Sports

Weathering the storm

DEVILLE -- It took a ton of determination, but the Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs were able to weather the thunderstorm that was the Buckeye Lady Panther defense to pull off a 57-49 win in the first round of the LHSAA Class 3A playoffs Thusday night.

Ville Platte takes down Northwest; forces extra game

VILLE PLATTE -- In a game of momentum swings, the Ville Platte High Bulldogs notched a thrilling 66-63 win over the Northwest Raiders in the final regular season and district contest of the year Friday night.

Playoffs end for three Evangeline Parish basketball teams

It was not a good night for three Evangeline Parish girls basketball teams, as they took an early exit from the 2019-20 LHSAA playoffs.

Parish boy’s basketball teams complete seasons; will not attain playoff spots

It was the end of the road for three of the boy’s parish basketball teams, as they were not able to attain enough power points to reach this year’s playoffs.

Fontenot earns first save of the season for LSU against Indiana

BATON ROUGE - The LSU Tiger baseball season began the season this past weekend with a series against Indiana at Alex Box Stadium and have an Evangeline Parish connection to come out of the bullpen in the closer role.

Playoff picture

Another regular season has gone by in the world of LHSAA girls’ basketball and the time has come for teams throughout the state to make their run for the ultimate prize, the state championship. Four of those teams looking to win a title come from Evangeline Parish.

VPHS, SHS boys come away with Tuesday victories

With the parish girl’s teams heading to the playoffs tonight, the boy’s teams still have some work to do in the regular season. With that being said, both the Ville Platte Bulldogs and the Sacred Heart Trojans were hoping to pick up much needed wins on Tuesday night.

Affecting the seed

CHURCH POINT -- Both the Ville Platte High Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs came into Thursday night’s road game in Church Point hoping to pick up wins in order to gain more power points toward their playoff seed.

Pouncing onto victory

PINE PRAIRIE -- Both the Pine Prairie Panthers and Lady Panthers came away with big wins, as they pounced their way to victory over the Mamou basketball squads in district action Monday night.

Ville Platte High splits district tilts with Iota

VILLE PLATTE -- The Ville Platte Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs hosted the Iota Bulldogs and Lady Dogs Monday night. Each team put on exciting back and forth games, but ultimately the Lady Bulldogs fell 59-47, while the Bulldogs won 74-62.