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Pine Prairie Panthers

Pine Prairie Panthers

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A little of this, and a little of that

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Thursday, August 27, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor PINE PRAIRIE - The outlook on the season at Pine Prairie is high as the Panthers will play a non-district schedule, which means no games this year against teams like Crowley, Iota, and Church Point.
Basile Bearcats

Basile Bearcats

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Bearcats entering new territory with move to 2A

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Thursday, August 27, 2026
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor Experience up front, athleticism in the backfield, and a healthy mix of returning veterans and younger players have the Basile Bearcats ready to trade summer workouts for Friday-night football.
Franklin

Franklin

Friday nights and why they matter

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Monday, August 24, 2026
There is a moment, every fall, that reminds me why I love this state. The sun goes down. The lights come up. The smell of popcorn and the smoke of pit hamburgers drifts across a parking lot that was empty six hours ago and is now packed bumper to bumper. The band strikes up.
Members of the Mamou coaching staff and cheerleading squad, as well as other member of the Mamou community, celebrate after the Mamou Green Demons advanced to the state semifinals. With the win, the team moved on to play Marksville on Wednesday, March 11, at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Members of the Mamou coaching staff and cheerleading squad, as well as other member of the Mamou community, celebrate after the Mamou Green Demons advanced to the state semifinals. With the win, the team moved on to play Marksville on Wednesday, March 11, at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Looking Back: More top athletic moments of previous school year are recalled

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Monday, August 10, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor As another school year begins here in Evangeline Parish, another athletic season is also beginning.
Braxton Ardoin (11) fights through traffic to collect a basket for Mamou in the Green Demons’ 70-40 win over Rapides last season. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Braxton Ardoin (11) fights through traffic to collect a basket for Mamou in the Green Demons’ 70-40 win over Rapides last season. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Looking Back: Top athletic moments of previous school year are recalled

News Staff
Thursday, August 6, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor As another school year begins here in Evangeline Parish, another athletic season is also beginning.
Edwards

Edwards

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Edwards is named 2nd vice president

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Monday, August 3, 2026
Ville Platte native Renotta Edwards has been elected Second Vice President of the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association (LHSBCA).
Players from Ville Platte High and Sacred Heart are pictured as they participate in a joint practice at Sacred Heart on Thursday, July 16. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Players from Ville Platte High and Sacred Heart are pictured as they participate in a joint practice at Sacred Heart on Thursday, July 16. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Bulldogs, Trojans meet in joint football practice

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Monday, July 27, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Football summer workouts took on a different look as Sacred Heart hosted a joint practice with cross-town squad Ville Platte High. Head Bulldog coach Roy Serie called it a beautiful thing to have both teams practicing against each other.
Liam Kincanon is pictured as he competes during a recent powerlifting meet. He will again represent Team USA in an international meet. (Photo courtesy of Kayla Kincanon)

Liam Kincanon is pictured as he competes during a recent powerlifting meet. He will again represent Team USA in an international meet. (Photo courtesy of Kayla Kincanon)

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Kincanon, 16, returns to the international stage

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Monday, July 27, 2026
Sacred Heart High School sophomore Liam Kincanon is heading back to the international powerlifting stage as one of the youngest of Louisiana’s Team USA Powerlifters.
Andrus

Andrus

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New coach, same tradition

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Monday, July 13, 2026
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor Basile High School has announced the hiring of Josh Andrus as the new head football coach of the Bearcats, making him the 18th head coach in the program’s history dating back to the school's first football team in 1946.
Raymond Partsch III (left) and Tony Marks (right) hold their major awards that they won at the 2025 Louisiana Sports Writers Association Awards Contest luncheon in Natchitoches on Sunday, June 28. (Photo by Tina Partsch)

Raymond Partsch III (left) and Tony Marks (right) hold their major awards that they won at the 2025 Louisiana Sports Writers Association Awards Contest luncheon in Natchitoches on Sunday, June 28. (Photo by Tina Partsch)

Major hardware

News Staff
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Staff Report NATCHITOCHES - The Ville Platte Gazette and The Oakdale Journal received hardware after staff members earned top honors at the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Awards Contest luncheon held on Sunday, June 28.
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