High School Sports

New Eunice head coach Stuart Turner takes over for the retiring Scott Phillips. An alumni of Eunice High, Turner has been an assistant at the school in baseball and football since 2020. He played college baseball at LSUE and Ole Miss and played professionally with the Cincinnati Reds after being drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. He is married to Danielle and has two children, Easton and Haven. (Photo courtesy of Eunice High School)

New Eunice head coach Stuart Turner takes over for the retiring Scott Phillips. An alumni of Eunice High, Turner has been an assistant at the school in baseball and football since 2020. He played college baseball at LSUE and Ole Miss and played professionally with the Cincinnati Reds after being drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. He is married to Danielle and has two children, Easton and Haven. (Photo courtesy of Eunice High School)

Bobcat baseball tradition

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, May 2, 2025
There’s no place like home. For new Eunice High baseball coach Stuart Turner, he’s lived out dreams that many from this small town might deem unimaginable. Signing a scholarship to play college baseball is one thing.

Lady Cats lose to Grant in playoffs

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The No. 10-seeded Eunice High Lady Cats had their season ended a week ago by No. 7 Grant in a 12-8 game. Grant put together a big inning in the bottom of the fourth, piecing together eight runs on seven hits to separate themselves from and eliminate the Lady Cats.

Bobcat season ends with losses to top-seeded Brusly

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The Scott Phillips Era ended last weekend, with the No. 16-seeded Eunice Bobcat baseball team dropping back-to-back games against top-seeded Brusly in the Regional round of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division II Non-Select playoffs.
St. Edmund’s Kane West makes a tag at 2nd base in the 5-4 win over Cedar Creek on Wednesday. (Photo by Amy Myers)

St. Edmund’s Kane West makes a tag at 2nd base in the 5-4 win over Cedar Creek on Wednesday. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Blue Jays win first playoff games

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 25, 2025
One of the toughest parts of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association starting the baseball playoffs when they did was, frankly, St. Ed’s upholding of a Holy Week tradition.
Jillian DeVillier, left, and Clara Brown, both seniors at St. Edmund High School, are regional champs, girls doubles, in tennis. The duo played in Alexandria in the Division IV, Regional II Tennis Tournament. They won 6-3, 6-4 in the championship round against a team from Menard High. DeVillier has won regionals four years in a row and Brown has won regionals two years in a row. (Submitted photo)

Jillian DeVillier, left, and Clara Brown, both seniors at St. Edmund High School, are regional champs, girls doubles, in tennis. The duo played in Alexandria in the Division IV, Regional II Tennis Tournament. They won 6-3, 6-4 in the championship round against a team from Menard High. DeVillier has won regionals four years in a row and Brown has won regionals two years in a row. (Submitted photo)

Tennis regional champions

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Jillian DeVillier, left, and Clara Brown, both seniors at St. Edmund High School, are regional champs, girls doubles, in tennis. The duo played in Alexandria in the Division IV, Regional II Tennis Tournament. They won 6-3, 6-4 in the championship round against a team from Menard High.
Eunice High pitcher Montana Brown, a junior, unloads a pitch. (Photo by Rhett Manuel)

Eunice High pitcher Montana Brown, a junior, unloads a pitch. (Photo by Rhett Manuel)

Bobcats beat Brusly, Franklin Parish to advance

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
There’s no question that the Eunice Bobcat baseball team wants to take it as far as it possibly can on the Scott Phillips Retirement Tour. The retiring coach is in his final season of 33 at the helm of the Bobcat baseball program, and the No.
Sloane Cart attempting to steal to third base in St. Edmund’s victory over Slaughter Community Charter School on April 17. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Sloane Cart attempting to steal to third base in St. Edmund’s victory over Slaughter Community Charter School on April 17. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Lady Jays end season with loss to Opelousas Catholic

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Despite a regular season that didn’t go according to plan, the No. 18-seeded St.
Sophomore pitcher Madelyn Smith. (Photo by Rhett Manuel)

Sophomore pitcher Madelyn Smith. (Photo by Rhett Manuel)

Lady Cats took 17-2 win over West Feliciana

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
It’s been a theme all season. When the Eunice High School Lady Cats softball team is usually at its best is when the lineup is firing on all cylinders. That was exactly the case last Thursday, with the No. 10 Lady Cats using an 11-run third inning to blow away No.

Lady Cats poised for playoff

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, April 17, 2025
By Rhett Manuel Sports Editor The Eunice High School Lady Cats split a pair of games against Welsh and Church Point to close out the regular season at 17-8 overall and put themselves in a position to host a first-round playoff matchup when softball playoff pairings are released by the Louisiana...
St. Edmund’s Kane West is in action against Comeaux High on April 14. (Photo by Amy Myers)

St. Edmund’s Kane West is in action against Comeaux High on April 14. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Blue Jays end season with 12-2 win over Comeaux

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, April 17, 2025
The St. Ed’s Blue Jay baseball team closed out the regular season against higher classifications, losing 12-3 to perennial power Teurlings Catholic but bouncing back with a 12-2 win over Comeaux to finish the regular season at 16-14. It finished a regular season where St.