Sports

The Blue Jays started off the James Shiver era with a 32-18 win over Vinton.
“We had some penalties (13-101 yards) and we made some mistakes (three intecceptions and three fumbles),” Shiver said. “But we won thegame.”
St. Edmund rolled up 292 yards on the ground, a stat that was impressive to Shiver.
“We have only been together for two months,” Shiver said. “They guys are learning a new approach and a new system.
“I was impressed in the way we ran our plays and executed, especially in the second half.”

It was an impressive start to the season as No. 9 Eunice exploded 42 points in the fourth quarter and cruised to a 73-34 win over the Northwest Raiders.
“We were down by nine points at one time,” Eunice head coach Paul Trosclair said. “We know four quarters is a long time and we just kept battling.”
Trailing 34-31 as the game moved to the fourth quarter, Eunice recovered two kickoffs, a high snap in the endzone as the Bobcats scored six touchdowns in the last 12 minutes of the game.

It has been 50 years since the Purple Cobras played sports at Charles Drew High School.
Those days may be long gone, but they are not forgotten by those who loved their school.
In the early 1900s, the only means of education that black children received was through homes and churches.
In the early 1940s, the South Eunice Colored School – a three room school building – was formed to educate first and second graders.
Then came North Eunice Colored School for third through eighth graders.