Sports

Sacred Heart, Ville Platte bring home big time hardware

It was a banner day for several parish powerlifters, as the Sacred Heart Trojans brought home two individual state championship titles while the Ville Platte High Bulldogs added three individual state titles to their haul.

Lady Bulldogs crush Lady Tigers, Lady Trojans fall

Across the parish diamonds, the Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs continued their winning ways by blasting the Opelousas Lady Tigers 16-2 on Wednesday, while the Sacred Heart Lady Trojans fell in their second league game of the season 6-5 to Catholic of Pointe Coupee on Thursday.

Failure to protect

VILLE PLATTE – The Sacred Heart Trojans failed to protect a late one run lead as the Hick Pirates raided Aswell-Cappell and stole an 11-8 win Monday afternoon. With the loss, Sacred Heart falls to 7-9-1 on the season.

Lady Trojans get past Westminster for district win

OPELOUSAS -- Despite trailing 4-2 at one point in the game, the Sacred Heart Lady Trojans picked up a huge 6-5 win over the Westminster Lady Crusaders in their opening District 5-1A contest Tuesday afternoon. With the win, Sacred Heart improves to 6-4 on the season and is now 1-0 in district play.

Panthers collect initial district win over Bears

CHURCH POINT -- The Pine Prairie Panthers picked up three runs in their final at bat to cap off a 7-2 win over the Church Point Bears Tuesday afternoon to earn their first district win of the season.

Lady Panthers scorch Lady Red Devils with bats

PORT BARRE -- The Pine Prairie Lady Panthers torched the Port Barre Lady Red Devils with 17 hits in a 19-8 win Tuesday afternoon. Pine Prairie improves to 10-9 on the year and 4-2 in District 5-3A with the win.

Ta’Laysia Burns qualifies to compete in the National American Miss La. Pageant

Ville Platte Elementary’s Ta’Laysia Burns has the chance to take part in the National American Miss Pageant after qualifying as a State Finalist who will now compete in the National American Miss Louisiana Pageant. Burns is the daughter of Misty and Keith Serie of Ville Platte.

Fighting chance

ALEXANDRIA -- Down 5-1 heading into their final at bat, the Sacred Heart Lady Trojans picked up two runs to give themselves a fighting chance for a comeback against Class 5A powerhouse Alexandria Senior High.

Mamou blows past Port Barre; remains unbeaten in district

MAMOU -- The Mamou Lady Demons collected 10 hits, six of those for extra bases, in their 11-0 blanking of the Port Barre Lady Red Devils Thursday afternoon. The district win improves Mamou’s overall record to 6-2.

Early lead for Church Point seals Pine Prairie’s fate

PINE PRAIRIE -- The Pine Prairie Lady Panthers fell behind 5-1 after three innings of play and could not regain their offensive production long enough in a 6-2 loss to the Church Point Lady Bears Thursday afternoon. Pine Prairie drops to 7-8 on the season and 3-2 in District 5-3A play.