Setting the tone

Defense leads Trojans in hot start
  • Sacred Heart’s dual threat option Caleb Hood (3) gains positive yards for his Trojans who collected a home win against Class 3-A Marksville. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Sacred Heart’s dual threat option Caleb Hood (3) gains positive yards for his Trojans who collected a home win against Class 3-A Marksville. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
Josh Harper loves starting fast. He calls it “setting the tone,” and it is exactly what his Sacred Heart Trojans did Friday night in a 35-7 win over Class 3A Marksville. Sophomore Landon LeBlanc returned the opening kickoff 52 yards to the Marksville 7, Caleb Hood punched it in on the next play, and the Trojans (2-0) had a lead they would not give up all night just 15 seconds into the contest…

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