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Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame announces 2024 induction class

NATCHITOCHES – NFL record-setting passer and Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints joins LSU women’s basketball great and eight-time WNBA All-Star Seimone Augustus along with mixed martial arts icon Daniel Cormier of Lafayette in a star-studded nine-member group of 2024...
Sacred Heart’s Isaac “Ike” Perry (23) takes a knee during the prayer following Tee Cotton Bowl XVIII earlier this season. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Sacred Heart’s Isaac “Ike” Perry (23) takes a knee during the prayer following Tee Cotton Bowl XVIII earlier this season. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Mini Fridge: Trojans’ Perry has taken big-time leap to lead by example in senior season

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Anyone outside of the circle of Sacred Heart athletics has probably missed the name Ike Perry for the past couple years. Perry has been a solid, if unspectacular, contributor to the Trojan baseball and football teams each of the past few years.
Ville Platte’s Jamaury Thomas (29) attempts to make a stop against Oakdale’s Derrick Green (6). (LSN photo by Tony Marks)

Ville Platte’s Jamaury Thomas (29) attempts to make a stop against Oakdale’s Derrick Green (6). (LSN photo by Tony Marks)

Puppy power is no match for Oakdale

By: TONY MARKS LSN Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE - The turning point of the game against two former bitter rivals came with 9:18 to go in the third quarter when Oakdale’s Jordan Ledet intercepted a pass from Ville Platte’s Jaquan Lavergne on an attempted two-point conversion.
Trojan linebacker Cole Tate (7) goes in for a tackle on Basile’s wide receiver Gage Craton (16). (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Trojan linebacker Cole Tate (7) goes in for a tackle on Basile’s wide receiver Gage Craton (16). (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Trojans top Bearcats as their road of discovery leads to Holy Savior Menard

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor VILLE PLATTE – The Sacred Heart Trojans traveled a long way in the journey of discovering just who they are in last Friday’s 26-7 win over Basile.
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Fresh start for Mamou with district opener at Port Barre

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – What has happened leading up to now can mostly be seen as irrelevant, because when district play starts every team gets a fresh start. The Mamou Demons have to be hoping that’s the case after a disastrous 0-3 start to its 2023 campaign.
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Up-and-down Panthers open district at Church Point

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Building a program practically from the ground up is a difficult thing to do and that’s what Pine Prairie Panther head coach Charles Hazard has tried to do in his first year on the job.
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Sacred Heart claws out a win against Basile

Sacred Heart 26 Basile 7 1 2 3 4 – T BHS 0 0 7 0 — 7 SHS 13 7 0 6 — 26 How It Happened The Trojans opened the game fast and scored on its opening drive on the way to a 20-0 halftime lead.
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Ville Platte falls to Basile, 21-20, in thrilling Cat, Dog fight

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor BASILE - Hanson Field became the stage for a football showdown that will be talked about for years to come as the Basile Bearcats clashed with the Ville Platte Bulldogs this past Friday.
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Trojans need health heading into Basile

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Things aren’t going ideally in head coach Jacob Aguillard’s first season in the Halls of Troy. It has nothing to do with the on-field play.