Sports

Cold as ice

MONROE – With the thermometer dropping into the 40’s for the first time this football season, the Sacred Heart Trojan offense went as cold as the temperature outside in a 16-7 loss to the St. Frederick Warriors here Friday night in an LHSAA Division IV first round playoff game.

Bearcats steamroll their way to win over Tensas

The Basile Bearcats dominated the Tensas Panthers on all spectrums in a 56-8 win here Friday night. With the win Basile will move on to the second round of the playoffs and face Montgomery Friday night. “We knew we were a better team,” said Bearcats head coach Kevin Betrand.

No. 1 seed Many Tigers too much for Ville Platte

MANY -- For the second year in a row, the Many Tigers take care of business and hand Ville Platte High a huge loss in the first round of the LHSAA Class 2A playoffs. Ville Platte finishes the season with an overall record of 3-8. The Bulldogs will move to Class 3A next year.

Ville Platte to host hoops tournament starting this week; several state schools in attendance

VILLE PLATTE -- The Ville Platte High Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs will host their Curley Dossman, Sr. Classic Invitational Tournament this week beginning on Wednesday night at the Ville Platte High gym and at the Bayou Chicot Elementary gym.

Northward trek

The Sacred Heart Trojans begin their quest for playoff glory on the road tomorrow night, as they travel 150 miles north on Highway 165 to Monroe to battle the St. Fredrick Warriors in the first round of the LHSAA Division IV post- season.

Take a listen LSU: To be a great team line play is crucial

Before the LSU/Alabama game, I made an analysis in this paper that one of the major keys to a Tiger win was the play of the offensive line. My prediction was that if the O-Line could not protect Joe Burrow and get some semblance of a running game together, it would be a long night.

Basile hosts Tensas in the opening round of Class 1A playoffs; look to repeat 2017 season

The 2018 season for the Basile Bearcats has been almost a mirror image of the 2017 campaign. Last year Basile finished the year 7-3 and entered the Class 1A playoffs as the No. 7 seed.

Ville Platte tasked with playing No. 1 Many in first round

Talk about deja vu!! Last season the Ville Platte Bulldogs finished the season with an overall record of 3-7 and found themselves with the No. 29 seed entering the playoffs. Their opponent in the first round, No. 4 Many. Skip forward to 2108.

Finding a way

VILLE PLATTE -- After a slow offensive performance in the first half, the Sacred Heart Trojans came out swinging in the third quarter en route to a 40-0 pasting of the Westminster Crusaders Friday night. With the win, Sacred Heart finished the regular season with an overall record of 7-3.

Ville Platte downed by Welsh; hoping to get playoff bid

WELSH -- Ville Platte was unable to overcome the No. 5 team in Class 2A as the Welsh Greyhounds rolled past the Bulldogs 55-0 Friday night.