Such a beautiful sight to see.

As soon as I was made aware that the SCAC Tournament would be hosted in the Gold Dome, I pictured us hoisting up that trophy in front of our home crowd. But before we get that deep let’s start with Friday.

Christmas Day has served as a staple for the NBA and its consumers for decades now. Like the NFL on Thanksgiving, fans look forward to marquee matchups between rival teams and stark competitors. This Christmas, the reigning champion Denver Nuggets matched up against the subtly-falling dynasty that is the Golden State Warriors. During a layover on the way to Shreveport from Las Vegas, I got the opportunity to tune into my Lakers getting whooped on by our archrival, that team in Boston . . .

College football has experienced a lot of drama over the past few week. The first weekend of December was Conference Championship weekend, where the top teams in every conference faced off against each other to be the last one standing at the top of their conference . . .

Both of my brothers play basketball and have played a myriad of other sports, including soccer, baseball, and track and field. Because of their involvement, I have listened to their pregame hype music many times, and I know many student-athletes here at Centenary also have their own pregame music that they use to get them in the zone. Below is a list of Centenary student-athletes’ favorite hype/walk-up songs! You can also find this list as a playlist on our Spotify!

Friday, December 1, 2023

-Men’s Basketball at Austin at 6:00 pm

-Women’s Basketball at Austin at 8:00 pm . . .

Homecoming week was kicked off Monday by our beloved Centenary Cheer Squad. Due to a rainy Sunday night, they were forced to move their performance from the Caf Deck to the inside of the Caf. They provided the Caf (if only for a single day) with an entertainment aspect that I hadn’t experienced at the Caf prior. It was nice to get a sneak peek at what our Cheer squad works so hard on; and the audible of turning the event indoors truly made for a memorable first impression on Homecoming Week. By Monday night . . .

Thirty-three years ago, Bill McCartney led the Colorado Buffaloes to a 10-9 victory over the formidable Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Orange Bowl, winning the school’s first — and only — National Championship in football. Just a couple of hundred miles away in Atlanta, the young two-sport phenom Deion Sanders was starting to make his name in the NFL and the MLB . . .

Recently, Zack Martin has agreed to a new, two-year contract worth 36 million dollars. This was after a holdout by Martin, wanting more than the 27.5 million he was set to collect from his original contract. He sat out of three weeks' worth of practice in order to become the third highest-paid guard in the league. Was this the right move by the Dallas Cowboys?

Kylie Comi was born in Rochester, New York and then moved to Texas where he attended middle school and high school. After graduating high school, Kyle wound up at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he became the only male on the Conglomerate Executive Committee . . .

Starting August 19th, Centenary’s football team will be playing for the first time since 1966. The team recently moved on campus and has started preparing for the upcoming season. I got the opportunity to talk to two members of the team: Braedon Board and Joshua Brown . . .

If you didn't get the opportunity to meet Alaina Owens before she graduated this May, then you missed meeting one of my favorite people. Alaina is one of the most welcoming, friendly, and funniest people. She has also served as the head of The Conglomerate's Public Relations this past year. Alaina has created beautiful graphics in her role and has managed our social media accounts wonderfully.

Our Centenary men's and women's golf team traveled to Kerrville, Texas, to represent us in the SCAC Conference Tournament. The players that qualified were freshmen Kaylee Roberts, Hahn Bridges, Jeff Borchert, sophomore Tyler Jones, juniors Richard Blair and Andrew Bennett, and senior Devan Martin. In this tournament, the men's team played thirty-six holes on the first day and eighteen on the second, while the women’s team played eighteen both days . . .

Centenary football, a program brought to a halt in 1942, is now making its way back into Shreveport's spotlight. The Centenary Athletic Department, along with Centenary’s Athletic Director David Orr, has brought Byron Dawson on board to become Centenary’s first football coach in 80 years. Dawson, a former defensive lineman at Louisiana State University and former coach for Redemptorist High School Baton Rouge (2004), Evangel Christian Academy (2005-2019), and Tulane University (2020-2021), will step in to be Centenary’s head coach when re-establishing the program . . .

Forget football because we are getting our quidditch program back! That’s right, students of Centenary, after almost fifteen years, we will be officially getting a coed Centenary Quidditch program. Back in 2009, Centenary hosted a Quidditch Tournament that was free to the public and students . . .