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American Press
17-06-2025
- Sport
- American Press
Best are Broncos: Hebert, Mire get top honors on LSWA Class 5A all-state team
This year's winners of the annual Cagle Award are, from left, Hamilton Christian runner Kaleb Bigwood, Barbe pole vaulter Carter Hooks, Barbe runner Kennedi Burks and Washington-Marion jumper Taylar Brown. Bigwood and Burks are two-time winners. (Photos by Rodrick Anderson / American Press, Kirk Meche / Special to the American Press, to the American Press0 Sam Houston High School ended long state title droughts in baseball and softball and claimed half of the top honors on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 5A all-state teams. Sophomore Kailyn Mire is the 5A softball Most Outstanding Player, while head coach Chad Hebert is the baseball Coach of the Year. Mire had a remarkable first season as the Broncos' starting pitcher. She went 30-2 and led Sam Houston to its first state championship in a decade and sixth in program history. She showed her durability by pitching all but two outs this season with 110 strikeouts and 66 walks in 180 innings with a 1.63 earned run average. In the postseason, Mire was even better with a 0.78 ERA and led the Broncos to wins in three games decided by four or fewer runs. In the Non-select Division I state championship game, she pitched a three-hitter as the Broncos beat Dutchtown 3-2. Mire hit her lone home run at the right time with a two-run shot in the seventh inning to tie the Broncos' semifinal game against postseason rival St. Amant. Sam Houston won 5-3 in eight innings. After nine seasons and close calls, Hebert and the Broncos hoisted a state championship trophy for the first time since 2001. Sam Houston went 37-8 and became the lowest-seeded team to win the largest classification since Catholic-Baton Rouge won as the No. 21 seed in 2013. The No. 11 Broncos beat defending state champion West Monroe in the regional round, 12-time state champ Barbe in the semifinals and No. 1 seed Live Oak in three games in the championship series. They won 10 of 11 postseason games. Mire is joined by two teammates on the first team, sophomore catcher Layla Landry and senior third baseman and leadoff hitter Carolina Eidson. Landry (14) and Eidson (11) were part of the Broncos' powerful lineup that hit a combined 57 home runs. Landry drove in 57 runs and batted .500, while Eidson hit .495 with 42 RBIs, 58 runs scored and 27 extra-base hits. Also on the softball first team is Sulphur power-hitting, two-way player Pressy White. The senior hit 18 home runs, seven doubles and two triples while batting .520 with 47 RBIs. In the circle, she struck out 92 batters and had a 2.58 ERA. Two area players — Sam Houston's Cole Flanagan and Barbe's Jairus Miller — made the first team. Flanagan pitched a pair of two-hitters in the postseason and went 3-0, including a complete game to clinch a semifinal best-of-three series in two games at Barbe. Flanagan went 7-2 with a 2.10 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 531/3 innings. He batted .381 with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, 30 runs scored and 30 RBIs. Miller nearly finished the season with a perfect record until a 1-0 loss to Sam Houston in the semifinals. Miller was 13-1 with nine shutouts and allowed one run in three playoff starts. He had 126 strikeouts and 24 walks in 86 innings and a 0.41 ERA.
American Press
07-06-2025
- Sport
- American Press
All-Southwest La. Big Schools: Sam Houston sweeps top awards
S am Houston High School teams carved out paths to state championships and swept the top honors on the American Press All-Southwest Louisiana Big Schools teams. Cole Flanagan and Kailyn Mire were indispensable in their respective championship runs and are the MVPs. Baseball Tommy John surgery forced him to miss his junior season, but Flanagan flourished once he returned to the diamond. Pitching and playing center field, Flanagan led Sam Houston to its first state championship since 2001. Flanagan's command of multiple pitches helped the Louisiana-Lafayette signee go 7-2 with a 2.10 earned run average in 53 1/3 innings with 61 strikeouts and 16 walks. The marquee performance of his career came in the second game of a best-of-three semifinal series. He pitched a complete game two-hitter with five strikeouts and a walk to lead the Broncos to a 1-0 win over archrival Barbe and sweep the series. 'He has been a big leader as far as positivity goes,' Sam Houston head coach Chad Hebert said. 'He has been a big part of the lineup and showed a ton of composure throwing the way he did. He was able to limit the damage (in the postseason). 'At Barbe, he gave up two hits and no runs. Every time he had to make a pitch, he did and we made some plays around them.' Flanagan batted .381 with 30 runs, seven doubles, two triples, a pair of home runs and 30 RBIs. In the deciding third game of the Non-select Division I championship series, Flanagan went 3-for-4 and scored the tying run as the Broncos clinched the title with a 4-2 win. Softball While a sophomore, Mire showed poise all season and rarely left the circle, pitching all but two outs for the state champion Broncos. The right-hander tossed 180 innings with 110 strikeouts and 66 walks. She went 30-2 with a 1.63 ERA. She went 4-0 in the postseason and allowed three earned runs in 27 innings. '(Mire) has been phenomenal this entire season,' Domingue said. 'I think she gets overlooked a lot because she's not the strikeout pitcher. She's not throwing 65 miles an hour, but she has literally put this team on her shoulders and carried us. 'She changes speeds and forces weak contact. She might not strike you out every time, but she trusts the defense to make the plays.' Mire kept opponents baffled with a wide range of pitches and speeds. She pitched 10 shutouts and three no-hitters along with two one-hitters and six two-hitters. Mire showed her durability with 15 outings lasting seven or more innings. Not known for power hitting, Mire (.325 avg.) came up clutch in the semifinals when she hit a two-run home run, her first of the season, to send the game into extra innings. Coaches Sam Houston's Chad Hebert and Beth Domingue are the Big School Coaches of the Year. Domingue led Sam Houston to a 30-2 record, including a 28-game win streak to end the season, and the program's first state championship since 2015. The softball team owns six state championships, and Domingue has been a part of all of them as either a player (2000) or head coach (2011, '12, '13, '15, '25). Hebert had long sought to lead the Broncos to a state championship. In his nine seasons at the helm, the Broncos reached the state tournament seven times, losing in extra innings twice in the semifinals, plus a loss to Barbe in the finals in 2019. He guided the Broncos to a 37-8 record. As the No. 11 seed, they twice rallied to sweep defending state champion West Monroe on the road in the regional round and took out 12-time state champ Barbe in the semifinals in two pitchers' duels, 2-1 and 1-0. And they still had enough magic left over for the finals to beat No. 1 Live Oak in three games decided by two or fewer runs. Big Schools Baseball Pos. Player, School Cl. Statistics P Owen Galley, Sam Houston So. 8-2, 1.25 ERA, 51 Ks P Cole Flanagan, Sam Houston Sr. 7-2, 2.10 ERA, 61 Ks P Lawton Littleton, Barbe So. 10-2, 0.76 ERA, 111 Ks P Jairus Miller, Barbe Sr. 13-1, 0.41 ERA, 126 Ks C Hayden Lebleu, Iowa Sr. .341 avg., 6 HR, 40 RBIs INF Lucas Alexander, Iowa Sr. .390 avg., 5 HR, 29 RBIs INF Christian Wold, S. Beauregard Sr. .358 avg.,/6-1, 1.20 ERA INF Noah Fontenot, S. Beauregard Sr. .293 avg./9-2, 2.87 ERA INF Kash Martin, Westlake Sr. .381 avg., 2 HR, 23 RBIs OF Justin Lartigue, LC College Prep Sr. .394 avg., 2HR, 37 RBIs OF Tyler Dartez, Iowa Sr. 5-4, 44Ks, 1.91 ERA/.340 avg. OF Brody Anderson, Westlake So. .493 avg., 37 RBIs/ 6-2, 2.01 ERA UT Slade Shove-Knox, Sulphur Sr. 582/3 IP, 3-4, 44Ks, 29bb, 3.37 ERA UT Presley Courville, Barbe Sr. .492 avg., 3 doubles, 13 RBIs UT Bryce Cunningham, Leesville Sr. .375 avg., 21 RBIs/392/3 IP, 42 Ks UT Trace Moreaux, St. Louis Catholic Jr. 5-3, 2.18 ERA, 54 Ks UT Konnor Boudreaux, St. Louis Catholic Jr. .350 avg., 22 RBIs/261/3 IP, 2 Svs MVP — Cole Flanagan, Sam Houston COACH OF THE YEAR — Chad Hebert, Sam Houston Softball Pos. Player, School Cl. Statistics P Alya Stollsteimer, Iowa Sr. 19-9, 3.81 ERA P Kailyn Mire, Sam Houston So. 30-2, 1.63 ERA, 110 Ks P Mattie Fullington, St. Louis Catholic Fr. 8-1, 1.83 ERA, 139 Ks P Claire Mellard, Sulphur Sr. 7-7, 3.72 ERA, 91 Ks P Laila Roberson, DeRidder So. 12-8, 5.44 ERA, 142 Ks C Layla Landry, Sam Houston So. .500 avg., 14 HR, 57 RBIs INF Emma Venable, Jennings Sr. .522 avg., 8 HR, 34 RBIs INF Pressy White, Sulphur Sr. .520 avg.,18 HR, 47 RBIs/2.58 ERA, 92 Ks INF Carolina Eidson, Sam Houston Sr. .495 avg., 11 HR, 42 RBIs INF Elaina Newman, Westlake Jr. .580 avg., 42 RBIs, 54 runs OF Alivia Singletary, Iowa Jr. .426 avg., 5 HR, 30 RBIs OF Morgan Henry, Iowa Fr. .352 avg., 3 HR, 35 RBIs OF Camryn Jackson, S. Beauregard So. .365 avg., 6 HR, 32 RBIs UT Addi Daigle, S. Beauregard Fr. .506 avg., 5 HR, 33 RBIs UT Aubrey Portie, Sam Houston Jr. .494 avg., 14 HR, 49 RBIs UT Kylie Price, Jennings Sr. .433 avg., 32 RBIs, 34 runs UT Charlie Kyle, Sulphur So. .450 avg., 5 HR, 25 RBIs UT Ella Kay, Barbe So. .518 avg., 25 RBIs, 34 runs MVP — Kailyn Mire, Sam Houston COACH OF THE YEAR — Beth Domingue, Sam Houston
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Time of India
Iron rod impaled in stray dog's head, NGO facilitates surgery
1 2 3 Nagpur: In a shocking act of cruelty, an iron rod was found lodged in the head of a stray dog at Narhari Nagar–Shubhangi Nagar area, near Manewada-Besa Road, on Wednesday afternoon. The incident, which occurred around 1.30pm, has sparked widespread outrage among animal lovers and citizens alike. The dog, with the construction-grade metal rod pierced deep into its skull, was seen running around frantically in pain through the locality. Concerned residents alerted Save Speechless, a city-based animal welfare organization. Founder Smita Mire, along with her team, rushed to the scene and safely took the injured dog into custody for emergency medical aid. "This was not an accident — someone intentionally drove the construction rod into the dog's head," said Mire. "It was a horrifying sight. The rod had gone 2.25 inches deep, piercing near the brain. The moment our vets began the removal process, the dog started bleeding from the nose, indicating nerve trauma. Despite this, the surgery was successful." Mire added that when she arrived around 2pm, the dog was screaming in pain, bleeding profusely, and running helplessly. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Making history: These 5 timepieces set world records at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2025 CNA Read More Undo "Yet, it didn't attack or resist. It was just terrified and in agony. We managed to stabilize him post-surgery, but the next 48 hours are crucial for recovery," she said. The organization is preparing to file a formal police complaint under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. This comes close on the heels of another disturbing case in Sugat Nagar, where a man lured a dog with biscuits and then brutally beat it, breaking its limbs. That case, too, led to a police complaint.
American Press
25-04-2025
- Sport
- American Press
Broncos aces learns to work out of jams, Sam Houston hosts Live Oak in quarterfinals
Broncos aces learns to work out of jams, Sam Houston hosts Live Oak in quarterfinals Published 12:13 pm Friday, April 25, 2025 Sam Houston head coach Beth Domingue has a lot of confidence in sophomore pitcher Kailyn Mire. In one of the No. 1 Broncos' most difficult games, Domingue let Mire ride out early struggles and lead them to a win over Live Oak. She will send her out to the circle to face the No. 8 Eagles again with a trip to next week's Louisiana High School Athletic Association state softball tournament in Sulphur hanging in the balance. The Non-select Division I quarterfinal game will start at 5 p.m. today at Sam Houston High School in Moss Bluff. Email newsletter signup In that first meeting against Live Oak (21-13), Mire gave up nine runs in the first inning but allowed one more over the next six innings and the Broncos won 13-10 on a Chloe Peshoff walk-off three-run home run. 'As a sophomore taking that, that is a tough spot to be in,' Domingue said. 'She has been in those spots this year. We started pecking away. I feel like that was the first time we faced some real adversity.' While the Broncos' offense draws a lot of the spotlight with 53 home runs, Domingue said Mire has been steady and reliable all season. She has pitched all but two innings this season for the Broncos (27-2) and has a 1.75 earned run average in 160 innings. 'Kailyn has been phenomenal for us,' Domingue said. 'I feel like she gets overlooked by the way she wins. She has really done some great things for us. It is cool to see.' With 104 strikeouts to 59 walks, Mire is not a power pitcher but doesn't give opponents much to work with. She has allowed more than one earned run once in her last 12 starts. 'I think it is her pitch location,' Domingue said. 'She has done a really good job putting it where we wanted. 'She changes speeds and forces weak contact. She might not strike you out every time, but she trusts the defense to make the plays.' That first Live Oak game marked a season high in errors (5) for the Broncos. They committed no more than one error in nine of their last 12 games. 'Honestly, I feel like our defense has been pretty solid all year,' Domingue said. 'We have had some bumps in the road. All around the field, we are pretty defensively solid.' Domingue said she hasn't talked to the Broncos much about the state tournament or last season's 9-8 quarterfinals loss at St. Amant, preferring instead to stay focused on the moment. 'We have had that sour taste in our mouth,' Domingue said. 'That was a really tough loss. We haven't really talked about getting to Sulphur. 'We have talked about who is the next opponent. The only thing that matters is the next game. The only thing that matters is winning the next game and that is against Live Oak.' Elsewhere Oakdale (16-8) was the lone area team to reach the state tournament last year with its first run to the semifinals and wants to make it back-to-back trips. And it goes through Oak Grove again. The No. 5 Warriors travel to No. 4 Oak Grove (16-8) for a 4 p.m. Saturday Non-select Division IV quarterfinal game. Last year in Oak Grove, junior Ainslie Willis pitched a complete-game one-hitter with 15 strikeouts. She scattered four hits with eight strikeouts in the Warriors' 12-2 win over Merryville on Tuesday in the regional round. South Beauregard (17-15), DeQuincy (17-14) and Starks are trying to end long state tournament droughts. The Tigers last played in Sulphur in 2014 while the Panthers' last appearance was in 2015. Both will hit the road in the quarterfinals. Class C No. 7 Starks (14-5) plays No. 2 Northside Christian (12-7) at 5 p.m. today, while Non-select Division IV No. 9 DeQuincy plays top-seeded LaSalle (31- 3) at 5:30 p.m. South Beauregard has the longest state tournament drought of the three at 16 years. The Non-select Division III No. 10 Lady K's upset No. 7 Many with six home runs in the regional playoffs No. 2 Pine Prairie (27-3) for a 6 p.m. game. After losing at home as a four seed in the regional round in back-to-back seasons, Non-select Division III No. 6 Kinder (17-5) is one win from its first trip to the state tournament since 2022. The Yellow Jackets play at No. 3 Jena (25-7) at 5 p.m. The Giants were semifinalists in 2024 and '23. Featured Local Savings
BBC News
25-04-2025
- BBC News
Birmingham man jailed for rape and sexual abuse of children
A man has been jailed for 26 years for rape and a catalogue of sexual abuse against two Mire, 35, of Moat House Road, Birmingham, was found guilty of raping a child under 13, three counts of raping a teenage girl, assault by penetration, threats to kill, and actual bodily denied all of the charges but was found guilty following a trial. He was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday and also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Abbi-Louise Jackson, from West Midlands Police, said the details in this case "are truly horrendous". Police said they were contacted in August 2024 following reports of a girl being sexually assaulted. Officers carried out immediate enquiries, and Mire was later arrested. Following an investigation, police discovered Mire was responsible for a catalogue of abuse against two children dating back several Jackson said: "Those abused have shown immense courage in speaking out."From the initial report through to the trial, they have been incredibly brave."We encourage anyone who has suffered abuse to speak to us – we are here for you."You will be supported, and you will be believed." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
