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Ellis Shipp (14) tries to keep pace with St. Ed’s quarterback Luke Vidrine in the Trojans’ meeting with the Blue Jays in the regular season. That game was a 40-7 win for the visiting Trojans, and the two squads meet again in the playoff opener tomorrow night at Soileau-Landry Field. (Photo by Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Ellis Shipp (14) tries to keep pace with St. Ed’s quarterback Luke Vidrine in the Trojans’ meeting with the Blue Jays in the regular season. That game was a 40-7 win for the visiting Trojans, and the two squads meet again in the playoff opener tomorrow night at Soileau-Landry Field. (Photo by Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Encore performance

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
It’s well-documented that this season has been one of uncharted waters for Sacred Heart during the Josh Harper Era. The expectations were higher than they’d been in a while during the preseason.
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Familiar opponent visits Basile in playoff opener

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
BASILE -- After winning five-straight games to end the regular season and grabbing a share of the District 4-1A championship, it’s a safe assumption that the Basile Bearcats are currently playing their best football of the season.
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New districts are proposed for athletics

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
With reclassification happening for the first time since the pandemic started, it’s the time of the year where high schools are using the updated enrollments to plan their next two years of athletics. With reclassification comes movement.
Basile quarterback Luc Johnson (4) drops back and tries to find an open receiver in the Bearcats’ regular season ending 20-13 over Oberlin Thursday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Basile quarterback Luc Johnson (4) drops back and tries to find an open receiver in the Bearcats’ regular season ending 20-13 over Oberlin Thursday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Don’t call it a comeback

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Monday, November 8, 2021
BASILE - After the start his team had, Basile head coach Kevin Bertrand perhaps had an idea that his team was being written off in the general public. After all, when a team starts 1-4 the general public probably doesn’t give them much of a chance through the rest of the season.
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Trojans end regular season on high note

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Monday, November 8, 2021
VILLE PLATTE - After last week’s disappointment against Opelousas Catholic, its anger had to go somewhere. Unfortunately for North Central, the Sacred Heart Trojans pointed their anger at the Hurricanes on its way to a 69-0 win to wrap up the regular season at 8-2.
Pine Prairie’s Laine Elliott (24) tries to keep pace with Church Point’s Tylon Citizen (18) in the Panthers’ 64-0 road loss. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Pine Prairie’s Laine Elliott (24) tries to keep pace with Church Point’s Tylon Citizen (18) in the Panthers’ 64-0 road loss. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

With shutout of Pine Prairie, Church Point sets record

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Monday, November 8, 2021
CHURCH POINT - With a 64-0 win over Pine Prairie, the Church Point Battling Bears set a new school record of only allowing 20 points this season. The previous record of 22 points allowed was set in the mid 1970s.
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Bulldogs drop season finale

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Monday, November 8, 2021
VILLE PLATTE - The Ville Platte Bulldogs’ sour season ended on yet another sour note, dropping its season finale to Northwest 51-12 on Thursday. The Bulldogs ended the season 0-10, including four games lost due to quarantine.
Jerez Edwards (7) makes a stop in Mamou’s game against Port Barre earlier this season. Edwards and the rest of the Green Demons dropped the regular season finale to Iota Friday. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Jerez Edwards (7) makes a stop in Mamou’s game against Port Barre earlier this season. Edwards and the rest of the Green Demons dropped the regular season finale to Iota Friday. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Bradley shines, but Mamou drops finale

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Monday, November 8, 2021
IOTA - Jalon Bradley has been the focal point of Mamou’s offense all year, and Friday night he did all he could to lift his team into the Class 3A playoffs. Despite Bradley’s 451 total yards and four total touchdowns, the Green Demons couldn’t stop Iota in a 63-36 loss.
CELEBRATION - Basile’s Luke Fontenot (17) and Christian Bergeron (73) celebrate with Jared Thomas (21) following one of Thomas’ five receptions from quarterback Luc Johnson. Ashton Deaville (26) is in the foreground. (Photo by Nikki Johnson)

CELEBRATION - Basile’s Luke Fontenot (17) and Christian Bergeron (73) celebrate with Jared Thomas (21) following one of Thomas’ five receptions from quarterback Luc Johnson. Ashton Deaville (26) is in the foreground. (Photo by Nikki Johnson)

Laying it all on the line

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Thursday, November 4, 2021
BASILE -- It’s always darkest before dawn. The lack of a scrimmage, a jamboree and a tough stretch of games as it finally began playing had things looking bleak for the Basile Bearcats to start the year. Losing is rare in a town that celebrates wrestling and football with equal ferocity.
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Looking to rebound after loss, Trojans host North Central

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Thursday, November 4, 2021
VILLE PLATTE - Sacred Heart is big on taking the losses as learning experiences. In each of its losses this season, to Rosepine and Opelousas Catholic, head coach Josh Harper has taken something from each.
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