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Area college teams find success on the court

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Monday, December 20, 2021
LSU’s Eason named SEC Men’s Player of Week Tari Eason, a 6-8, 216-pound sophomore forward, was named the Player of the Week in the SEC. Eason scored a career-high 23 points in a 69-53 comeback road win over Georgia Tech. Eason added six rebounds and two steals for good measure.
Isaiah Payne, a former Pine Prairie Panther, goes for a basket in a game earlier this season with LSU Eunice. Last season, he was an all-conference selection. (Photo courtesy of Travis Webb/ LSU Eunice)

Isaiah Payne, a former Pine Prairie Panther, goes for a basket in a game earlier this season with LSU Eunice. Last season, he was an all-conference selection. (Photo courtesy of Travis Webb/ LSU Eunice)

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Bringing the “payne”

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Monday, December 13, 2021
EUNICE – By all accounts, LSU Eunice sophomore guard Isaiah Payne is a man of few words. Those who weren’t aware of his prep career at Pine Prairie probably hadn’t even heard of him before last year, when the 6-3, 175-pounder was a first-team all-conference selection after averaging 17.
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The Marks Post: Taking in the experience

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Thursday, December 2, 2021
I have an appreciation for kickers. I guess it’s because Sacred Heart never really had one. The last good kicker the Trojans had was my freshman year in 1996 when they had David Troya, an exchange student from Ecuador who played soccer.
Grambling kicker Garrett Urban (30) kicks the game winning field goal against Southern in the Bayou Classic. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Grambling kicker Garrett Urban (30) kicks the game winning field goal against Southern in the Bayou Classic. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Urban the Great

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Thursday, December 2, 2021
NEW ORLEANS - Field goals dominated the 48th edition of the Bayou Classic as Southern and Grambling combined to put seven kicks through the uprights. None bigger, though, came with 7 seconds on the clock as Grambling’s Garrett Urban launched the game winner to put his team ahead 29-26.
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Showing confidence in Brian Kelly

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Thursday, December 2, 2021
Monday afternoon, I was talking to a friend about LSU’s open head coaching position. He made a point that, at the time, made sense. “Rhett, outside of Saban or Dabo, I don’t think there’s anything they can do that will surprise me at this point.” Then, the other shoe dropped.
King Cotton LXVII Jeff Willis

King Cotton LXVII Jeff Willis

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Willis, head LSUE baseball coach, will serve as King Cotton LXVII

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Monday, October 18, 2021
Winning the World Series usually lands you a trip to Disney Land. But for LSU Eunice head baseball coach Jeff Willis, leading his Bengal team to its seventh NJCAA crown landed him a trip to Ville Platte and the honor of serving as King Cotton LXVII.
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Orgeron fished for trouble with outburst

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Monday, October 11, 2021
Come to find out, LSU may have been fishing in the wrong hole all along and it may be time for a new captain to man the ship at Tiger Stadium. For those of us who have been living under a rock, the last year-plus of the Ed Orgeron Era haven’t gone quite as well as other years.
McNeese senior quarterback Cody Orgeron puts his hands out to receive the snap while offensive linemen Hayden Shaw (75) and Nick Holiday (77) jump up to block Cowboy defenders Isaiah Chambers (40) and Joey McNeely (55) during a fall camp practice. (LSN photo by Raymond Partsch III)

McNeese senior quarterback Cody Orgeron puts his hands out to receive the snap while offensive linemen Hayden Shaw (75) and Nick Holiday (77) jump up to block Cowboy defenders Isaiah Chambers (40) and Joey McNeely (55) during a fall camp practice. (LSN photo by Raymond Partsch III)

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McNeese looks to return to championship ways

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Thursday, August 26, 2021
LAKE CHARLES -- The McNeese Cowboys were able to get back to normal playing a spring schedule, and now the program is looking to get back to its championship ways. "I think it was big for us," McNeese head coach Frank Wilson said. "We were beyond a normal spring because we actually played games.
Former Ville Platte High basketball standout, Terrian Roy, signs his letter of intent to play for Florida Coastal Prep in Fort Walton Beach. Since then, he has accepted a scholarship to play for Utah State University Eastern in the National Junior College Athletic Association. (Photo courtesy of Tommy Jones)

Former Ville Platte High basketball standout, Terrian Roy, signs his letter of intent to play for Florida Coastal Prep in Fort Walton Beach. Since then, he has accepted a scholarship to play for Utah State University Eastern in the National Junior College Athletic Association. (Photo courtesy of Tommy Jones)

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Continuing to take his shots

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Thursday, August 19, 2021
Former Ville Platte High star Terrian Roy has never taken the easy way out in his basketball career. The guard had it drilled in him during his time at Ville Platte High. If you take charges, you get on the floor. Simple as that.
Kameron Allen shoots a basket from beyond the arc in a game played at Ville Platte High School. (Photo submitted)

Kameron Allen shoots a basket from beyond the arc in a game played at Ville Platte High School. (Photo submitted)

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From a Panther to a Bengal

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Thursday, August 12, 2021
PINE PRAIRIE -- Newly signed LSU-Eunice guard Kameron Allen is a rare breed. Pine Prairie girls basketball coach Renotta Edwards, herself a former high school standout and college basketball player, acknowledges her as one of the best and strongest players she’s ever seen.
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