High School Sports

Mamou exits playoffs with quarterfinal loss

BATON ROUGE -- To take on one of the top teams in the country, let alone in the state is a tall task by itself.
But to also take on a team that has outscored their first two playoff opponents by an average of 78 points a game is another story.

Ville Platte drops quarterfinal game to Madison High

VILLE PLATTE -- A 19-0 run in the final 4:47 of the game allowed the Madison High Jaguars to push past the Ville Platte High Bulldogs and take a 51-40 win in a Class 3A quarterfinal game here Friday night.

Mamou Lady Demons cannot complete comeback; fall to Rayville in 2A semis

HAMMOND – A valiant comeback attempt fell short in the fourth quarter, as the Mamou Lady Demons were eliminated from the playoffs with a 54-44 loss to the Rayville Lady Hornets in the state semi-finals here Wednesday afternoon.

Knight and day

HAMMOND – In a game of contrasts and offensive runs, the Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs could not hold on to a nine-point fourth quarter lead, as they fell to the South Beauregard Lady Knights 60-56 in the Class 3A semi-finals here Wednesday night.

Basile High wrestling team competes at state tourney

Culminating an outstanding season for the Basile Bearcat wrestling team, nine BHS
grapplers placed in the top nine at the recent Louisiana High School Athletic Association's
Division III Wrestling Meet held in Shreveport. Leading the list of Basile wrestlers were

Pine Prairie falls to South Beauregard; Sacred Heart suffers hard loss at STA

The first round of the playoffs were not kind to the Pine Prairie Panthers and the Sacred Heart Trojans Friday night.
Pine Prairie traveled to Longville to take on the South Beauregard Knights in a Class 3A first round playoff game and came away an 87-70 loser.

Mamou fights for win in first round; barely slips past Jeanerette

MAMOU – More and better free throw shooting helped the Mamou Green Demons squeeze out a 65-62 Class 2A playoff win over the underdog Jeanerette Tigers here Friday evening.

Mamou defeats No. 1 seed Rapides to earn berth in 2A semifinals

LECOMPTE – The eighth seeded Mamou Lady Demons wrangled the top ranked Rapides Lady Mustangs to a 68-55 win Thursday night in Lecompte in the quarterfinal round to advance to the Top 28.

Ville Platte defeats Vidalia for first win of the 2017 playoffs

VILLE PLATTE – Slows starts have plagued the Ville Platte High Bulldog basketball team all season long and Friday night was no exception, as they defeated the Vidalia Vikings 79-58 here in a first round Class 3A playoff contest.

On all cylinders

VILLE PLATTE – When a team is playing at their very best, the old sports cliché “firing on all cylinders” is often used to describe that situation.

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