Sports

30 LSU players out for COVID; Southern cancels two games

By: TRACEY JAGNEAUX Sports Editor Thirty of the 115 LSU football players have either tested positive for COVID-19 or been quarantined because they have come in contact with someone who has tested positive, that according to Sports Illustrated.

L.C.’s Morgan earns Academic All-Conference

By: TRACEY JAGNEAUX Sports Editor RICHARDSON, Texas – 48 Louisiana College Wildcats were listed among the 712 student-athletes honored, with eight of them being named to the Distinguished Scholar-Athlete teams, as American Southwest Conference awarded its winter and spring sport Academic...

DYB, VPGSA action heats back up at the park

After a brief hiatus, action heated back up at the Ville Platte/Evangeline Recreational Complex beginning on Tuesday.

Time for change

By: TRACEY JAGNEAUX Sports Editor At some point in time, anyone of us may find it necessary to make a change in the course of our life in order to revitalize and reinvigorate ourselves. For Pine Prairie native Mike Yachera, that time is now.

Baseball may lose more than just fans if they do not play

With the latest play for power in Major League Baseball, America’s game is once again getting a giant black eye.

Start, stop, and repeat

A week after returning to the diamonds for a modified summer schedule, play was called off for Ville Platte Dixie Youth and Girls Softball Association because a player had tested positive for COVID-19.

A slow return

Getting back to a normal routine seems to be very challenging for all of the football teams throughout Evangeline Parish.

Major League Baseball may not happen in 2020

“We’re going to play baseball in 2020, 100 percent,” Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred declared one week ago. That 100 percent may be down to 0 percent as of Monday. The hold up basically comes down to money.

DYB, VPGSA action continues at VP/EPRP

By: TRACEY Action filled the Ville Platte/Evangeline Recreational Park throughout the week from both Dixie Youth Baseball and Ville Platte Girls Softball. Here is a rundown of games played from Tuesday to Thursday of this past week.

LHSAA hands out state title games to select cities

Recently, the LHSAA announced their selections for host cities to all of the LHSAA non-select championship events. For the city of Hammond, the LHSAA seemed to be in the giving mood.