Today’s Daily Happen is a Public Service Announcement, and a very important one.
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration 2018 is closing in faster than Reggie Wayne running a fly pattern, (YES!, the same Reggie Wayne who just happens to be one of this year’s inductees). We begin Thursday June 28 from 5-7 p.m. with the Welcome Reception at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum, 800 Front Street in Natchitoches.
Can you go to the Induction Ceremony June 30 in Natchitoches? YES! You can also Bowl Friday and attend the Rockin’ Riverfest and the VIP Tailgate Friday night. AND play golf Sunday. I know, right?! Go here to check out all the events.
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/louisiana-sports-hall-of-fame-foundation-16495079919
And oh by the way, visit the museum in beautiful downtown Natchitoches.
The Class of 2018 includes 18-year MLB pitcher Russ Springer, NFL receivers Wayne and Brandon Stokley, and Grambling great Larry Wright, who as a rookie helped Elvin Hayes and the Washington Bullets to the NBA title in 1978.
AND, Louisiana Tech Class of 2013 Athletics Hall of Famer George Stone and former Tech athletics director and LSU head football coach Jerry Stovall are among the five inductees into the Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions Saturday, Aug. 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the Shreveport Convention Center.
Other members of the Class of 2018 are Haynesville star and 10-year NFL veteran Demetric Evans, Grambling basketball Kodak All-American Kenny Simpson, and the late Don Shows, a Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame coach who won eight state titles at West Monroe High School.
The public is invited to a free open house from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Aug. 4. Tickets to the 6:30 p.m. Induction Ceremony are $45 per person or $360 for a table of eight. Reserved table sponsorships are available for $360 and include eight tickets, signage on the table, and special recognition in the banquet program.
For tickets, contact Dr. George Bakowski, 318-868-6118, or write the Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions, 955 Pierremont Road, Suite #400, Shreveport, LA 71106; you can enclose a check for tickets and have your tickets mailed or you can pick them up at the door.
DW will be at both events, so…there’s that.
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