The Eunice News www.eunicetoday.com Sports Thursday, December 21, 2017 9 Independence Bowl Orlando, Fla. Nashville, Tenn. Washington (10-2) vs. Penn Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal) Shreveport, La. Oklahoma State (9-3) vs. Kentucky (7-5) vs. Northwest- State (10-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans Bowls Southern Mississippi (8-4) vs. Virginia Tech (9-3), 5:15 p.m. ern (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl Clemson (12-1) vs. Alabama From Page 8 Florida State (6-6), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Miami Gardens, Fla. (11-1), 8:45 p.m. (ESPN) (ESPN) Alamo Bowl Tucson, Ariz. Wisconsin (12-1) vs. Miami Monday, Jan. 8 Sunday, Dec. 24 Pinstripe Bowl San Antonio New Mexico State (5-6) vs. (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Champion- Hawaii Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Stanford (9-4) vs. TCU (10-3), Utah State (6-6), 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1 ship Honolulu Boston College (7-5) vs. Iowa 9 p.m. (ESPN) (CBSSN) Outback Bowl Atlanta Fresno State (9-4) vs. Hous- (7-5), 5:15 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl Cotton Bowl Classic Tampa, Fla. Rose Bowl winner vs. Sugar ton (7-4), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl San Diego Arlington, Texas Michigan (8-4) vs. South Bowl winner, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 26 Santa Clara, Calif. Washington State (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (11-2) vs. Ohio Carolina (8-4), Noon (ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 20 Heart of Dallas Bowl Arizona (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), Michigan State (9-3), 9 p.m. State (11-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Peach Bowl East-West Shrine Classic West Virginia (7-5) vs. Utah 8:30 p.m. (FOX) (FOX) Saturday, Dec. 30 Atlanta At St. Petersburg, Fla. (6-6), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl Friday, Dec. 29 TaxSlayer Bowl UCF (12-0) vs. Auburn (10-3), East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) Quick Lane Bowl Houston Belk Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Detroit Texas (6-6) vs. Missouri (7-5), Charlotte, N.C. Louisville (8-4) vs. Mississippi Citrus Bowl At Carson, Calif. Northern Illinois (8-4) vs. 9 p.m. (ESPN) Wake Forest (7-5) vs. Texas State (8-4), Noon (ESPN) Orlando, Fla. American vs. National, TBA Duke (6-6), 5:15 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 28 A&M (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Liberty Bowl Notre Dame (9-3) vs. LSU (FS1) Cactus Bowl Military Bowl Sun Bowl Memphis, Tenn. (9-3), 1 p.m. (ABC) Saturday, Jan. 27 Phoenix Annapolis, Md. El Paso, Texas Iowa State (7-5) vs. Memphis Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal) Senior Bowl Kansas State (7-5) vs. UCLA Virginia (6-6) vs. Navy (6-5), NC State (8-4) vs. Arizona (10-2), 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Pasadena, Calif. At Mobile, Ala. (6-6), 9 p.m. (ESPN) 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) State (7-5), 3 p.m. (CBS) Fiesta Bowl Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Georgia North vs. South, 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27 Camping World Bowl Music City Bowl Glendale, Ariz. (12-1), 5:10 p.m. (ESPN) (NFLN) EHS falls in district opener By Tom Dodge Sports Editor PRAIRIE RHONDE – The Northwest Lady Raid- ers opened District 5-3A play with a 46-24 win over the Eunice Lady Bobcats. Northwest (11-1, 1-0) jumped out to a 14-4 first quarter lead, holding Eu- nice (9-5, 0-1) to a bucket by Shania Malveaux and two free throws from Jess- lyn Reed. Eunice used a four- corner stall offense in the second period as the Lady From left, LSUE head coach Andy Lee, assistant coach Raiders outscored the Logan Hebert and volunteer assistant coach Danielle Lady Cats, 6-3. Cruickshank celebrate the 2017 NJCAA Division II nato- Leah Walker scored the ional championship. It was Lee’s fifth softball championship only Lady Cat points in with LSUE. the quarter as Northwest after guiding the Bengals took a 20-7 advantage into to a second consecutive the locker room. LSUE NJCAA title in thrilling The Lady Raiders con- From Page 8 fashion. LSUE defeated tinued their scoring bar- Jones County in an 8-7 rage in the third frame tions from the audience. walk-off on a squeeze bunt with a 19-9 run. The next day, Lee took this past May. The cham- Shania Toussaint the stage as one of seven pionship put an end to a drained a trey, while recipients as the National 53-11 season and marked Walker, Malveaux and Fastpitch Coaches Asso- the school's fourth title in Stacie White each chipped ciation's (NFCA) coaching the last five years. in bucket as the Lady Cats staff of the year. LSUE The honor is Lee's third trailed 39-16 as the game was named the National at LSU Eunice, having re- moved to the final quarter. Junior College Athletic ceived the same honor in Eunice outscored the Association (NJCAA) Di- 2011 and 2014. Lady Raiders 8-7 in the vision II Coaching Staff of The Bengals now offi- fourth period, led by the Year earlier this sum- cially turn the page on last White’s seven points and a mer. season and shift focus to free throw from Malveaux. The Bengals were se- the 2018 campaign. The St. Edmund’s Carter Andrus battles for the ball between two Westminster defenders. White finished with lected as the top team in season begins January 26 nine points, while Khali the South Region voting. with a 1 pm. doubleheader WCA’s Jacob Johnson free throws from Brown Malone led Northwest Lee and assistant Logan against Galveston Col- drained a three-pointer and Andrus closed the with 16 points. Hebert received top honors lege. Jays at the buzzer to push SEH scoring. From Page 8 the Crusaders up, 45-24 Cade Lyons scored the heading into the final pe- last six Crusader points, to push WCA ahead, 30- riod. inclduing two free throws 19 at the break. The Jays began the with two seconds left to Today’s news today. The Crusaders explod- fourth quarter with a seal the 63-35 win. ed for a 15-5 surge to 4-2 run, aided by buckets Dupre led St. Ed’s open the third quarter from Driggs and Carter scoreing with 14 points. and put the game out of Andrus. Brown chipped in sev- reach. 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