Tough muddin' on the Prairie

By News Staff on Monday, August 29, 2022
Evangeline Parish Jamboree brings back Friday Night Lights with hard-nosed action
Ville Platte High’s Greg Guillory (5) breaks up a pass intended for Basile’s Parker Fontenot (6) in the Bulldogs’ 6-0 in the Evangeline Parish Jamboree at Pine Prairie Friday night. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)
Ville Platte High’s Greg Guillory (5) breaks up a pass intended for Basile’s Parker Fontenot (6) in the Bulldogs’ 6-0 in the Evangeline Parish Jamboree at Pine Prairie Friday night. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor It was far from ideal conditions Friday night at Pine Prairie High School for the annual Evangeline Parish Jamboree. Mother Nature’s catching up for lost time with the perpetual rain that has occurred over the past month did nothing to make conditions optimal for the first Friday of football. Nonetheless, area coaches agreed that lining it up and giving their teams e…