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Mamou boys look solid heading into district play

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Thursday, January 9, 2025
By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor With district play beginning in about three weeks, Mamou boys head coach J.B. Fontenot has his Green Demon team flying through the 2024-2025 basketball season thus far.
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PPHS girls create second winning streak

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Thursday, January 9, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor For the second time this season, the Pine Prairie girls’ basketball team is riding a two-game winning streak after back-to-back victories against David Thibodaux and St. Joseph’s - Plaucheville. The win against St. Joe’s was a 41-36 affair at home on Tuesday.
Jonathan Dartez holds his outstanding award trophy that he won after his Vermilion Catholic team won the LHSAA Football Division IV Select state championship. (Photo courtesy of Abbeville Meridional)

Jonathan Dartez holds his outstanding award trophy that he won after his Vermilion Catholic team won the LHSAA Football Division IV Select state championship. (Photo courtesy of Abbeville Meridional)

Dartez, outstanding offensive player of Class 1A, has Ville Platte roots

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Monday, January 6, 2025
By: CHRIS SINGLETON Written for the LSWA (Editor’s Note: Jonathan Dartez, of Vermilion Catholic, is the son of Sacred Heart graduate Tobie Dartez and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Carol “Flea” Fontenot, of Ville Platte.
Elliot Fontenot (1) drives down the court past a Lacassine defender in Sacred Heart’s 74-48 loss in the finals of the Kendall and Brad Fontenot Memorial Shootout. (LSN photo by Rhett Manuel)

Elliot Fontenot (1) drives down the court past a Lacassine defender in Sacred Heart’s 74-48 loss in the finals of the Kendall and Brad Fontenot Memorial Shootout. (LSN photo by Rhett Manuel)

Trojans take second at St. Ed’s tourney, girls go 1-1

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Monday, January 6, 2025
By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor When the Sacred Heart Trojan boys and girls basketball teams visited the Kendall & Brad Fontenot Memorial Shootout, hosted by St. Edmund in Eunice, after Christmas it's clear what they saw their role as. It's a St. Ed's event.
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Players are named to football All-District teams

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Monday, December 30, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor Four Trojans from Sacred Heart were selected as first-team representatives on the District 6-1A Football All-District team. Senior running back Jude Hebert was a workhorse for the Trojans as he carried the ball 179 times for 1,242 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Offensive MVP Michael Penix Jr. along with Defensive MVP Bralen Trice and other members of the Washington Huskies hoist the Allstate Sugar Bowl Trophy after a 37-31 win over the Texas Longhorns. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Offensive MVP Michael Penix Jr. along with Defensive MVP Bralen Trice and other members of the Washington Huskies hoist the Allstate Sugar Bowl Trophy after a 37-31 win over the Texas Longhorns. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Another look back at top sports stories of the year

News Staff
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Staff Report Before another year draws to a close, the Ville Platte Gazette concludes its look back at some of the top sports stories of the past year.
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