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Louisiana State Parks is offering a discount on overnight stays to encourage outdoor travel in the cooler months.
When campers book one night, they will get one night free when they use the promo code NORTHPOLE at nine state parks. The online discount code NORTHPOLE is valid on new bookings for both cabins and campsites (excludes Tentrr Sites) at the following Louisiana State Parks: Chemin-A-Haut, Jimmie Davis, Lake Bistineau, Lake Bruin, Lake Claiborne, Lake D’Arbonne, North Toledo Bend, Poverty Point Reservoir and South Toledo Bend.
The trip must take place between now and February 28, 2022, and the offer is not valid on holidays.
“With Louisiana’s mild winter weather, it is an ideal time to explore, hike the trails, fish or just relax around a campfire. Our state parks have enjoyed some incredible years recently. We want to make sure we offer our visitors an extra incentive to visit our beautiful state parks,” said Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser.
“Our goal is always to attract visitors to the state and offer the people of Louisiana great opportunities to get out and see their own state. We hope this special offer will do that and give families another opportunity to enjoy the holidays and the new year.”
For more information about Louisiana State Parks, go to LaStateParks.com or follow Louisiana State Parks on Facebook or Twitter.

Four LSU players received 2022 preseason All-America recognition from Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
Outfielder Dylan Crews and infielder Jacob Berry were named first-team All-Americans; first baseman Tre’ Morgan was voted to the second team; and outfielder Gavin Dugas was a third-team selection.
Crews, the 2021 Perfect Game National Freshman of the Year, hit .362 (89-for-246) last season with 16 doubles, two triples, 18 homers, 42 RBI, 64 runs scored and 12 stolen bases. The product of Longwood, Fla., also received All-America, Freshman All-America, Second-Team All-SEC and Freshman All-SEC recognition, and he was voted the Louisiana Freshman of the Year.
He finished No. 1 in the SEC last season in total bases (163), No. 3 in batting average, No. 3 in on-base percentage (.453), No. 4 in base hits, No. 4 in runs scored, No. 5 in doubles and No. 5 in home runs.
Berry, who transferred this summer to LSU from Arizona, led the Wildcats to the 2021 College World Series and the Pac-12 championship.
A product of Queen Creek, Ariz., Berry batted .352 in 2021 with team highs of 17 homers and 70 RBI, and Collegiate Baseball newspaper named him the National Co-Freshman of the Year.
Berry earned first-team All-America recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and he received second-team All-America honors from D1Baseball and Perfect Game.
Morgan, a product of New Orleans, batted .357 (89-for-249) in 2021 with 16 doubles, four triples, six homers, 42 RBI, 64 runs scored and 15 stolen bases.
Dugas, a native of Houma, led the SEC in RBI last season with 66, and he was No. 3 in the league in home runs with 19, including two grand slams. He was also No. 5 in slugging percentage (.641) and No. 8 in total bases (141).
Dugas batted .295 (65-for-220) in 2021 with 13 doubles, three triples and 54 runs scored.

The Church Point Bears were the most dominant team in Acadia Parish during the regular season on both sides of the football.
Through the first 10 weeks, two of which were forfeits due to COVID-19, the Bears scored 365 points and only allowed 20 points, which is a school record during the regular season.
In District 5-3A play, the Bears were just as impressive.
They outscored their opponents - Iota, Northwest, Mamou and Pine Prairie - 222-12.
That dominance was reflected when the All-District team was released by the league’s coaches.
Church Point landed a total of 14 spots on the first team and six on the second.
The Bears also made a clean sweep of the three top awards.
John Craig Arceneaux was tabbed as the Coach of the Year, Tylon Citizen earned the Offensive MVP honor and Javen Gibson was tabbed as the Defensive MVP.
Arceneaux’s selection as the Coach of the Year marks the third straight year that he has earned the award.
He guided his team to a perfect mark in league play for the second straight season and the Bears went 10-0 for the first time in school history.
The Bears earned the No. 5 seed in the Class 3A playoffs and cruised through the first three games with victories over Marksville (49-6), Donaldsonville (35-0) and West Feliciana (28-14) before falling short in the semifinals to eventual state champion Sterlington (38-0) .
Citizen, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound junior tailback, rushed for 1,122 yards and 19 touchdowns on just 98 carries during the regular season. He also added seven receptions for 199 yards and three more touchdowns.
Gibson, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound defensive lineman, recorded a team-high 79 tackles during his senior season. He recorded 50 solo tackles, 16 for a loss, and also racked up a team-high 10 sacks. In addition, he tallied nine quarterback hurries and caused three fumbles.
Joining Citizen on the first offensive unit were teammates Jalon Reese, Camden Maroon, Gavin Benoit, Tanner Little and Chandler Guillory.
Reese, also a junior running back, posted 667 yards and seven touchdowns on 92 carries.
Maroon, a senior, made the team on the offensive line along with Benoit (sophomore) and Little (junior).
Guillory is the team’s kicker after connecting going 15-for-20 on extra point attempts. He also had three field goals with a long of 42 yards.
Iota, the District 5-3A runnerup, was awarded four spots on the offensive first team - sophomore wide receiver Dylan Callahan, senior tight end Owen Harmon, senior offensive lineman Nick Hebert and junior lineman Connor Zinn.
Callahan was the Bulldogs’ leading receiver with 22 catches for 377 yards and five touchdowns. He also had nine carries for 45 yards and two touchdowns.
Harmon logged 13 receptions for 245 yards and three touchdowns and he tallied 74 yards and two touchdowns on seven rushes.
Hebert and Zinn grabbed spots on the offensive line.
The first-team quarterback is Pine Prairie’s Branson Fontenot, who threw for 2,095 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Pine Prairie’s Elijah George made the team as the third running back after posting 1,674 yards and 25 touchdowns and Josiah Ortiz got on at receiver with 1,025 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Northwest’s John Jolivette earned honors as the return specialist and Mamou’s Jalon Bradley garnered the athlete position.
On the defensive side, Gibson is joined by teammates and fellow seniors Jamarrion Citizen and Armando Gibson on the line.
Citizen totaled 75 tackles, including 46 solos. He had 12 tackles for a loss, including three sacks.
Gibson added 39 tackles and a fumble recovery.
Iota’s Jackson Alton is the final member of the first-team offensive line after recording 48 tackles, 10 for a loss, and seven hurries. He also had a fumble recovery.
Church Point seniors Andy Briceno, Jaiki Landry and Gavin Middlebrooks made the team at linebacker along with Iota junior Dayton Boone.
Briceno had 32 tackles, including a sack, one fumble recovery and two interceptions, both returned for touchdowns.
Landry added 48 tackles, Middlebrooks had 65 tackles, one caused fumble and one interception and Boone recorded 84 tackles and he caused three fumbles. He also had one fumble recovery.
Church Point’s Armstead Mouton and Jeremiah Roy each earned a spot on the team at defensive back.
Mouton had 35 tackles, nine hurries and one fumble recovery and Roy logged nine tackles, nine hurries and one interception.
Iota’s Luke Duhon also grabbed a spot at defensive back after logging 69 tackles, 10 hurries and five interceptions. He returned two interceptions for touchdowns.
Northwest’s Devin Poole is the fourth and final defensive back selection.
Pine Prairie’s Branson Fontenot is the punter and the defensive flex player is Northwest’s Kenyon Ragland.
Church Point’s Jaden Reese earned a spot on the second team at running back. The sophomore rushed for 418 yards and seven touchdowns on 32 carries.
Joining Reese at running back on the second unit is Iota’s Tyler Charlot, who had 644 yards and 11 touchdowns on 86 carries.
Iota’s Dawson Wallace also earned second team honors at quarterback, where the senior completed 61 passes for 898 yards and 12 touchdowns.
The second unit tight end is Church Point’s Holden Daigle. The senior caught seven passes for 121 yards and one touchdown.
Church Point landed two more selections on the second team offense in lineman Nick Richard and kicker Andrea Marcone.
The Bears also landed two second team players on the defensive side of the ball in linebacker Kyler Deculus and defensive back Daylon Foreman.
Deculus, a senior, totaled 61 tackles, five for a loss including two sacks, and he caused one fumble and recovered two.
Foreman, a senior, had 39 tackles, four hurries and one caused fumble.
Iota landed three players on the defensive second team in defensive lineman Carson Crochet, linebacker Parker Hayes and defensive back Peyton Daigle.
Crochet finished his junior season with 38 tackles, three hurries, one caused fumble and two fumble recoveries and Hayes, a senior, had 35 tackles and he caused one fumble.
Daigle, a junior, had 41 tackles, nine hurries, one caused fumble, one fumble recovery and two interceptions.