Sports

Eunice takes two from Church Point

By John Burson Sports Writer The Eunice High Lady Bobcats claimed their second victory in district play with a 56-32 win over Church Point in basketball action played at the Bobcat gym this past Friday.

St. Ed's falls to Oberlin

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor Oberlin grabbed a sweep over St. Edmund Friday as the Lady Tigers earned a 61-42 win over the Lady Jays before the Tigers battled to a 63-47 win over the Blue Jays in the finale.

Lady Cats, Bobcats fall in tourney

OPELOUSAS – The No. 2 seed Eunice Lady Bobcats went 0-2 in the St. Landry Parish basketball tournament held this past weekend at Opelousas High. In the opener, Northwest exploded for a 31-10 first quarter run as the Lady Raiders cruised to 82-14 win.

Celebrating the championship

The Bobcats opened the 2017 season at 1-4 and finished with a 5-6 overall record after an opening round playoff loss to Berwick.

Championship game stats from the Louisiana State High School Athletic Assocation

Attached are the game statistic in pdf form from the Eunice vs Sterlington championship game on Dec. 7 in New Orleans. The stats are from the Louisiana State High School Athletic Association.

Parish basketball tourney starts today

OPELOUSAS – The annual St. Landry Parish basketball tournament tips off today at the Opelousas High gym. North Central is the top seed on both the boys and girls brackets. The tournament begins at 3:30 p.m. as the No. 3 Northwest Lady Raiders (3-4) face the No. 6 Port Barre Lady Devils (1-1).

Eunice rallies past Panthers for 3-A championship

EDITOR’S NOTE: Eunice News sports writer John Burson and sports editor Tom Dodge combined for this story. NEW ORLEANS – It may be difficult to say defense wins championships after Eunice High’s 59-47 victory over Sterlington Friday in the Class 3-A title game.

BOBCATS WIN STATE TITLE

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor NEW ORLEANS – The clock was nearing midnight but the loud crowd was just getting started as a sea of green and white screamed “EHS, EHS, EHS” as the Bobcats captured the Class 3-A state title Friday night at the Mercedes Benz Superdome.

No. 2 Eunice to face No. 4 Panthers in Class 3-A title game

The run to the championship game for the Bobcats has been an impressive turnaround from the 5-6 finish in 2017. “This has been a great season,” EHS head coach Paul Trosclair said. “We are playing good football.

Bobcats’ fourth Dome trip

The Bobcat faithful will fill their side of the Superdome in New Orleans Friday night when Eunice faces Sterlington for the Class 3-A championship. This is the fourth trip for the Bobcats and Eunice (12-2) is designated as the the home team against the Panthers (12-2).