After making it to the Dixie Youth World Series last year, the Ville Platte Super 10’s are getting back in action under first-year Head Coach Chuck Monier. The boys will make the short trip to Oakd...
Missed chances, errors and stranded runners down LSU Missed opportunities and lack of execution led to the quick exit of the LSU Tigers in the College World Series in Omaha. Perhaps it was the new and gigantic field of Ameritrade Park. Either way, L...
VP Minors head to DeQuincy for district The Ville Platte Minors (Farm Team) will head to DeQuincy this weekend to engage in the District Seven Tournament. The squad has won the championship for several consecutive years and Head Coach St...
Lightning takes VP crown Winning the city championship is tough at any level. The Ville Platte City Championship is no different when you look at it.
The Ville Platte 10 and under league saw the Ligthing take the title. T...
Lightning takes VP crown Winning the city championship is tough at any level. The Ville Platte City Championship is no different when you look at it.
The Ville Platte 10 and under league saw the Ligthing take the title. T...
Firmin tops heavily talented parish squad On the high school baseball scene, all four schools in Evangeline Parish were competitive for the most part during the 2013 season. Mamou and Sacred Heart made it to the post-season, but bowed in t...
VPHS Bulldog trio makes history No time in recorded history has the Ville Platte High basketball program sent three players to the same school. Well, it has happened! Mike Thomas, Perez Thomas and Tyler Thomas will all head to th...
When the Class 1A All-State Baseball Teams were released last week, Sacred Heart’s third baseman, Kade Tremie, was mistakenly omitted. The super talented senior had a great year for the Trojans.
T...
It was another fun year when it came to Evangeline Parish softball. All four teams were competitive and three out of four teams advanced to the post-season. All three teams made it to the second ro...
The schools that play baseball and softball in Evangeline Parish compete against some of the toughest teams in the state of Louisiana. For most teams, making their respective all-league teams is to...
After the 13 years of fun, entertainment and good-old fashioned football, the Tee Cotton Bowl has come to a close. In a time where everything was put aside such as money, race, background, to name ...
They competed in the toughest district in Class 1A and managed to pull off a good season and advance to the post-season. The Lady Trojans competed in a district that sent several teams to the playo...
Although it may be a while from the 2013 high school football season schedules have been released and approved the LHSAA. It’s no secret, the playoffs will be totally different across the state of ...
The only way to describe Basile’s loss to Sacred Heart last Friday night is heart breaking. The Bearcats played their hearts out, only to come up short in the over-time period. When SHHS’ Nick Firm...
Mamou and St. Eds (1-1) meet in a battle of old district foes Friday night. The Green Demons (0-2) return home after an upsetting loss to Opelousas Catholic. The Demons felt as though they should h...
The Panthers of Pine Prairie (1-1) are going to be riding a wave of momentum this Friday night when they host 2-0 Hanson Memorial Tigers. The Panthers are coming off of a victory over the North Cen...
By Tom Dodge
tom.dodge@eunicetoday.com
There will be new head coaches next season for the Eunice High softball and St. Edmund baseball programs.
Scott Deshotel stepped down this month after 19 se...
The first round of the Class 2A playoffs was the goal of every team in Class 2A. However only 64 teams made the playoffs and one of them is the local Ville Platte High Bulldogs. The Bulldogs finish...
It’s the first round of the Class 1A state playoffs. Basile has earned the 22nd seed and that means they have to get on the road. Where are they going? They will head south down highway 90 to Morga...
College football followers who wondered why Ohio State didn’t act when its coach admitted covering up NCAA violations by some of his star players don’t have to wonder anymore. Jim Tressel resigned ...
LSU Alexandria hosted Texas College in its season-opening baseball game Tuesday (Feb. 1) with a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Generals Field, according to athletic director and baseball coach Dan Purvis. ...
Renotta Edwards, new Assistant Girl’s Basketball Coach at LSUE, is shown here with the LSUE Girl’s basketball team and some of the girls that attended the camp. The camp was held June 7-10, and a s...
Week four of the Pigskin Picks and the Football Contest has come and gone and is in the record books. Contestants in both contests were blown away by the Saints losing to the Falcons. The other NFL...