oct.11-Nov. 16 and Dec. 20-Jan. 18, 2026.

High school football season gets rolling

There’s only one football contest to be played in Natchitoches Parish this weekend but that doesn’t damper the spirit of opening weekend for high school football.The Lakeview Gators open up the 2025 campaign by hosting Shreveport’s Booker T. Washington, a 4A school.

Klein leads runners at McNeese season opener

John Klein ran like he hasn’t missed a beat.The fifth-year senior led Northwestern State with a third-place finish out of 23 runners at the McNeese season opener on Friday evening to begin the cross country season.Klein ran a 15:31.

Northwestern State begins cross country season at McNeese season opener

The Northwestern State men’s and women’s cross country teams didn’t t have to travel too far when starting the season.The Demons and Lady Demons traveled to McNeese for the McNeese Season Opener on Friday. The women were set to run at 5:30 p.m. while the men started at 6 p.m.

Demons end 20 – game skid, down Acorn 20-10

The Northwestern State football team exploded out of the gates in its 2025 season opener against Alcorn State on Thursday night only to see its momentum momentarily delayed by a lightning delay that lasted longer than an hour.