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Sacred Heart regains Tee Cotton Bowl trophy in style with blowout win
  • Trojan quarterback Hayden Droddy (7) delivers a pass to Blake Hebert (10) in Sacred Heart’s 44-0 win over Ville Platte High in the resumption of the Tee Cotton Bowl. Droddy completed 6 of 8 passes for 142 yards and three passing touchdowns. He also rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Trojan quarterback Hayden Droddy (7) delivers a pass to Blake Hebert (10) in Sacred Heart’s 44-0 win over Ville Platte High in the resumption of the Tee Cotton Bowl. Droddy completed 6 of 8 passes for 142 yards and three passing touchdowns. He also rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
  • Jakahalan Slaughter (6) hangs onto the football after receiving a pass from Bulldog quarterback Adonis Thomas (4) against Sacred Heart in the Tee Cotton Bowl. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Jakahalan Slaughter (6) hangs onto the football after receiving a pass from Bulldog quarterback Adonis Thomas (4) against Sacred Heart in the Tee Cotton Bowl. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Lightning and rain did its best to interrupt Friday night’s Tee Cotton Bowl between Ville Platte and Sacred Heart, the first one played since the 2019 season. Perhaps it was divine intervention that lightning apparently never got close enough to cause a delay in the action. Whatever the case was, Sacred Heart senior quarterback Hayden Droddy made sure…

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