Sports

LEBEAU – The annual St. Landry Parish basketball tournament tips off today at North Central.
The No. 2 seed Northwest Raiders face No. 7 Port Barre Red Devils at 2:30 p.m.
The No. 4 Eunice Lady Bobcats will take on No. 6 Port Barre at 4 p.m.
“We should gain much needed playing experience,” Eunice High Lady Bobcats head coach Wayne Fontenot said. “The more court time these girls get, the better we will get.
“With several injuries we were forced to move some players into postitions they were probably a year a way of being ready in,” the coach said.

ALEXANDRIA – The star and his coach will be together one last time on the football field at the second-annual Louisiana Gridiron Football All-Star Game.
Well not exactly together – as Blue Jay senior Peyton Marcantel was selected to play for the Red team and St. Edmund head coach James Shiver will be an assistant for the Blue team.
“It is fun to coach in this kind of game because all of the players are heading to play in college somewhere,” Shiver said. “These are some of the best players from across the state.”

St. Edmund and Basile split games Tuesday as the two rivals faced off in non-district battles.
SEH 66, Basile 52
In the boys action, the St. Edmund Blue Jays exploded for 21 points in the first quarter as St. Ed’s earned a 66-42 win.
Basile’s Keeman Ivory scored the game’s first three points, but the Jays answered with a 15-1 run.
Travis Mondares hit a trey for the Bearcats with two minutes left in the period, but the Blue Jays closed the quarter with a 6-2 run for a 21-9 advantage.
Henry Brown led the Jays with eight points in the first period.