Sports

Briarfield’s softball team played like the champs they are at home Monday afternoon, soundly defeating Riverdale Academy, 21-6. The Lady Rebels scored 12 runs in the first inning. Just about every single girl was hot at the bat that day. An error, a single by Aubree Jones, and a sacrifice bunt by Gracen Thornton extended the lead for Briarfield in the third and Riverdale never came close to the ending score.

Briarfield Varsity Football is off to a good start with a regular season record of 2-0. They came out of the gates strong away against Franklin Academy in game 1 and left with a 54-0 victory. Game two at home against Deer Creek was expected to be a tougher matchup, but again the home team had little trouble getting and staying on top.

Briarfield Academy dominated Riverdale Academy in its first game and forced a last minute tie against the Adams County Christian Varsity in last Thursday’s games. The Briarfield Rebels opened the scoring against Riverdale Academy in the bottom of the first thanks to two singles.

In a pre-season scrimmage last week, Briarfield’s latest group of footballers showed up and showed out. They played Porter’s Chapel and the host, Tallulah Academy, and came out on top in both matchups. “Anytime you can stick it to Tallulah,” said head coach Beau Travis, “it’s always a good day.”

The Sixth Judicial District Court had a short docket last week, but took pleas from three individuals on Thursday’s follow-up date. NaDandera Carter entered a guilty plea for second degree battery and was sentenced to six months. The six months were suspended and she was placed on probation for 18 months. She was also ordered to pay a fine of $2,500 and all court costs, payable at the rate of $100 a month with the first payment due on September 1.

Sage Raymond of Oak Grove, who just finished her junior year at Briarfield Academy, has earned a position on the Louisiana NationalHighSchoolRodeo Team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Rock Springs, Wyoming, July 14-20 to compete in breakaway roping.

Briarfield Academy staff and parents, along with the staff of the Lake Providence Country Club, honored the 2023-24 Briarfield Academy Rebel basketball team with a special ring ceremony. The Rebels won the State Championship at the MAIS Tournament, finishing the year with a 24-3 record.

Briarfield is typically big winners and spring sports and this year is no different. The baseball team made it to playoffs and the track teams brought home district championship trophies for JV Girls and Boys and Varsity Girls and Boys.

In 1975, Briarfield boys basketball won the state championship in a down-to-the-wire shot coming from a player who hadn’t been slated to take it. The play had fallen apart, it landed in his hands, and the rest was history. The men on that team told the story to the Briarfield boys basketball team Thursday night before they headed to Marks, Mississippi, to claim the state championship title for the first time in 49 years.

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