Tenacious Trojans

By News Staff on Thursday, February 22, 2024
Lady Trojans endure tough runs to advance to quarterfinals
  • Members of the Lady Trojan basketball team watch as Jodie Landry (23) tries to steal the basketball from a Lincoln Prep player. The team now hosts St. John, of Plaquemines, with a trip to the state tournament on the line. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Members of the Lady Trojan basketball team watch as Jodie Landry (23) tries to steal the basketball from a Lincoln Prep player. The team now hosts St. John, of Plaquemines, with a trip to the state tournament on the line. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

    By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – A once-in-a-lifetime sort of season lives on after the No. 4-seeded Sacred Heart Lady Trojans downed the No. 20-seeded Lincoln Prep Panthers 67-56 to advance to the Division IV Select division quarterfinals tonight against the No. 12-seeded St. John Eagles tonight at 6:30 p.m. on its home floor. The scenario is simple. Should the Lady Trojans win …