VILLE PLATTE – The third time was the charm for the Blue Jays.
After falling 6-2 and 7-4 the first two times St. Edmund faced District 5-1A rival Sacred Heart of Ville Platte, the Blue Jays won the one that counted the most with a 4-2 win last Saturday.
The field is set for the NJCAA Divsion II Region 23 tournament.
And it could be the toughest region with the top two teams in the country.
No. 1 ranked Hinds Community College (41-5) will play East Mississippi Community College (29-16) at 3 p.m. today to open the regional.
BATON ROUGE – Eunice High senior Cole Prudhomme closed his high school athletic career on the podium at the LHSAA Class 4-A state track meet.
Prudhomme finished second in the shot put with a throw of 51-6, just behind Westgate’s Taylor Fondal’s 52-0.
The second-ranked Bengals begin their quest for the trip to Enid as LSU Eunice will be the host team for the NJCAA Division II Region 23 baseball tournament that begins on Thursday.
Trying to balance athletics and academics can be challenging, but three St. Edmund athletes excelled in both basketball and the classroom to earn LHSAA Academic All-State honors.
