Papillion’s 28 leads VPHS to parish crown

  • Latelldrick Prejean (3) gains elevation as he looks for points against Basile for the Ville Platte Bulldogs in the parish tournament. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Latelldrick Prejean (3) gains elevation as he looks for points against Basile for the Ville Platte Bulldogs in the parish tournament. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – The adage goes that it isn’t how you start, but rather how you finish. Saturday afternoon’s boys championship game in the Evangeline Parish basketball tournament illustrated that old cliche perfectly when the Ville Platte Bulldogs played a strong second half on its way to defeating the Mamou Green Demons 69-58 to take the parish championship once…

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