Lake Charles has secured hosting rights for boys basketball, swimming, softball and baseball high school championships for an additional two years. Senior Vice President of Sports at Visit Lake Charles Erick Zartler says they couldn’t be happier.
“Our community really embraces it and get behind it. Our volunteer base looks forward to it every year and its kind of become a staple here.”
The 2025 state high school baseball tournament will have a new format as the top three divisions in select and non-select will move to a best out of three championship series, instead of winner take all.
“We’re really excited about that. That should bring some more excitement. I know its a few less teams but the excitement will still be there and hopefully people will come spend the night and enjoy the whole week and weekend in Lake Charles.”
Over the course of the year around 50,000 people head to Lake Charles for high school championship events and Zartler says that brings a huge economic impact,
“its one of the things we’re excited about with it because that what we do at Visit Lake Charles, we make sure we keep our hotels full.”
The state swim meet will be in November with basketball state championships taking place in March, followed by softball and baseball tournaments in May.
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