High School Sports

Basile’s Horace Edwards (9) finds real estate to gain in a game earlier this season against Gueydan. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Basile’s Horace Edwards (9) finds real estate to gain in a game earlier this season against Gueydan. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Bearcats topple Oberlin, control district title race

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Monday, October 17, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor In yet another rivalry, the Basile Bearcats showed that they actually practice what heac coach Kevin Bertrand preaches. Take it step-by-step. One game at a time. Do what you need to do to be 1-0 this week.
Trojan quarterback Hayden Droddy (7) hands the football off to Ike Perry (22) in Sacred Heart’s district opening loss last week. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Trojan quarterback Hayden Droddy (7) hands the football off to Ike Perry (22) in Sacred Heart’s district opening loss last week. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

No motivation needed

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – There’s few rivalries that get as heated as Sacred Heart and St. Ed’s do. Over the past several years, the rivalry has become a game that both teams circle on their calendars as must-win.
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Energy of homecoming not phasing VPHS

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Nothing brings juice to our town quite like Ville Platte High homecoming festivities does. It’s a week-long celebration of the school and its alumni, culminating in a game that often feels more like an event than an athletic competition.
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Rivalry game no issue for Bearcats against OT

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BASILE – Call the Basile and Oberlin rivalry whatever you’d like, just make sure to include the word “physical” somewhere in the description of it. Neither team approaches football in an especially glitzy way.
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Creative offense has Mamou wanting more against Oakdale

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – Ideas can be dangerous. History is full of deadly ones. History, however, is also littered with great ideas that helped humanity. Electricity, automobiles, the printing press. Each of them made human life easier.
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Battle-tested PPHS facing another tough opponent in Iota

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – No one is implying that this season hasn’t been a struggle for the Pine Prairie Panthers. Pine Prairie’s issues have been a mix of growing pains under a new coach and tough scheduling.
Sheamus Frank (23) gains yardage for his Mamou Green Demons against Ville Platte High. In the game, Frank went on to score his first touchdown of the season on his team’s way to a 36-31 win on homecoming night. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

Sheamus Frank (23) gains yardage for his Mamou Green Demons against Ville Platte High. In the game, Frank went on to score his first touchdown of the season on his team’s way to a 36-31 win on homecoming night. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

Defending their turf

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Monday, October 10, 2022
By: SYLIS MANUEL Staff Reporter MAMOU – The Mamou Green Demons successfully defended their home turf on homecoming night Friday, defeating the Ville Platte Bulldogs 36-31 after fending off a last minute comeback attempt from the Bulldogs.
Defenders of Troy, led by Wade Pitre (15), combine for a stop against the Hornets of Catholic-Pointe Coupee in the teams’ district opener Thursday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Defenders of Troy, led by Wade Pitre (15), combine for a stop against the Hornets of Catholic-Pointe Coupee in the teams’ district opener Thursday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Misfortune plagues Trojans in district loss

News Staff
Monday, October 10, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE — Nothing makes or breaks a team over the course of a football game quite like momentum does. For the Sacred Heart Trojans, momentum was on their side for about 12 minutes in Thursday’s District 6-1A matchup with the Catholic-Pointe Coupee Hornets.
Several Ville Platte defensive players combine to make a stop against Pine Prairie in their matchup last week. The Bulldogs, now 1-1 in district play, travel to Mamou to battle the Green Demons, who are also 1-1 in district. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Several Ville Platte defensive players combine to make a stop against Pine Prairie in their matchup last week. The Bulldogs, now 1-1 in district play, travel to Mamou to battle the Green Demons, who are also 1-1 in district. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Added spice

News Staff
Thursday, October 6, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – The first win after a long losing streak is out of the way for the Ville Platte Bulldogs, while the Mamou Green Demons are looking for redemption after last week’s loss to the Church Point Bears.
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