thisdayinhistory.06.21.20
Published 5:00 am Sunday, June 21, 2020
June 21
2019 — In brutal heat and wind, Doug Quienalty shoots a 4-under 68 to take the lead after the first round of the Lake Charles city golf championship at Mallard Cove Golf Course.
2015 — Kirsten Smith captures the Women’s All-Around Championship at the College National Finals Rodeo and leads McNeese State to a second-place finish.
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2000 — During the second-go round at the Louisiana High School Finals Rodeo, Hackberry’s Trevor Duhon posts the top time in steer wrestling (4.76 seconds) and Sulphur’s Ross Beasley and Chase Vincent record the fastest time in team roping (9.4 seconds).
1990 — Westlake’s Chance Leggett reaches the semifinals of the Junior Olympic Boxing Championships (14-15-year-old, 90-pound class) with a 4-1 decision over David Guilford (Joplin, Missouri).
1980 — Don Scott shoots a 70 in the first round of the Lake Charles city golf championship at Mallard Cove Golf Course. Ray Todd, Bill Smith and Glenn Landry trail Scott by one shot.
1970 — The Louisiana Sports Writers Association names Jim Wynn, McNeese director of publications, the top radio sports play-by-play announcer in the state.
1970 — Lake Charles’ David Lobdell, Bob Graham, Mark Mayo and Mike Rhodes win the boys 11-12-year-old medley relay at an invitational swim meet hosted by the Alexandria Aquatic Club, and Terry Jaynes wins the 100- and 200-meter freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley.
1960 — The Lake Charles Skippers smash 15 hits in a 16-0 win over Eunice in American Legion baseball action. Larry Cooley, Jinks Welch and Charles Custon combine to pitch a one-hitter. Cooley and Richard Guillory get three hits each.
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1960 — Led by Jewell Leblanc’s 570 series, Johnny’s Package Liquor increases its lead in the Alpha Classic Summer bowling league with a 2-1 win over Candlelight Inn.
1960 — In Southside Little League action at Barbe field, Johnny Fryar pitches a no-hitter to lead Sonnier to an 8-0 win over VFW. Fryar strikes out 15 and walks two.
Compiled by staff writer Rodrick Anderson