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Trojans, Lady Panthers stay on track after big wins Tuesday

Both the Sacred Heart Trojans and the Pine Prairie Lady Panthers kept themselves in top five power ranking contention with huge wins Tuesday afternoon. Down 2-0 to long time rival St. Ed’s, the Trojans were able to rally in the final four innings to come away with a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays.

Jones, Allison learn big lessons in coaching after guiding their teams to the post-season

There are some defining moments in a coaching career. Just ask both 2018 Evangeline Parish Coaches of the Year, Ville Platte High’s Tommy Jones and Mamou High’s Danisha Allison-Lewis. For Jones, that defining moment came after his first year of taking over the Bulldog basketball program.

Confidence boost

PINE PRAIRIE -- Gaining confidence is what every coach wants to see from his team as they head into district play.

Sacred Heart rolls past Church Point; defeats St. Michael

CHURCH POINT -- The Sacred Heart Trojans have been playing a ton of baseball over the past week and a half and have not blinked in picking up five wins in a row.

Trojan power lifters to compete at state

This upcoming weekend will produce a first for the Sacred Heart Trojans, as they will send out their initial edition of a power lifting team at the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA Powerlifting State Championships in Alexandria. The competition is scheduled to begin today and end on Saturday.

Hit parade

PINE PRAIRIE -- Two of the best high school softball teams around the area went toe-to-toe here Wednesday afternoon and in the end it was the powerful hitting of the Pine Prairie Lady Panthers that wound up stealing the show, as they rolled past the Sacred Heart Lady Trojans 13-2 in five innings...

Trojans slip past Tigers with walk off home run win

VILLE PLATTE -- In dramatic fashion, the Sacred Heart Trojans came away with a 2-1 win over the Oberlin Tigers on a lead off solo home run from JT Harper in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Lady Bulldogs fall to Lady Pioneers

VILLE PLATTE -- After disappointing back-to-back one run losses to Eunice and Lake Arthur, the Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs came home to take on perennial powerhouse Notre Dame Thursday afternoon in a District 6-2A contest.

Falling short

VILLE PLATTE -- A loss hurts no matter if it is by 10 runs or one run. But, probably the worse type of loss is one in which the effort put into coming back from a large deficit falls just short of completion. Such was the case for the Ville Platte High Bulldogs Monday afternoon.

Trojans run past Dragons; steal win over Patriots

VILLE PLATTE -- The Sacred Heart Trojans are used to grind it out, leave everything on the field wins. And, the last two games have proven that 10 times over.