Sterlington uses big game, charity stripe to overcome Bulldogs in OT

By News Staff on Thursday, February 29, 2024
  • Jaden Jacobs looks to pass the basketball in Ville Platte High’s playoff loss to Sterlington. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Jaden Jacobs looks to pass the basketball in Ville Platte High’s playoff loss to Sterlington. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – The regular season is challenging enough. But, when crunch time comes and the postseason arrives it’s always a different animal. For the No. 16-seeded Ville Platte Bulldogs, the opening round of the Division III non-select playoffs brought at bit of an unknown aspect to its doorstep in No. 17 Sterlington last Friday night. The Bulldogs came i...

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