Game and Team Highlights

McGehee girls' track and field team, which captured its first state title, have been selected as the Allstate Sugar Bowl's Outstanding Prep Teams from the Greater New Orleans area for 2022-23. From Crescent City Sports, "The Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, selects annual award winners in a variety of categories; it also selects Amateur Athletes of the Month and each year's Hall of Fame class. Overall, 24 individuals and three teams will be honored for their 2022-23 achievements at the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Awards Banquet on August 5. Honorees are currently being announced over a two-week period, wrapping up with the Corbett Awards for the top male and female amateur athletes in the state on Friday, July 28th. The Louise McGehee School won its first LHSAA Class 1A Outdoor Track & Field State championship. Junior Kali Magana won three individual races, setting personal records in the 100 and the 200, while also winning the 800 and anchoring the winning 4×200 relay team. Nadia Jones, who was part of the 4×200 team, added a memorable moment of her own when she came from 40-plus meters back on her anchor leg to help McGehee capture the 4×400 relay title as well. The Hawks also excelled in the indoor season, earning a fourth-place finish despite limited roster numbers.""We knew what we had going into outdoor season," head coach Rob Pearson said. "We've always had great work-ethic among the girls, but we've been adding a lot of talent too. We knew if we could get people to reach their potential that we had a shot [at the championship]."

Prior to 2023, McGehee's track success had been primarily limited to a district title in 2016 and some individual success stories. And Pearson is confident things can continue."McGehee also won [a state title] in tennis; we're showing we can become a destination for athletics."