Ranking the parish football uniforms

It’s time I accept my crown and wear it with pride.
I’m a uniform guy.
Always have been, always will be. To me, the fabric a team wears is as important to the fabric of sports as the game themselves.
It’s famously said, almost to the point of cliche, “Look good, feel good, play good.”
If that’s the case, every football team in Evangeline Parish should prepare to go 10-0 this season based on uniform aesthetics alone.
Yeah, yeah. I know it’s actually impossible for that to happen. Deal with my delusions. I love uniforms, and each team in the parish brings a unique flare to the uniform universe.
So, the exercise is simple. We’re going to power rank each team according to its helmet and then the uniform as a whole.
No holds barred. Winner takes all.
So, let’s get into it.
When we’re talking about helmets, there’s nothing more important than the base helmet color.
It’s got to be strong. It’s got to fit your personality. Most importantly, it’s got to work universally with every look you’ll roll out. A nice decal doesn’t hurt either.
The crowned prince of crowns in Evangeline Parish has to be, and this is a hot take coming, hailing from Pine Prairie.
Yes, the golden dome from Sacred Heart is awesome. The solid purple of Ville Platte is pretty good too. Mamou has a cool helmet decal and Basile is the only area team that has a unique decal logo.
So, all have its own merits that make them great. But, Pine Prairie does something that is hard to beat. It takes a white base, a slick orange-and-black helmet stripe, puts its own spin on a professional logo and tops it off with an orange face mask.
The result is slick. It stands out and looks especially mean against their all-black home uniforms.
It’s a really good helmet, and it’s part of a football program that has struggled in the past that is worth praising as it tries to snap a long losing streak this season.
Now, to the entire ensemble.
There can only be one overall champion, and they hail right here in Ville Platte.
Coach Harper has done a great job in resurrecting this football program. His master stroke may have been Sacred Heart’s current look that celebrates champions of the past while invoking currently relevant college football programs that made a certain pose made by Jesus famous.
Let’s call it like it is. Navy blue and gold work together every time. Every. Single. Time.
The look is simple, gorgeous, but also menacing. Gold helmet, white or navy jerseys, gold pants. You can’t help but to take the Trojans seriously when they take the field.
Don’t get me wrong. Mamou’s green-and-gold works with the UCLA striping on its home uniforms. Basile’s red, white and black is always a winner. Ville Platte takes the bold royal purple and makes it its own, and Pine Prairie does a good job with its home look as previously mentioned.
However, at the end of the day, its hard to beat a classic look.
Sacred Heart’s current set is timeless, and hard to hate if you’re a uniform junkie on any level.