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Lady Cats break scoring pause; Bobcats purr big in win

By Rhett Manuel Sports Editor It’s very hard to take too much from a season-opener. Teams are never fully formed in the first game of the season, especially in basketball. There are rotations to be worked out and fine-tuned as the season goes on.

Athletic Association’s fumble fouled up playoff season

By Rhett Manuel Sports Editor It’s no secret that in the sports world, for everyone that is doing things with integrity and with best interests in mind there is also a schemester, scoundrel or scheister who is trying to pull the wool over people’s eyes. For every Nick Saban there’s a Bobby Petrino.

Lady Cats looks to rebound from last year’s season

Building a program with the right work ethic takes a lot of hard work.

Bobcats emerge from a 2-8 season with some strengths

The adage goes that it’s always darkest before the dawn. For the Eunice Bobcats, an abnormally down season where the team finished 2-8 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2003 will hopefully represent the last time the program is talking about this type of dip for the next 20 years.

Team Pitre wins season play

The Eunice Mens Tennis League finished its 12th week of tennis play. In the early match, Team Pitre took care of Team Manuel by a score of 8-5 to earn the regular season championship. Team Moosa beat down Team D’Aubin by a 10-2 score to send them in sole possession of the Tidy Bowl honors.

ELTL Team Pitre in lead in 10th week of play

After 10 weeks of play, Team Pitre is at 188 points and Team R&B is standing at 142 points. On Court 1, Team R&B won by a forfeit. On Court 2, Team Pitre’s Phyllis Hargroder and Sylvia Fontenot won in split sets, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 against Team R&B’s Renee Johnson and Heidi Dischler.

LSU fails to stop Alabama’s quarterback

Costly mistakes and an inability to stop Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe, who rushed for four touchdowns, handed No. 15 LSU its third loss of the season to No. 11 Alabama, 42-13, on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.

Lady Jays, Cats see seasons end on first round of playoffs

The parallel road the Eunice High and St. Ed’s volleyball programs shared on the road to the state tournament were weird enough. Both qualified for the playoffs as No.

Bobcats score big in season finale

Talk about ending the season on a high note. The Eunice Bobcats had everything still in front of them heading into Friday night’s matchup with Washington-Marion in its regular season finale.

St. Ed’s, Basile make playoffs

After some controversy and potential holdups, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association released its football playoffs pairings on Sunday afternoon. Locally, two of the four teams in the Eunice News’ coverage area – St.