Pumping up the jam

By News Staff on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Mamou, Ville Platte score jamboree wins
  • Pine Prairie’s Draylin Freeman (30) looks to elude a tackle from Mamou’s Payton Ashford (15) in the opening game of the Evangeline Parish Jamboree in Basile. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)
    Pine Prairie’s Draylin Freeman (30) looks to elude a tackle from Mamou’s Payton Ashford (15) in the opening game of the Evangeline Parish Jamboree in Basile. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)
  • Ville Platte’s Traelyn Doucet (45) looks to run past Basile’s Tanner David (20) during the jamboree. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)
    Ville Platte’s Traelyn Doucet (45) looks to run past Basile’s Tanner David (20) during the jamboree. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)
    By: SYLIS MANUEL Staff Reporter DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor That football itch was finally scratched last week as Basile High hosted this year’s Evangeline Parish Jamboree. The BHS Bearcats fell to the Ville Platte Bulldogs 8-0 in the premier match, which was preceded by the Mamou Green Demons and the Pine Prairie Panthers contest where the Green Demons cruised to a 22-8 victory. Mamou ...

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