Starting on the right foot

Pine Prairie football wins the scored part of its scrimmage
  • Elijah George (2) finds a running lane for his Pine Prairie Panthers as the team played Lake Arthur in a scrimmage Thursday night. He scored a pair of touchdowns in the Panthers’ 14-13 win during the scored portion. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Elijah George (2) finds a running lane for his Pine Prairie Panthers as the team played Lake Arthur in a scrimmage Thursday night. He scored a pair of touchdowns in the Panthers’ 14-13 win during the scored portion. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
PINE PRAIRIE -- Head coach Richard Clark will tell you himself it doesn’t mean anything for their win-loss record for the 2021 season. But, when you’ve lost your last 21 varsity football games you take success in any place you can get it. And success came for Pine Prairie in its Thursday scrimmage against Lake Arthur. The defensive backfield came up with three interceptions throughout, and the…

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