Sports

Diamond Divas finish season at Jennie Finch

SULPHUR -- The Diamond Divas, a 12U fast pitch travel softball team based out of Ville Platte, completed their spring/summer softball schedule by attending the Jennie Finch World Series here last week. The Divas started the tournament off on a good note, winning their first two pool games.

Youthful accomplishment

DEQUINCY -- History was made this past weekend, as the Dixie Youth T-Ball All-Stars claimed the first t-ball district championship in the history of Ville Platte baseball.

Youthful accomplishment

BROUSSARD -- For the second straight week the VPGSA 6U All-Stars have had to battle back from the brink of elimination to claim a tournament title.

Dixie Youth Pitching Machine All-Stars place 2nd

MAMOU -- The Ville Platte Dixie Youth Pitching Machine All-Stars were able to secure themselves a trip to the DYB State Tournament this past weekend after placing second in the District 7 Tournament. The All-Stars finished tournament play with an overall record of 8-2.

Familiar territory

Sara Tate has found her niche once again. An outfielder almost all of her playing career, the former Pine Prairie all-stater sacrificed her position her senior year to fill an ever important need at catcher for the Lady Panthers last season.

Pitching Machine All-Stars start off perfect at District

MAMOU -- A perfect start to what hopefully will be a perfect tournament. That is what the Ville Platte Dixie Youth Pitching Machine All-Stars are wishing for, as they began the District 7 tournament with an unblemished 3-0 record here Thursday and Friday evening.

Astros continuing to work their way to second title

HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros are at it again. Despite their Friday night loss to the Kansas City Royals, Houston is flying high again in the American League.

Diamond Divas off to a great start as they battle for top spot at Jenny Finch Tourney

SULPHUR -- The quest to become champions of the Jennie Finch World Series began in earnest for the Diamond Divas, a travel team based out of Ville Platte. The Divas opened up with pool play games here on Wednesday and concluded those pool games on Friday afternoon, going 2-2 over those three days.

More optimistic

PINE PRAIRIE -- Even though Ville Platte’s Dixie Major All-Star’s head coach John Pitre was confident in his team heading into the East Sub-District tournament this past weekend, he still needed to see his team play in live situations to get a good feel of where they were up to at this point.

VPGSA 8U All-Stars take home hardware from state tourney

YOUNGSVILLE -- Despite being behind in the championship game on Sunday, the VPGSA 8U All-Stars were able to reach back and find another gear to take home the USSSA Class C State Tournament title this past weekend.