High School Sports

Taming the Tigers

BASILE – A combination of a time consuming ground game and a suffocating defensive effort gave the Basile Bearcats a huge 14-0 win over the Oberlin Tigers here Friday night in a key district match-up for both squads.

Sacred Heart blasts Slaughter Charter; picks up win No. 6

VILLE PLATTE -- For the second week in a row the Sacred Heart Trojans took care of business and blasted past their opponent, as they took a 47-14 win over district opponent Slaughter Charter. With the win, Sacred Heart improved to 6-2 on the year and 3-2 in league play.

Ville Platte goes down to Notre Dame

CROWLEY -- When you play in probably the toughest district in all of Class 2A football, getting wins in league play is a difficult challenge week in and week out. Such is the case for the Ville Platte High.

Rayne claims district win over Carencro

What many said would never happen, did so Thursday night as the Rayne High Wolves defeated the Carencro High Bears, 31-21. The win brings the Wolves to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in district play for the 2017 season thus far.

Church Point fends off late rally to top Crowley

You can add the Crowley Gents to the list of teams unable to stop the Church Point Bears’ running game this fall.

Jays surge past Hornets, 29-7

Grand Lake scored first, but the Blue Jays scored 29 unanswered points as St. Edmund earned a 29-7 homecoming win over the Hornets. With the victory, the Blue Jays improved to 7-1 overall, 5-0 in District 4-1A. Grand Lake falls to 1-6 overall and 0-5 in district play.

Bobcats crush Demons, 53-8

MAMOU – The Eunice High Bobcats evened their overall record to 4-4 Friday night with a 53-8 victory over the Mamou High Green Demons in District 5-3A action.

Blue Jays to celebrate homecoming Friday

After defeating two ranked teams in a row, the Blue Jays are in the driver’s seat for the District 4-1A title. But St. Edmund head coach Andy Hargoder said his team still can’t let down against Grand Lake (1-5, 0-4) as the Blue Jays (6-1, 4-0) celebrate homecoming at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Bobcats visit Green Demons

The Bobcats have won two straight in district and are hoping to stay in the playoff hunt with a road win over Mamou Friday. “We are fighting to get to .500,” Eunice head coach Paul Trosclair said. “We are getting better each week.

Abbeville almost pulls off upset against Patterson

The Abbeville Wildcats actually outplayed the Patterson Lumberjacks for three out of the four quarters. It was that one quarter that cost them the game. The Wildcats fell 34-24 to Patterson in front of a homecoming crowd.