High School Sports

Darius Chagois (8) finds running room for his Bulldog team as Ville Platte High renews an old rivalry against Oakdale. With the loss, Ville Platte fell to 0-3 on the season. (LSN photo by Tony Marks

Oakdale shuts out VPHS 38-0

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Monday, September 19, 2022

By: TONY MARKS LSN Sports Editor OAKDALE - Two worlds collided as old rivals again faced each other on the gridiron.

Mamou quarterback Dezmond Skinner (10) drops back for a pass in the jamboree. He threw for 189 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Green Demons’ 32-22 win over E. Beauregard (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

Passing game lifts Mamou to 32-22 win over E. Beauregard

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Monday, September 19, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU — The Mamou Green Demons have been waiting for it all to click. After a tough preseason and jamboree, it settled on a quarterback in Dezmond Skinner.

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Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame announces 2023 induction class

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Friday, September 16, 2022

NATCHITOCHES – Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning Joins four-time WNBA All-Star Alana Beard and College World Series champion LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri in a star-studded 10-member group of 2023 competitive ballot inductees chosen for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Briggs Ardoin (3) runs toward a Ville Platte High rusher as he looks to make a tackle for Sacred Heart in the Tee Cotton Bowl. Ardoin and the rest of the Trojans now take their show on the road for the second consecutive week. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Good ole fashioned brawl

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BASILE – It’s not one of those games that either school would consider its “primary” rival.

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VPHS continues veer crash course

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor OAKDALE – When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. That’s the old adage about bad situations. It’s message is simple – to make the best you can of bad things.

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Mamou eyes growth against East Beauregard

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – When you have two teams that have contrasting styles, sometimes the last possession will win. When Mamou (0-1) faces off against East Beauregard (1-1) tomorrow night at home, the Green Demons will see the type of offense they rarely see in Evangeline Parish.

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Physicality a priority for Panthers against Buckeye

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Real progress takes time, and it’s understandable why Pine Prairie wanted to make the change to a ball-control offense under first-year head coach Joe Heintz this season.

Ville Platte’s Montagon Dixon (13) avoids a tackle from Basile’s Jackson Courville (2) in the Bulldogs’ 35-20 home loss to the Bearcats. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Cool runnings

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Monday, September 12, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE — The signs of life are there for the Ville Platte Bulldogs. It would’ve been easy to roll over and not be at its best following last week’s 44-0 loss to Sacred Heart in the Tee Cotton Bowl.

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High-powered Trojans drop 50 in Marksville

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Monday, September 12, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MARKSVILLE — If someone didn’t pay attention after last week’s Tee Cotton Bowl stroll, now might be the time to acknowledge the 2022 version of the Sacred Heart Trojans.

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Lake Arthur bounces back, overwhelms Mamou

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Monday, September 12, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU — It was a tale of two halves on Friday night for the Mamou Green Demons. An electric first-half performance from Mamou junior wide receiver had the Green Demons flying high. But, when the wheels came off, they came off in a big way.

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