Sports

Nathan Zaunbrecher

SEH sweeps rival Basile

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor In a night dominated by defense, St. Edmund grabbed a sweep over rival Basile. The Lady Jays jumped out to a 13-3 first quarter lead as St. Edmund earned a 45-20 win in the opening game of the doubleheader. St.

Nick Trosclair

Youth will lead Blue Jays basketball

Tom Dodge

Friday, December 2, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor St. Edmund head boys basketball coach Nick Trosclair is entering his fourth season in the program with a young group of Blue Jays. “I have several juniors who are used to my system and the way I do things,” Trosclair said.

Wayne Fontenot

Fontenot, Bobcats excited about season

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor There will be a new but familiar face on the Bobcat basketball court this season. When Chad Andrepont became Eunice High assistant principal, Wayne Fontenot moved from the girls program to become the boys head coach.

Ellie Manuel

St. Ed’s lands nine on All-District team

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor In an historic season for St. Edmund volleyball, the Lady Jays placed nine players on the Div. V, All-District 2 team. St. Edmund senior Ellie Manuel was named Co-MVP along with Northside Christian’s Kailey Meaux. St.

Gabby MItchell

Lady Cats place 7 on All-District team

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor In an historic season for Eunice High volleyball, the Lady Bobcats placed six players on the Div. III, All-District 2 team. Eunice senior Gabby Mitchell earned Defensive MVP honors, while Iota’s Jenna Seilhan was named Offensive MVP.

Aubrie LeJeune

Lady Jays cruise past Pine Prairie

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – The Lady Jays opened the annual Turkey Tournament with a win a St. Edmund cruised to a 51-13 victory over Pine Prairie. The Lady Jays jumped out to a 13-1 first quarter lead behind eight points from Mary Helen Miller.

Juvenile whooping cranes released last week at White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo)

Juvenile whooping cranes released

Harlan Kirgan

Friday, November 18, 2022

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) recently added 10 whooping cranes to its experimental population, the most since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Julia Zaunbrecher

Lady Jays excited about upcoming season

Tom Dodge

Friday, November 18, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor With three experienced seniors, the Lady Jays are looking for a successful run this season. “We are coming in with some experienced players as last year we only graduated one senior so a lot of the underclassmen got a lot of playing time,” St.

Graduate students working in Rodrigo Diaz’s lab searched the Gulf Coast for evidence of an invasive insect, the roseau cane scale, in the fall of both 2021 and 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Diaz/LSU AgCenter)

Insect infesting coastal cane expanding range eastward

Harlan Kirgan

Thursday, November 17, 2022

An invasive insect that could be weakening stands of roseau cane across the Mississippi River Delta has spread farther east along the Gulf Coast, according to surveys performed by LSU AgCenter researchers. Native to China and Japan, the roseau cane scale was initially found in Louisiana in 2016.

Kassidi Thibodeaux

Thibodeaux leads young Lady Bobcats

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor This the first step of her coaching journey as Kassidi Thibodeaux, a former LSU Eunice basketball player and recent McNeese graduate, takes over the Eunice High Lady Bobcats basketball program.