Sports

Competition heats up in Ville Platte hard court tourney

VILLE PLATTE – The Ville Platte Bulldog Classic hard court tournament got underway Wednesday with several big name teams facing some fierce competition.

Taming a Tornado

Tomorrow night, the Basile High Bearcats will walk right into the den of the Tornado, as they travel to Haynesville for a second round Class 1A playoff game. Haynesville is a 17 time state champion and an 10 time state runner-up.

Defense must improve if LSU wants to take home National title

There is just no two ways about it, the LSU defense is not living up to pre-season expectations. And, after this past week’s poor performance against the Ole Miss Rebels, LSU is not making any it easier to feel confident heading into the remaining part of the season.

Johnson ties NCAA record for lowest round; leads team to win

Pine Prairie native and current Junior Ole Miss golfer Julia Johnson recently tied the NCAA mark for the lowest individual round (61), as she led her team to the Battle of the Beach title held in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.

Clipping Eagle wings?

For the fourth time in the last seven years, and the fifth time since 2005, the Sacred Heart Trojans will take on the Ouachita Christian Eagles for the right to move on in the LHSAA playoffs. The first round post-season match-up will be on the road in Monroe Friday night.

Setting the tone

VILLE PLATTE – The Sacred Heart Trojans made it look easy against the North Central in their dominating 38-8 homecoming victory over the Hurricanes. The Trojans end the regular season at 5-5 overall and 2-3 in district play.

Basile knocked around by Oberlin; await playoff fate

OBERLIN – In their worst loss of the season, the Basile Bearcats took one on the chin in a 41-13 loss to the Oberlin Tigers Friday night. With the loss, Basile ends the regular season with an overall record of 6-4 and a district record of 5-2.

Mamou unable to get offense going; fall to Iota to end post-season aspirations

MAMOU – The Mamou Demons quest for a slot in the 2019 LHSAA Class 3A playoffs came to an end Friday night as they dropped their final regular season game in a 20-0 loss to the Iota Bulldogs. With the loss, Mamou falls to 4-6 on the season and 2-3 in district play.

Danger ahead

The Sacred Heart Trojans know they are in the Division IV playoffs. They also know that a win probably won’t move them up in the final power ranking of the season.

Ville Platte hoping to reach playoffs; needs win over Northwest

Ville Platte is in need of a win and the only team that stands in their way of a possible playoff berth is a team that the Bulldogs are very familiar with; the Northwest Raiders.