Sports

District woes continue to plague Ville Platte Bulldogs

Ville Platte’s struggles to open District 5-3A play continues Tuesday afternoon, falling 14-0 to the Church Point Bears in five innings.

Roberts is named to All-State team

The accolades continue to roll in for Ville Platte’s Ernest Roberts. The 6-foot-3 senior got one last bit of good news last week, when he was recognized as an honorable mention member of the Class 3A all-state team by the Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association.

Meet me at the parish

To say the Parish Track Meet, held Thursday in Basile, was dominated by two programs would be an understatement. Pine Prairie and Ville Platte split the honors between the boys’ and girls’ meets, respectively, with each program then taking second place in the opposite meet as well.

Pine Prairie is unable to muster offense against Iota

IOTA -- When it rains, it pours. The Pine Prairie Panthers and Iota Bulldogs had their District 5-3A battle originally scheduled for Wednesday delayed due to a cold front that brought torrential rains.

Mamou baseball enjoys a big week

MAMOU -- It was a big week for the Mamou Green Demons in baseball. Over the past three games, the Green Demons have put up 38 runs and won all three games to run its overall record closer to .500 for the season.

Unexorcisable

It was one of those days where Mamou made it look easy in all aspects.

Trojans claw out a win against Eunice despite four errors

It wasn’t always picturesque. But when pitching isn’t allowing base hits, it doesn’t really matter if it’s pretty or not.

Parish teams find more mixed results

Evangeline Parish softball and baseball programs took a big step up in competition over the past week and had varying degrees of success over the past week.

Coward’s leadership pushed his team to post-season magic

Launey Coward always had a gift of connecting with kids. The former Ville Platte High three-sport letterman first noticed he had that particular gift when he started his career in law enforcement after graduating from Southern University with a degree in sociology and criminal justice.

Roberts’ mindset has earned him parish’s Most Valuable award

Ernest Roberts was always the biggest kid on the court. With hitting a growth spurt early in childhood, Roberts usually had a size advantage when he stepped on the court to play basketball which earned him the nickname “Monster.” Roberts though didn’t get much taller as he peaked at 6-foot-3.