NATCHITOCHES – Tioga’s trailblazing high school sports administrator and successful basketball coach Kathy Holloway, who became a national icon in prep sports, is the 2026 winner of the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award presented by the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. The first female president of the Louisiana High School Coaches Association and of the National High School Athletic Coaches Association, Holloway has retired but continues to serve her community, the

NATCHITOCHES – Vastly accomplished sportswriters New Orleans native Gil LeBreton and John James Marshall of Shreveport have been selected for the 2026 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. The duo will be inducted June 27 in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, LSWA president John Marcase and Hall of Fame chairman Doug Ireland announced Wednesday. Both LeBreton and Marshall have been broadly acclaimed by the LSWA and nat

By: Jackson Reyes Written For the LSWA The Dunham School quarterback Elijah Haven entered the 2025 season with his eyes set on winning a Division III select state championship.   After falling short in the state title game last year, the junior guided the Tigers to a 13-1 record and their first championship since 2004.    Haven put up massive numbers and shattered state records along the way to the ring. He set single-season state records for passing touchdowns (62) and total