High School Sports

All-Parish teams released

The Eunice High Bobcats and the Opelousas Catholic High Vikings dominated the 2017 All-St. Landry Parish Baseball Team as selected by the parish baseball coaches.

Bobcats begin Metro league play

The Eunice Bobcats scored eight runs in the first four innings to take an 8-2 win over Sacred Heart in Metro League action Monday evening at Bobcat Field. The game was limited to five innings by agreement of both coaches as inclement weather became a factor.

11 Bobcats named to 5-3A team

Four of the six District 5-3A baseball teams earned playoff spots with Eunice High and Church Point both advancing to the regional rounds. District champion Church Point opened the playoffs with a 10-0 win over No. 22 Union Parish. The No. 11 Bears (19-9, 9-1) then fell to No. 6 Buckeye, 10-0, 3-2.

St. Edmund honors athletes

The annual St. Edmund athletic banquet was held Monday at the Northwest Community Center. Lucy Brown was named Miss Blue Jay, while Peter Miller was selected as Mr. Blue Jay. Miller also received the Joe Nagata Memorial Award.

Nine Lady Jays land on 5-1A team

All four District 5-1A team earned spots in the LHSAA Division IV state softball playoffs. Catholic High of Pointe Coupee (17-9, 6-0) rolled to the disrict championship and the Lady Hornets grabbed wins over district rival No. 15 Westminster Christian Academy (4-13, 0-6) and No. 7 St.

EHS’ Poullard grabs third at state meet

BATON ROUGE – Eunice High’s Malik Poullard earned a medal at the LHSAA CLass 3-A track meet Saturday with a 44-8.25 leap in the triple jump. Bobcat Javondre Edwards finished fourth in the hurdles with time of 15.47. Avery Lee was sixth in the javelin with a throw of 154-03.

Five Lady Cats land on 5-3A team

Five of the six teams in District 5-3A earned a spot in the 2-17 softball playoffs. District champions Pine Prairie advanced all the way to the semifinals of the state tournament at Frasch Park in Sulphur. The Lady Panthers (28-9, 10-0) opened with a 15-0 win over district rival Northwest (6-10.

Bobcats fall to Knights in regionals

LONGVILLE – The South Beauregard Knights took advantage of early leads in two games as they eliminated the Eunice High Bobcats in the regional round of the Class 3A state playoffs here this past weekend in a best of three round.

Blue Jays fall in playoffs

HOUMA – The Blue Jays and Lions should know each other pretty well by now. Last season, No. 18 St. Edmund stunned No. 2 Covenant Christian Academy in the high school baseball playoffs with a 6-2 win. In the fourth game of 2017, the Lions roared to a 16-5 win in the Blue Jays’ home opener.

Next step - state track meet

ABBEVILLE – Some days just don’t go as planned and sometimes there are a few surprises along the way. After winning both the St.