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  • WTN — Lady Demons Set to Face LSU-Shreveport in Rescheduled Match

    SHREVEPORT – After a two-week hiatus, the Northwestern State Lady Demons tennis team is set to return to action on Monday, traveling to face LSU-Shreveport in a non-conference match.The match, initially scheduled for Feb 23, is set to start at 2 p.m.Following a long break, the Lady Demons (6-6, 6-0) are coming off a commanding…

  • Track & Field-Eleven win their events on the final day of Pelican Relays

    BATON ROUGE—Eleven Northwestern State athletes won their events, as they fought through the elements to have strong days on the second and final day of the Pelican Relays on the campus of Southern.For the Demons and Lady Demons, Seth Smith (men’s discus), Samari Finney (women’s long jump), Justin Craft (men’s shot put), Shanice Hutson (women’s…

  • Basketball/Track and Field– Funeral Services set for N-Club Hall of Famer Tommy Mathis

    NATCHITOCHES – Tommy Mathis’ athletic career saw him succeed in multiple sports at both the high school and college levels. One, however, always seemed to draw Mathis back to the game – basketball. Mathis, a 1994 inductee in Northwestern State’s N-Club Hall of Fame, died Thursday. A funeral mass is set for 11 a.m. Monday…

  • Pierson family honors Joe and Margaret Pierson through NSU scholarship

    NATCHITOCHES – The family of Mrs. Margie Pierson marked her birthday by gathering together on April 5 to celebrate her 98 years and to announce a scholarship to support Northwestern State University students. The Pierson family made a $10,000 contribution to the NSU Foundation to establish the Joe and Margaret Pierson Family Scholarship. “We thought…

  • NSU Honors the late Jerry Byrd Sr., Lane Luckie and Val Marmillion as Distinguished Communications Professionals

    Distinguished Communications Professionals:  Northwestern State honored three alumni, the late Jerry Byrd Sr., Lane Luckie and Valsin Marmillion, as 2025 Distinguished Communications Professionals during a lunch and awards program April 4.  From left are Marmillion, Jerry Byrd Jr. and Luckie.  NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts honored the late…

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