High School Sports

Taylor Darbonne (34) drives past a St. Edmund defender on her way to the goal in Sacred Heart’s district clinching 30-23 win over the Lady Blue Jays on Tuesday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Taylor Darbonne (34) drives past a St. Edmund defender on her way to the goal in Sacred Heart’s district clinching 30-23 win over the Lady Blue Jays on Tuesday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Girls’ district title win highlights SHS sweep

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Thursday, February 9, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE - If there’s ever a way you want to win a district championship, it’s against one of your fiercest rivals. If there’s ever an opportunity to keep yourself in the thick of the playoffs, it’s always more fun doing so against your biggest adversary.
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Ville Platte sweeps Mamou in District 4-3A play

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Thursday, February 9, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – With the basketball regular season winding down and district championships and power points at play, every game remaining in the regular season can almost be perceived as a playoff game.
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Broussard's 23 leads Mamou over Church Point

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Friday, February 3, 2023
By Rhett Manuel Sports Editor CHURCH POINT – The Mamou Green Demons kept themselves in the thick of the District 4-3A championship on Tuesday, defeating the Church Point Bears 62-31.
Lady Bearcat softball team members (from left to right) Breanna Fields, Daisy Berzas, Hannah Aguillard, Henley LeJeune, Addilyn David, Hanna Manuel, and Kynlee Fruge are shown putting the ceremonial shovels to use at the ground-breaking of the team’s field in November of 2021. The newly-created team had their debut game February 3, 2022 as a junior varsity team. Their first varsity season will begin Feb. 14, 2023, in their first game in the new stadium, which was completed recently.

Lady Bearcat softball team members (from left to right) Breanna Fields, Daisy Berzas, Hannah Aguillard, Henley LeJeune, Addilyn David, Hanna Manuel, and Kynlee Fruge are shown putting the ceremonial shovels to use at the ground-breaking of the team’s field in November of 2021. The newly-created team had their debut game February 3, 2022 as a junior varsity team. Their first varsity season will begin Feb. 14, 2023, in their first game in the new stadium, which was completed recently.

Opening day ceremony, first varsity game set for Feb. 14 at new BHS Softball Stadium

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor Basile High School is proud to announce that opening day ceremonies for the Lady Bearcat varsity softball team will be held on Tuesday, February 14, at the new softball complex located behind W. W. Stewart Elementary School, just off Belton Street. The 3 p.m.
Ville Platte’s Destiny Lavigne attempts a shot while being defended during the Lady Bulldogs’ 44-9 blowout win on Tuesday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Ville Platte’s Destiny Lavigne attempts a shot while being defended during the Lady Bulldogs’ 44-9 blowout win on Tuesday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

VPHS overwhelms PPHS in district play

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – With district well under way in both boys and girls basketball, it’s the time of the year where wins tend to carry a little extra weight.
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LHSAA members vote to delay split update until summer

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor The talk around the LHSAA for at least the past 10 years has revolved around the state’s playoff format for high school sports. Select versus non-select. It’s a tired song and dance for just about every school that participates in athletics on any level.
Alaina Boutte (seated) signs to play college softball for the John Melvin University Millers. She is the 17-year-old daughter of Dwana and Shane Boutte, of Pine Prairie. She signed on Thursday, January 26, inside the school’s auditorium. Standing in the photo is Pine Prairie’s head softball coach Alycia Hebert. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Alaina Boutte (seated) signs to play college softball for the John Melvin University Millers. She is the 17-year-old daughter of Dwana and Shane Boutte, of Pine Prairie. She signed on Thursday, January 26, inside the school’s auditorium. Standing in the photo is Pine Prairie’s head softball coach Alycia Hebert. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Writing her own Miller’s tale

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Monday, January 30, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor PINE PRAIRIE – With all respect to Geoffrey Chaucer, a new version of his second Canterbury Tales is being written as Alaina Boutte, of Pine Prairie High School, signed to play at the next level for the John Melvin University Millers in Crowley.
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Third period dooms SH boys against WCA

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Monday, January 30, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Sometimes, all it takes in sports is one quarter or period to make it a bad night.
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