Robin Fambrough

4 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Robin Fambrough

After some debate, the LHSAA executive committee granted a request from the state’s basketball coaches that will allow teams to play two tournaments during a week in order to alleviate conflicts with holiday tournaments. The change won’t add more games for teams, who are limited to 34 for boys and girls teams in Class 5A to 1A.

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Robin Fambrough

With a coveted spot in Stephen F. Austin’s flight school and a bowling scholarship locked in, Dutchtown’s Sydney Lee figured her college career plans were set. That changed Thursday when SFA announced it is eliminating four sports — including bowling. “It happened around 1 o’clock,” Lee said. “The coach went into a meeting at around 9:30 a.m. and the administration just shocked her. She did not expect that at all.

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Robin Fambrough

Think a 29-year-old does not have enough experience to be a head football coach on the Class 4A level? Terry Minor disagrees. And more importantly, so does West Feliciana. The Saints announced they have hired Minor as their new head coach on Tuesday. Minor was the offensive coordinator at Catholic High the last two years. “I am just like these kids,” Minor said. “I actually grew up in this town (St. Francisville) and I also had the ability to develop outside of it.

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Robin Fambrough

It was a storybook season for Tami McClure and the Zachary High girls basketball team. Sometimes, the story behind the story is better. McClure summed it up herself after the Broncos defeated Parkway in the Division I nonselect final. It was the school’s first girls basketball title in 98 years. And more. "I only have a son, so these are my daughters," McClure said. "I'm tough on them. I'm old school. But I want them to be amazing women when they leave this school. "I've done this before.

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Robin Fambrough

As a senior teammate in two sports, Eason Jarreau watched The Dunham School’s Elijah Haven develop into a star from a front-row seat. He could provide glowing stories about big plays, but Jarreau said something else makes the Tiger sophomore special. “It’s been amazing to watch Elijah grow,” Jarreau said. “From the time he was in eighth grade and played varsity basketball with us, you could see he was a star. “Then he started getting all these honors and awards.