Sports

Basile hosts Elton for bragging rights and much needed victory

The Battle of Bayou Nezpiques between the Basile Bearcats and the Elton Indians is so very important for two main reasons for the Evangeline Parish squad. First, the winner of the game brings home bragging rights and the trophy back to their home school for another year.

Panthers begin district with tough test against Northwest

The Pine Prairie Panthers are still looking for that first win of the season and will try to get it at home this week when they host the Northwest Raiders tomorrow night in the first district game for both squads.

Protecting the house

MAMOU – The Sacred Heart Trojans intercepted a pass in their end zone with no time remaining on the clock to fend off a second half comeback attempt by the Mamou Demons and take a hard fought 14-12 win over their intra-parish opponents.

Valiant effort comes up just short for Ville Platte Bulldogs

EUNICE -- Down 15 points with 8:02 left in the game, the Ville Platte Bulldogs mustered a valiant effort that fell just one yard short in their 35-33 heartbreaking loss to the St. Ed’s Blue Jays Friday night. With the loss, Ville Platte fell to 2-3 on the season.

Basile drops to 1-1 in district after loss to Grand Lake

GRAND LAKE -- Heading into their second district game of the year, the Basile Bearcats knew that a road trip to Grand Lake to take on the undefeated Hornets was not going to be an easy task.

Battle for L’anse Bleu

It will be a battle for the Blue Cove, as the Sacred Heart Trojans and their fans travel up Highway 1165 to take on the Mamou Demons tonight in a game that could have playoff implications. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Both teams come into the game with an overall record of 2-2.

Ville Platte travels to the “Land of the Jays” Friday night

Two teams with identical records will face off tomorrow night when the Ville Platte Bulldogs travel down Highway 13 to take on the St. Edmund Blue Jays in a critical non-district match-up.

Basile travels to Grand Lake with 2-0 district record on their mind

With their 42-21 shoot out win over Hamilton Christian this past Friday night, the Basile Bearcats have evened their overall record to 2-2 on the season; something that is not lost on head coach Kevin Bertrand.

Panthers have tough sledding with Port Barre showdown

The Pine Prairie Panthers will face some tough sledding tomorrow night when they travel to Port Barre to take on the 2-2 Red Devils. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Pine Prairie comes into the game with an overall record of 0-4.

Pine Prairie still winless after falling to Montgomery; score first points of year

PINE PRAIRIE -- When you are as young as the Pine Prairie Panthers, you look for the moral victories in every game that you play because the wins may not come as much as you would like.