It took until the fifth week of the season, but the Woodlawn cross country team finally got to run on a dry course, and the results were spectacular. Every Woodlawn competitor turned in their best time of the season.  Twelve out of the eighteen that competed turned in career bests....

This is part one of a four part series highlighting the students named to represent Woodlawn High on the 2016 Homecoming Court. The junior maids will be spotlighted Tuesday, followed by the sophomore maids on Wednesday, and the freshman maid on Thursday. Nakavia Chapman Nakavia was born in Monroe, LA...

Yusra Chabayta '18 The Lady Panthers volleyball team hosted "The Rumble in the Jungle" tournament on Friday, September 23rd at Woodlawn High School; matches started at 4:00pm, with new games beginning every 50 minutes until 8:10pm, when the last games of the night began. They continued playing matches on Saturday, September 24th,...

Lillian Khemmanyvong ‘17 The Woodlawn Panthers suffered a tragic loss to the St. Amant Gators last Friday by the score of 58-0. St. Amant is ranked number eleven in the latest 5A polls and outmatched the Panthers in every phase of the game. The team worked to keep up with the Gators but...

Elizabeth Roquemore ‘18 Woodlawn High School is finally bringing back tennis! Ms. Bailey, one of the Woodlawn English teachers, is going to be coaching the new team. Because Ms. Bailey played tennis herself, she decided to organize a team and would love to share the sport with interested students. Tennis,...

Rebeca Aguilar ‘18 Tonight, Wednesday, September 28th, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Woodlawn JROTC is going to have a Family Night in which they will promote students from last year to their new positions. Colonel Keys said, “This is [their] second year bringing back this Family Night event. Parents, friends,...

Destiny Brooks ‘18 This year’s homecoming is coming up and there’s been a lot of questions about it. When is the dance? What will the theme be? Who are the nominees for queen? When is the game? Well your questions are about to be answered. On Tuesday, September 27th, the...

Never has there been a more appropriate name for a race than the Battlefield Cross Country festival held at the state historic site in Port Hudson, Louisiana. Along with fierce competition from 20 other schools in the region, many runners find the course itself to be the most formidable enemy...

One year ago, Coby Sanchez found himself being passed by dozens of runners only one mile into a three-mile race at the Battlefield Cross Country Festival in Port Hudson. The harder he pushed, the greater the pain. Eventually Sanchez had to stop and be carried off the course on the...

Lillian Khemmanyvong ‘17 Woodlawn defeated Lafayette Friday night for their first victory of the season by the score of 49-31. The Panthers took an early lead when senior running back Javin Myers scored on the opening kickoff, running the ball 97 yards into the end zone. Jacob Barnes added the extra...

A wet race course usually equals a slow race. But don’t tell that to the 2016 Panther Cross Country team. Saturday, at a very soggy Highland Road Park, the boys and girls competed in the LSU Invitational Cross Country meet. It was a huge day for Woodlawn as Senior Khidhr...