Sports

Lejeune, Summerlin clinch state track meet spots

The St. Edmund High School track and field teams showcased their talent and determination at the LHSAA Class 1A - Region 2 Championships held at Basile High School on April 30.
New Eunice head coach Stuart Turner takes over for the retiring Scott Phillips. An alumni of Eunice High, Turner has been an assistant at the school in baseball and football since 2020. He played college baseball at LSUE and Ole Miss and played professionally with the Cincinnati Reds after being drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. He is married to Danielle and has two children, Easton and Haven. (Photo courtesy of Eunice High School)

New Eunice head coach Stuart Turner takes over for the retiring Scott Phillips. An alumni of Eunice High, Turner has been an assistant at the school in baseball and football since 2020. He played college baseball at LSUE and Ole Miss and played professionally with the Cincinnati Reds after being drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. He is married to Danielle and has two children, Easton and Haven. (Photo courtesy of Eunice High School)

Bobcat baseball tradition

There’s no place like home. For new Eunice High baseball coach Stuart Turner, he’s lived out dreams that many from this small town might deem unimaginable. Signing a scholarship to play college baseball is one thing.
Tyson LeBlanc, left, is met by teammates after driving in the game-winning run against Delgado CC on Sunday as LSUE .Baseball continued its 2025 trend of late game theatrics, winning their regular season finale 6-5 against Delgado CC in extra inning walk-off fashion on Sunday. LeBlanc capped off his sophomore season with a walk-off winner in the final home game of the season. (LSUE photo)

Tyson LeBlanc, left, is met by teammates after driving in the game-winning run against Delgado CC on Sunday as LSUE .Baseball continued its 2025 trend of late game theatrics, winning their regular season finale 6-5 against Delgado CC in extra inning walk-off fashion on Sunday. LeBlanc capped off his sophomore season with a walk-off winner in the final home game of the season. (LSUE photo)

LSUE draws BRCC to open Region 23 Tournament

LSU Eunice will begin its postseason journey at 1 p.m. Saturday against Baton Rouge CC with the start of the 2025 Division I Region 23 Baseball Tournament. LSUE (49-3) is the number one seed in the four-team, double elimination tournament after capturing the LCCAC regular season championship.

Lady Cats lose to Grant in playoffs

The No. 10-seeded Eunice High Lady Cats had their season ended a week ago by No. 7 Grant in a 12-8 game. Grant put together a big inning in the bottom of the fourth, piecing together eight runs on seven hits to separate themselves from and eliminate the Lady Cats.

Bobcat season ends with losses to top-seeded Brusly

The Scott Phillips Era ended last weekend, with the No. 16-seeded Eunice Bobcat baseball team dropping back-to-back games against top-seeded Brusly in the Regional round of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division II Non-Select playoffs.
Will Mabry IV, right, congratulates Milan Obradovich after scoring an early run in LSUE’s win over Bossier Parish. (LSUE photo)

Will Mabry IV, right, congratulates Milan Obradovich after scoring an early run in LSUE’s win over Bossier Parish. (LSUE photo)

LSUE takes midweek against Bossier Parish

LSU Eunice Baseball took care of business in its final midweek game of the 2025 regular season, defeating Bosier Parish CC 8-5 on Wednesday at Bengal Stadium. LSUE (47-2 overall record, 13-1 LCCAC) improved to 9-0 this season in midweek contests.
St. Edmund’s Kane West makes a tag at 2nd base in the 5-4 win over Cedar Creek on Wednesday. (Photo by Amy Myers)

St. Edmund’s Kane West makes a tag at 2nd base in the 5-4 win over Cedar Creek on Wednesday. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Blue Jays win first playoff games

One of the toughest parts of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association starting the baseball playoffs when they did was, frankly, St. Ed’s upholding of a Holy Week tradition.
Jillian DeVillier, left, and Clara Brown, both seniors at St. Edmund High School, are regional champs, girls doubles, in tennis. The duo played  in Alexandria in the Division IV, Regional II Tennis Tournament. They won 6-3, 6-4 in the championship round against a team from Menard High. DeVillier has won regionals four years in a row and Brown has won regionals two years in a row. (Submitted photo)

Jillian DeVillier, left, and Clara Brown, both seniors at St. Edmund High School, are regional champs, girls doubles, in tennis. The duo played in Alexandria in the Division IV, Regional II Tennis Tournament. They won 6-3, 6-4 in the championship round against a team from Menard High. DeVillier has won regionals four years in a row and Brown has won regionals two years in a row. (Submitted photo)

Tennis regional champions

Jillian DeVillier, left, and Clara Brown, both seniors at St. Edmund High School, are regional champs, girls doubles, in tennis. The duo played in Alexandria in the Division IV, Regional II Tennis Tournament. They won 6-3, 6-4 in the championship round against a team from Menard High.
Eunice High pitcher Montana Brown, a junior, unloads a pitch. (Photo by Rhett Manuel)

Eunice High pitcher Montana Brown, a junior, unloads a pitch. (Photo by Rhett Manuel)

Bobcats beat Brusly, Franklin Parish to advance

There’s no question that the Eunice Bobcat baseball team wants to take it as far as it possibly can on the Scott Phillips Retirement Tour. The retiring coach is in his final season of 33 at the helm of the Bobcat baseball program, and the No.
Sloane Cart attempting to steal to third base in St. Edmund’s victory over Slaughter Community Charter School on April 17. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Sloane Cart attempting to steal to third base in St. Edmund’s victory over Slaughter Community Charter School on April 17. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Lady Jays end season with loss to Opelousas Catholic

Despite a regular season that didn’t go according to plan, the No. 18-seeded St.