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Ball hockey brings adults and kids together each week at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds
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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – “Ball hockey is still harder than anything I’ve done in the military, [physical training] wise, ” says JJ McCaw, Shreveport Ragin’ Gators defenseman.
Who knew the degree of difficulty in a game we once played as kids is pretty high?
Despite having strong agility skills, the ball hockey movement is bringing the masses.
“I did come down originally for baseball on a baseball scholarship, ” says former LSU-Shreveport baseball star, now Red River Rougaroo forward Riley Spencer. “Created a family now. Me and my two young kids are out playing every weekend.”
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Instead of ice and skates, the squeaks of sneakers are heard in the Exhibits building on the Louisiana State Fairgrounds.
“I grew up in the North, and it’s really cold, ” says Shreveport Gators defenseman Michael Delaney. “All the hockey is done outside, and it’s just too cold. I moved down here in 2007. Had nothing going on. No athletic anything. Just on a whim decided to get involved.”
However ball hockey doesn’t share the same intensity as their compadres on the ice.
“[Ice hockey], they can check and things like that, ” says McCaw. “It’s more of a non-contact sport. But, contact does happen.”
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“The National Ball Hockey League is already big and will only grow. The Ark-La-Tex has two local teams, the Shreveport Ragin’ Gators and Red River Rougaroo.
“It’s great to see the fruits of our labor, ” says Red River Rougaroo goalie, Michael Hinton. “The league has grown by about 20 players this year. I’ve been doing it for seven or eight years. [The National Ball Hockey League] has been doing it for about 15 [years]. Nice to see secondary generations starting to play, and kids growing up. We have our kids out there too.”
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We learned ball hockey isn’t as aggressive. But, some are asked to dial it back on occasion.
“My wife just yelled at me the other day – earlier today, because I was coaching the smaller children on their team, ” McCaw recalls. “I was getting a little heated, because all of my competitiveness was coming out, because we were losing.”
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Few states take college athletics more seriously than Louisiana—and the Pelican State is reportedly proving that with a crusade designed to reduce teen vaping.
Per a Wednesday morning report from Piper Hutchinson of the Louisiana Illuminator citing public records, Louisiana’s government is using money from a settlement with Juul to do a series of anti-vaping NIL deals with college athletes in the state.
“According to public records, the state so far has agreed to spend $281,000 on NIL deals with athletes, with $225,000 going to LSU athletes over three years,” Hutchinson wrote.
In addition to the Tigers, Louisiana is said to be engaging athletes at Grambling, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, McNeese State, Northwestern State, and Southeastern Louisiana.
The $10 million settlement “can be used for research, education, and vaping cessation programs, among other things,” per Hutchinson.
Given the sheer visibility of college sports and college athletes in Louisiana, the state government will have a powerful ally.
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