LAFAYETTE – For the fourth consecutive season, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team will make a bowl appearance after formally accepting an invitation to the 14th annual R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Wednesday.
BASILE – The Basile Bearcats opened their seasons with a sweep over rival St. Edmund Tuesday night.
The Lady Cats began the night with a 60-42 win, while the Bearcats grabbed a 64-47 win over the Blue Jays.
Former LSU Eunice softball player Salea Brooke Willoughby was killed in an automotive accident on Saturday morning in Baltimore, Maryland while visiting a friend over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Willoughby, 25, was from Patterson where she was a stand-out pitcher and utility player.
VILLE PLATTE – The St. Edmund Lady Jays opened the season with a 42-30 loss to Pine Prairie in the annual Turkey Tournament at Sacred Heart of Ville Platte.
For a few minutes Monday night, it seemed that the home court might be the key to the Lady Bengals’ first win of the season.
But late surges in each half by the visiting Lady Bulldogs lifted Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to a 78-62 win over LSU Eunice.
