Benton to name Minden’s Shelby Leach as softball coach

Minden High softball coach Shelby Leach has been hired for the same position at Benton to replace veteran Tracey Rambin. The official announcement will be made Monday. Leach, the 2022 Shreveport Times All-Area Coach of the Year, turned around the Lady Tide program in short order that season taking a program that was 6-12 the previous season to 18-10. Leach was 55-34 in three seasons at Minden with three consecutive trips to the LHSAA Class 4A (Non-Select Division II) state playoffs. The former Bossier Parish Community College standout came to Minden from Loyola College Prep where her teams were 16-57...