Overtime game ends in Bulldogs losing to Opelouas

  • Sage Papillion (22) sets up a play for the Bulldogs of Ville Platte High against Opelousas.
    Sage Papillion (22) sets up a play for the Bulldogs of Ville Platte High against Opelousas.
  • Lady Bulldogs’ Vandryua Wilson shoots a free throw in the game against Opelousas. (Gazette photos by Rhett Manuel)
    Lady Bulldogs’ Vandryua Wilson shoots a free throw in the game against Opelousas. (Gazette photos by Rhett Manuel)
VILLE PLATTE -- Two seconds remained on the clock. The Ville Platte Bulldogs had the final in-bound play. After battling for four quarters and two overtimes, it came down to one shot. That shot missed, preserving Opelousas’ hard-fought 65-62 win over the Ville Platte boys Monday night in Ville Platte’s home gym. A three-pointer by Opelousas’ Dillon Stephens, one of three in the second-half, was…

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