Sports

Bobcat sprinters shine, Blue Jays excel in field events

The Eunice High and St. Edmund track-and-field teams both competed at the Iota Bulldog Relays last week, with the St. Ed’s boys putting up an impressive showing in field events and Eunice High having a few sprinters run their way to success.

St. Ed baseball scores victories

After a rough patch, the St. Ed’s baseball team appears to be finding itself in winning its last three games to move to 9-11 overall this season.

Lady Cats are hot at bat

The prolific Eunice Lady Cats softball team continues to produce runs in droves, defeating Beau Chene 11-8 on Monday and Washington-Marion 17-2 on Tuesday in District 3-4A play to move their record to 14-5 overall.
Chandler Fields, a quarterback at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said that college athletes are less likely to stay at one school with the new opportunities to make money and transfer easily to other schools. (Photo courtesy of University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Chandler Fields, a quarterback at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said that college athletes are less likely to stay at one school with the new opportunities to make money and transfer easily to other schools. (Photo courtesy of University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

College athletes learn to earn promo cash

Bailey Tillman began her freshman year at McNeese State University in 2021 after new NCAA rules allowed college athletes to start making money.

Lady Cats win first at relays

Eunice High participated in the Egly Sam Relays at Northwest High last Friday, with the girls team winning first place overall at the meet. After struggling the previous week at the Basile Relays, the girls team showed significant progress in pulling down its first meet win of the year.
Senior Night at St. Edmund for the baseball team was held March 20. Seniors, from left, are David Evans, Marcus Gradney, Grant Miller, Kane West, Blake Moran, John Logan Floyd, Ryan Young and Ian Rider. Coaches, from left, are Corey Diaz, Kevin McFarlin, Nick Trosclair and Louis Rider. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Senior Night at St. Edmund for the baseball team was held March 20. Seniors, from left, are David Evans, Marcus Gradney, Grant Miller, Kane West, Blake Moran, John Logan Floyd, Ryan Young and Ian Rider. Coaches, from left, are Corey Diaz, Kevin McFarlin, Nick Trosclair and Louis Rider. (Photo by Amy Myers)

Senior Night for St. Edmund baseball

Senior Night at St. Edmund for the baseball team was held March 20. Seniors, from left, are David Evans, Marcus Gradney, Grant Miller, Kane West, Blake Moran, John Logan Floyd, Ryan Young and Ian Rider. Coaches, from left, are Corey Diaz, Kevin McFarlin, Nick Trosclair and Louis Rider.
Lady Cats’ Madelyn Smith.

Lady Cats’ Madelyn Smith.

Lady Cats earn city bragging rights

In football, we rarely see it. It maight even be rare in basketball and baseball, as well. Bottom line, Eunice High and St. Edmund rarely cross paths in sports. However, in that rare occurrence where they do you can bet each team is going to savor the opportunity to prove which program is superior.

Halfway through season Team Pitre takes lead

The sixth week of Eunice Ladies Tennis League (ELTL) ended the evening with Team Pitre having a score of 18 and Team Renee having 14 points. On Court 1, Team Pitre members Sydney Augustine and Tracey Brown won in split sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 against Team Renee’s Phyllis Hargroder and Jamie Kirsch.
LCCAC Coach of the Year: Rob Beckmann, LSU Eunice

LCCAC Coach of the Year: Rob Beckmann, LSU Eunice

Beckmann, McDonald headline All-LCCAC Team

LSU Eunice Women’s Basketball captured both major awards and landed four players on the Louisiana Community Colleges Athletic Conference (LCCAC) Women’s Basketball All-Conference Team, it was announced last week. The Bengals captured both top honors for the first time since the 2019-2020 season.