King Kat tournament on the Red River next month

King Kat is coming to Natchitoches to hold one of its 2024 Signature Series Tournaments on the Red River. The tournament is held April 11-13. Public weigh-ins take place Friday, April 12 at Grand Ecore Boat Launch, and the final weigh-in is Saturday, April 13,on the Natchitoches Riverbank.

Energetic Demons attack day one of spring practice

Blaine McCorkle was a happy football coach Monday afternoon – one surrounded by players who shared the same emotion.

Scholarship

Demons fall in series finale at Louisiana Tech

The Northwestern State baseball team started slowly Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series at Louisiana Tech.The homestanding Bulldogs, however, broke quickly from the gates and completed a three-game sweep of the Demons with a 15-5, eight-inning victory at J.C.

Records set on strong day at Louisiana Classics

The Northwestern State track and field teams set four conference, facility or national records, highlighting its showing at the Louisiana Classics on Saturday on the campus of UL Lafayette.

Demons break out bats to beat Louisiana Tech

After a tough weekend on the road, the Demons returned to the familiar confines of Brown-Stroud Field and to a revitalized offense that posted three multi-run innings to pace an 11-5 win against Louisiana Tech that snapped a five-game losing streak.

Faith is what led N-Club Hall of Famer Danny Bob Turner

Four triples in four consecutive at-bats across a doubleheader. A white circle with his No. 7 on the outfield wall at Brown-Stroud Field. The first All-American in Northwestern State baseball history.

Sports Shorts

NCHS FootballNatchitoches Central High football coach Jess Curtis announced Thursday he is leaving after one season with a 2-8 record. He is moving to take over as head coach at Southside High School in Youngsville near Lafayette.

All-Defensive Team

First-year Northwestern State head men’s basketball coach Rick Cabrera spent most of the year extolling Chase Forte’s onball defensive ability. As it turns out, he was not the only one.

Demons taken down in first-round of Southland Conference tournament

When halftime of its first-round Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament game arrived Sunday night, sixth-seeded Northwestern State was in a good place.The Demons had held No. 7 seed Texas A&M-Commerce to under 35 percent shooting and had a sevenpoint lead.