High School Sports

Pine Prairie’s Draylin Freeman (30) looks to elude a tackle from Mamou’s Payton Ashford (15) in the opening game of the Evangeline Parish Jamboree in Basile. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

Pumping up the jam

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

By: SYLIS MANUEL Staff Reporter DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor That football itch was finally scratched last week as Basile High hosted this year’s Evangeline Parish Jamboree.

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By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - When last we saw the Sacred Heart football team in action, it was on a Friday night in Minden as the 22nd seeded Trojans fell 49-12 against the 11th seeded Glenbrook Apaches in the opening round of the Division IV Select playoffs.

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Finding their voice

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The Ville Platte High football whimpered its way through most of the season last year as the Bulldogs went 2-8. The only wins came against Pine Prairie and Mamou by a combined score of 102-0.

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Unsacrificial

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor MAMOU – Make no question about it, there hasn’t been excitement about Mamou football like this in a long time.

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Bearcats welcome new head coach to Basile High

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor As the Basile High School Bearcats prepare for the 2024 football season, a sense of anticipation fills the air. With a new head coach at the helm and a solid group of returning starters, the Bearcats are poised to make a strong showing in District 4-1A.

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Consistency matters

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor PINE PRAIRIE - October 29, 2021. That was the last day the Pine Prairie football team notched a win. Since then, the Panthers rattled off 21 consecutive losses. Added to that, the team has hired four head coaches in as many years.

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Trojans head into Joe Nagata Jamboree against Iota

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Thursday, August 29, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - In scrimmages last Friday against Marksville and Mamou, second-year head coach Jacob Aguillard felt excited about the play of his Sacred Heart squad.

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Teams prepare for parish jamboree

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Thursday, August 29, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor Basile will be the host site of the Evangeline Parish Football Jamboree, set for tomorrow, August 30. Start time is at 6 p.m., and admission is $8. Each game will consist of two 12-minute halves with a 15-minute half time.

Logan Seth Bergeron

Basile wrestler competes nationally with championship team

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Monday, August 26, 2024

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Logan Seth Bergeron, a 15-year-old sophomore at Basile High School, performed exceptionally well on the national stage during the Deep South National Wrestling Duals, held from August 1 to 4 in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Pine Prairie Panthers have a moment of prayer after a scrimmage against the Basile Bearcats on Thursday, August 22. Pictured in the front are head coach Lance Meyers (left) and assistant coach Hunter David (right). (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Panthers host Bearcats in football scrimmage

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Monday, August 26, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor PINE PRAIRIE - Two of the four new head football coaches in the parish got an opportunity to see their teams against live competition as Pine Prairie hosted Basile in a scrimmage on Thursday, August 22.

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