Sports

Softball teams look toward Sulphur

News Staff

Thursday, April 11, 2024

By: TONY MARKS
Editor

Suzy Fontenot (right) presents new Ville Platte High School head football coach Chris Bland (center) with a copy of Sharpened Iron: The Tee Cotton Bowl Story. Pictured on the left is Tee Cotton Bowl co-founder Tim Fontenot. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

An oxymoronic hire

News Staff

Monday, April 8, 2024

By: TONY MARKS
Editor

Mulkey needs one more lesson to be among all-timers

News Staff

Monday, April 8, 2024

There aren’t many names in sports right now, either college or professional, that are generating headlines quite like LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey currently is.

Breanna Ardoin (left) and Kali Shiver (right) were named Evangeline Parish’s Co-Most Valuable Players in girls’ basketball after helping lead their Sacred Heart Lady Trojan team to a state tournament appearance at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

The court’s finest

News Staff

Monday, April 8, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL
Sports Editor

Craig Whittington is pictured as he cuts down the net during his team’s run to its first state tournament appearance. (Photo courtesy of Craig Whittington))

Whittington flips culture at SHS, honored as COY

News Staff

Monday, April 8, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL
Sports Editor

Pine Prairie softball second baseman Khaki Olson (7) throws the ball over to first base as she attempts to record an out. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Lady Panthers are one win from district crown

News Staff

Thursday, April 4, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL
Sports Editor

Seven-run frame leads Blue Jays past Sacred Heart

News Staff

Thursday, April 4, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL
Sports Editor
A wild seventh inning gave the St. Edmund Blue Jays a crucial 13-8 win over the Sacred Heart Trojans in District 6-1A baseball play.