Fontenot uses run to state to claim top coaching honor

By News Staff on Monday, April 6, 2026
  • The 2026 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year for boys’ basketball represent Mamou High School. Above, left to right, are junior player Braxton Ardoin and head coach of the Green Demons J.B. Fontenot. Ardoin scored over 13 points per game this season and helped guide the team to a state semi-final appearance. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    The 2026 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year for boys’ basketball represent Mamou High School. Above, left to right, are junior player Braxton Ardoin and head coach of the Green Demons J.B. Fontenot. Ardoin scored over 13 points per game this season and helped guide the team to a state semi-final appearance. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    By: TONY MARKS Editor MAMOU - Twenty-two wins to five losses and a 13-game winning streak during the regular season helped the Mamou Green Demons capture a share of the district title in District 4-3A. The team then went on to win three games in the playoffs for an appearance in the state semi-finals in Lake Charles. It was the team’s first appearance in state in over two decades. Credited...

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