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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.
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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.
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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)

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)

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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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Wilson looks ahead while looking back on time at VPHS

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Thursday, August 22, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor Vandryua Wilson, now a basketball player at Baton Rouge Community College, enjoyed much success on and off the court while at Ville Platte High School.
Destiny Lavigne (seated center left) is pictured as she signs to play college softball with Xavier University of Louisiana. Also pictured (from left) are standing Ville Platte High School Principal Shelsy Williams and former Ville Platte High School Assistant Principal Dawn Bellard; seated- Ville Platte High School Softball Coach Devinskie Arvie, Latoya Lavigne, and Ville Platte High School Assistant Coach Shonda Jack. (File photo)

Destiny Lavigne (seated center left) is pictured as she signs to play college softball with Xavier University of Louisiana. Also pictured (from left) are standing Ville Platte High School Principal Shelsy Williams and former Ville Platte High School Assistant Principal Dawn Bellard; seated- Ville Platte High School Softball Coach Devinskie Arvie, Latoya Lavigne, and Ville Platte High School Assistant Coach Shonda Jack. (File photo)

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Home run leader thanks her mom for softball success

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Thursday, August 8, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor The Ville Platte High School holder of the home run record will now take her trade to the college level at Xavier University of Louisiana. Along the way, she credits her mom for her successes and learned some valuable advice to pass along to future Lady Bulldogs.
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