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Entering the 2024 season Washington-Marion looks to Bounce back after a rough 2023 season only going 1-9. Although they have started the season 1-2 the Charging Indians look to turn things around and hopefully make a playoff birth. The Charging Indians look to turn things around this week with their game against St. Louis Catholic. First-year head coach of the Charging Indians came to talk about how he plans to turn things around.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The DeRidder Dragons are coming off a hard-fought game against Newton as they came away with the 46-36 victory in the high-scoring affair, now they’re looking to build off that win and continue to show progress against Westlake. “Just overall I think we’ve progressed...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Week Four of the 2024 prep football season is upon us, and we have seven games between two local teams, including our Game of the Week, DeRidder at Westlake. The Westlake Rams are 3-0 for the second consecutive season, while the DeRidder Dragons are 2-1...

Having already had one interception at the goal line Saturday night, Boogsie Silvera searched for a second. However, the McNeese State safety came up short in his efforts…literally. Alcorn State wide receiver Tryan Warren used all his 6-foot-4 frame and long arms to outleap the 5-11 Silvera in the end zone’s back corner. The play […]

Gridiron Football Player of the Week: Iowa High School (Iowa, LA) 2025 ATH Jonathan Walker Jr.: 19,863 votes. In the closest battle in the history of the Gridiron Football Player of the Week poll, it was won by Iowa High School (Iowa, LA) 2025 RB/WR Jonathan Walker Jr., who made a surging comeback to win this week’s Gridiron Football Player of the Week. It was a deserving performance on the field as well as the Yellow Jackets went on the road and won a tough game 45-35 over Parkview Baptist. Walker played a huge role in the victory not only on offense, but on defense as well. In the game, he had 14 carries for 127 yards and 2 TDs along 2 catches for 45 yards on offense and on defense, he had 5 tackles, 2 PBUs, and 1 INT to help secure the win in which his effort was needed all over the football field.

The Weber State Wildcats are expected to come out on top in their matchup against the McNeese Cowboys at 8:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 28, according to our computer projection model. If you’re seeking additional predictions on the final score, spread, and point total, we’ve got you covered below.

There is no question the Cowboys are better than a year ago, how much better we may find out Saturday night. McNeese State begins the first of four straight road games with their longest trip of the season, a flight to Ogden, Utah for a showdown with No. 25 Weber State  Kickoff inside Stewart Stadium […]

Barbe is 0-3 against Carencro since September of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Barbe Buccaneers will be playing at home against the Carencro Bears at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

The Cowboys hope out of sight doesn’t mean out of mind. McNeese State’s football team will be gone for the next five weekends due to a poorly put-together schedule. No block parties, no tailgating and no chance to build on the momentum of three home wins. Nice work, Southland Conference. While it’s not all the […]

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For the second straight week and third time on the season, a McNeese Cowboy has picked up Southland Conference Player of the Week honors when Cody Smith garnered special teams honors following Saturday’s win over Alcorn State. A redshirt freshman from Baker and a Zachary High School product, Smith...

The Sulphur Golden Tors will take on the Sam Houston Broncos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sulphur is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 34 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Vandebilt Catholic on Friday. They lost 28-6 to the Terriers. The loss was the Golden Tors' first of the season.

On Saturday, September 21st, the Alcorn State University (ASU) Braves (0-0, 1-3) faced off against the McNeese State University (MSU) Cowboys (1-0, 3-2) at Cowboy Stadium in Lake Charles, Louisiana which ended in a 42-14 loss for the Braves. The Cowboys came out strong against the Braves’ defense early in...

LAKE CHARLES – McNeese Baseball garnered national recognition as D1Baseball ranked the Cowboys 88thin its latest Top 100 College Baseball Program rankings done on a biennial basis. Started in 2015, the D1Baseball staff ranks the Top 100 programs they believe are in the best shape over the course of...

The McNeese State University rodeo team is hosting the McNeese Cowboy Classic that includes its 69th annual rodeo in the Burton Coliseum Oct. 24-27. All Proceeds from the events go towards scholarships, travel and supplies for the rodeo student-athletes. The McNeese rodeo team will host its annual Halloween Costume Rodeo on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. at the Burton Complex Outdoor Arena. Rodeo athletes will compete in costume in classic events like team roping and goat tying and unique events like ladies’ steer riding and the chariot race. The team will be accepting donations at the door. On Friday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Buton Coliseum, rodeo teams from the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southern Region will compete. Tickets are $15 and are available at Burton Coliseum or through Ticketmaster, beginning Oct. 1. The rodeo will be in the coliseum this year instead of the outdoor arena to accommodate more fans. The Burton Coliseum has room for 6,000 spectators and Justin Browning, coach for the McNeese rodeo team, is hoping to fill every seat and raise $500,000. Events each night will include bareback riding, tie-down roping, breakaway roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, goat tying, team roping, barrel racing and bull riding. Competitors will include professional athletes who have competed at the National Finals Rodeo. Thirty minutes before each performance there will be mutton busting, where young cowboys and cowgirls ride a sheep. On Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. in the outdoor arena, there will be a goat tying event. This is a free event, but donations will be accepted at the door. Also on Saturday, in the coliseum at 2 p.m., the Dirty South Bull Riding Association will host a youth bull riding competition, featuring the best youth bull riders from across the South. Tickets are $10 at the door. On Sunday, at 10 a.m., there will be an open breakaway roping competition in the outdoor arena, and at 11:30 a.m., an open barrel racing competition in the coliseum. Both events are free, but donations will be accepted at the door.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Southeastern graduate midfielder Hannah McCord scored the only goal of Sunday night’s game against McNeese, capitalizing on a corner kick in the 42nd minute to open conference play with a win. The victory improved SLU’s record to 2-4-1, while McNeese fell to 3-7....