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Fair Grounds Results For Tuesday February 13, 2018

POST TIME: 01:00 PM First Race, Purse $17,000, Claiming $7,500-$5,000, 4 yo's & up, One Mile 1 Stately Defence (R Albarado) $7.20 $3.40 $2.60 2 Maryblueeyes (J Riquelme) $3.00 $3.00 8 Gracequinnannamady (C Lugo) $7.00 Off Time: 01:00 PM Exacta (1-2) $19.80; Superfecta (1-2-8-6) $98.

Ragin' Cajuns Rise Into Top 20 of Both National Polls

Ragin' Cajuns Rise Into Top 20 of Both National Polls LAFAYETTE – On the strength of a 5-0 season-opening weekend, Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball made a significant move in the first regular season edition of both the USA Today/NFCA poll and ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.

Girls playoffs begin Thursday

Eight local teams begin the girls basketball playoffs today with the hopes of beginning the trek to the state tournament in Alexandria. In Class 3-A, No. 14 Eunice (17-10) will entertain No. 19 Avoyelles (21-9) at 6:30 p.m. today. This is third time the Lady Bobcats have earned a playoff berth.

Gaspard signs with Wildcats

From Bobcat to Wildcat. When Eunice High’s Brody Gaspard signed his national letter of intent to play football at Louisiana College on Wednesday, he changed from one feline mascot to another. “I like the atmosphere there,” Gaspard said of LC. “Plus it is really big on education.

St. Ed’s, Warriors grab split

The Lady Jays earned a key District 4-1A win Tuesday as St. Edmund rolled to a 64-25 victory over Hamilton Christian. With the win, No. 15 Lady Jays improve to 10-15 overall and 7-6 in district. St. Edmund closes the regular season Friday night at home against No. 3 Merryville (20-6, 12-0).

Lady Bobcats earn key wins, Bobcats fall twice

The Eunice High School Lady Bobcats improved their overall record to 16-10 overall and district mark to 7-6 with a 38-28 victory over the Pine Prairie Lady Panthers in District 5-3A action at the Eunice High gym.

From high school to the Super Bowl

Even though the Saints didn’t make it to the Super Bowl, at least a coach with Louisiana ties won it all.

LSUE to add three sports

LSU Eunice announced it will be adding three more sports to its varsity sports roster. Beginning in the 2018-2019 academic school year, the Bengals will field a men's basketball team as well as men's and women's soccer. The additions bring the total number of varsity athletics to six.

LSUE splits with Crowder

For the fourth double header in a row to open the season, LSU Eunice split games with its oppoments. The top-ranked Lady Bengals exploded for seven runs in the first inning to cruise to a 9-1 win over Crowder Community College in the opener.

Bobcats hold football awards ceremony

The Eunice High football athletic awards program was held Wednesday. After touching on some of the honors and accomplishments of the team, head coach Paul Trosclair presented a plaque to coach John McLemore to honor his years of service to the football program.