Sports

Sometimes even the best-scripted stories don’t have happy endings.

But that doesn’t mean they’re not fulfilling.

That was the case for Ruston High School graduate John L. Brown and his Dixie Youth Baseball “O” Zone All-Star team in the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series last week.

The South Carolina state champions went undefeated through their first five games before falling 6-3 Thursday night to the 12U allstar team from Montgomery, Alabama.

One question posed to Louisiana Tech soccer seniors Jaelyn Peeples and Stella Li during a recent sitdown interview was how many total hours they have spent at the Lady Techster Soccer Complex.

The two instantly looked at each other. After about 10 seconds of silence as their brains were calculating, “Is 300 too low?” asked Peeples. “Maybe 500,” Li said.