High School Sports

Sacred Heart wide receiver Hayden Droddy runs toward the goal line in the Trojans’ scrimmage against Bunkie. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Sacred Heart wide receiver Hayden Droddy runs toward the goal line in the Trojans’ scrimmage against Bunkie. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

SH scrimmages Bunkie

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
BUNKIE -- It was up-and-down. When it was going well, it went really well for Sacred Heart during last Friday’s scrimmage against Bunkie. The defense didn’t allow a score throughout the evening and the offense was dangerous in spots behind starting quarterback Caleb Hood.
Sacred Heart Trojans

Sacred Heart Trojans

Checking under the hood

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
It’s hard for Sacred Heart head coach Josh Harper to contain his excitement about the potential of this year’s Trojan team. He’s fond of reminding them that “the sky’s the limit”. And if all goes well for Sacred Heart this season, there’s no reason to believe that as false bravado.
Pictured is Ville Platte High School head football coach Jorie Randle as he leads a recent practice inside Bulldog Stadium. Randle and his Bulldogs look to get back to their winning ways this season. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Pictured is Ville Platte High School head football coach Jorie Randle as he leads a recent practice inside Bulldog Stadium. Randle and his Bulldogs look to get back to their winning ways this season. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

That winning feeling

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Question marks haven’t been unfamiliar to the Ville Platte football program in recent years. It last had a winning season in 2012 under then head coach Tracey Jagneaux, with 2016 being the last time it finished .500 under current coach Jorie Randle.
Pine Prairie Panthers

Pine Prairie Panthers

The buzzword is...

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
PINE PRAIRIE -- In what will be his first full season at the helm, Pine Prairie head coach Richard Clark is clinging heavily on to one particular buzzword heading into the 2021 football season: confidence. For outsiders familiar with the Pine Prairie football program, it’s a bit of a strange pull.
Mamou Demons

Mamou Demons

Deep horizon

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
MAMOU -- The Mamou Green Demons only played three games last season due to Covid. They finished 1-2, respectable considering how young they were. So, it’s with that limited scope that Mamou returns one of the biggest numbers of returning starters in Evangeline Parish.
Basile Bearcats

Basile Bearcats

Just like novocaine

News Staff
Thursday, August 26, 2021
BASILE -- “It’s like novocaine. Give it time. It always works.” Those words, famously said by Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone in Remember the Titans, were about the split-back veer offense. It’s an accurate statement. The veer is simple, blunt and effective in its job.
Elijah George (2) finds a running lane for his Pine Prairie Panthers as the team played Lake Arthur in a scrimmage Thursday night. He scored a pair of touchdowns in the Panthers’ 14-13 win during the scored portion. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Elijah George (2) finds a running lane for his Pine Prairie Panthers as the team played Lake Arthur in a scrimmage Thursday night. He scored a pair of touchdowns in the Panthers’ 14-13 win during the scored portion. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Starting on the right foot

News Staff
Monday, August 23, 2021
PINE PRAIRIE -- Head coach Richard Clark will tell you himself it doesn’t mean anything for their win-loss record for the 2021 season. But, when you’ve lost your last 21 varsity football games you take success in any place you can get it.
Sports Headlines

Sports Headlines

COVID issues overcome football program at VPHS

News Staff
Monday, August 23, 2021
Ville Platte football recently overcame a quarantine situation within the program. Twenty-six freshman and sophomore players were put into quarantine due to close contact. Those players returned to the program on Thursday, August 19.
Former Ville Platte High basketball standout, Terrian Roy, signs his letter of intent to play for Florida Coastal Prep in Fort Walton Beach. Since then, he has accepted a scholarship to play for Utah State University Eastern in the National Junior College Athletic Association. (Photo courtesy of Tommy Jones)

Former Ville Platte High basketball standout, Terrian Roy, signs his letter of intent to play for Florida Coastal Prep in Fort Walton Beach. Since then, he has accepted a scholarship to play for Utah State University Eastern in the National Junior College Athletic Association. (Photo courtesy of Tommy Jones)

Continuing to take his shots

News Staff
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Former Ville Platte High star Terrian Roy has never taken the easy way out in his basketball career. The guard had it drilled in him during his time at Ville Platte High. If you take charges, you get on the floor. Simple as that.
The Sacred Heart Trojan defense swarms over Basile High running back Ethan Bazinet (5) before he can gain any positive yardage. The Trojans throttled the Bearcat offense the entire game last season, holding Basile to 18 total yards in a 28-0 win. (Gazette file photo)

The Sacred Heart Trojan defense swarms over Basile High running back Ethan Bazinet (5) before he can gain any positive yardage. The Trojans throttled the Bearcat offense the entire game last season, holding Basile to 18 total yards in a 28-0 win. (Gazette file photo)

All systems are go

News Staff
Monday, August 16, 2021
As of now, all systems are go for the 2021-2022 high school athletics seasons. Louisiana High School Athletic Association Executive Director Eddie Bonine and several assistants addressed media across the state on Thursday morning concerning the 2021-2022 athletics seasons for high schools.
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