Sports

All-Parish teams released

The Eunice High Bobcats and the Opelousas Catholic High Vikings dominated the 2017 All-St. Landry Parish Baseball Team as selected by the parish baseball coaches.

Bobcats begin Metro league play

The Eunice Bobcats scored eight runs in the first four innings to take an 8-2 win over Sacred Heart in Metro League action Monday evening at Bobcat Field. The game was limited to five innings by agreement of both coaches as inclement weather became a factor.

11 Bobcats named to 5-3A team

Four of the six District 5-3A baseball teams earned playoff spots with Eunice High and Church Point both advancing to the regional rounds. District champion Church Point opened the playoffs with a 10-0 win over No. 22 Union Parish. The No. 11 Bears (19-9, 9-1) then fell to No. 6 Buckeye, 10-0, 3-2.

Bengals season ends at regionals

ELLISVILLE, Mississippi – The second ranked Bengals’s season ended Friday night as LSU Eunice fell 10-2 to top-ranked Jones County Junior College in the Region 23 tournament. JCJC, the defending NJCAA Division II champion, advanced to the regional title game with a chance to return the world series.

Lady Bengals win fifth championship

CLINTON, Mississippi – The LSU Eunice Lady Bengals won their fifth national championship with a dramatic 8-7 win over top-ranked Jones County Junior College Saturday at Traceway Park.

St. Edmund honors athletes

The annual St. Edmund athletic banquet was held Monday at the Northwest Community Center. Lucy Brown was named Miss Blue Jay, while Peter Miller was selected as Mr. Blue Jay. Miller also received the Joe Nagata Memorial Award.

Nine Lady Jays land on 5-1A team

All four District 5-1A team earned spots in the LHSAA Division IV state softball playoffs. Catholic High of Pointe Coupee (17-9, 6-0) rolled to the disrict championship and the Lady Hornets grabbed wins over district rival No. 15 Westminster Christian Academy (4-13, 0-6) and No. 7 St.

EHS’ Poullard grabs third at state meet

BATON ROUGE – Eunice High’s Malik Poullard earned a medal at the LHSAA CLass 3-A track meet Saturday with a 44-8.25 leap in the triple jump. Bobcat Javondre Edwards finished fourth in the hurdles with time of 15.47. Avery Lee was sixth in the javelin with a throw of 154-03.

Five Lady Cats land on 5-3A team

Five of the six teams in District 5-3A earned a spot in the 2-17 softball playoffs. District champions Pine Prairie advanced all the way to the semifinals of the state tournament at Frasch Park in Sulphur. The Lady Panthers (28-9, 10-0) opened with a 15-0 win over district rival Northwest (6-10.

Bobcats fall to Knights in regionals

LONGVILLE – The South Beauregard Knights took advantage of early leads in two games as they eliminated the Eunice High Bobcats in the regional round of the Class 3A state playoffs here this past weekend in a best of three round.