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Emerging Mamou opens district

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – What a difference a week makes. After struggling to finish off a win in Week 2, losing 32-14 to Lake Arthur, Mamou (1-1) responded well in Week 3 and took a step forward in a 32-22 win over East Beauregard.
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VPHS starts district with tough Iota challenge

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – There’s not much positive Ville Platte head coach Roy Serie can say after last week’s 38-0 loss to Oakdale that dropped the Bulldogs to 0-3 on the 2022 season. Oakdale dominated at the line scrimmage and limited the Bulldogs offensively.
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Pine Prairie opening 4-3A with elite competition

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Pine Prairie is finding itself offensively. Unfortunately, the Panthers probably wish they’d had a bit more time before facing this district opponent. The Panthers open District 4-3A play on Friday with a stiff opponent, No. 4-ranked Church Point.
Wade Pitre (15) delivers a pass for Sacred Heart against Bunkie in a pre-season scrimmage. In Week 3, against Basile, he delivered pass to Hayden Droddy for 21 yards and a touchdown as time expired to put his Trojans at 3-0 on the season. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Wade Pitre (15) delivers a pass for Sacred Heart against Bunkie in a pre-season scrimmage. In Week 3, against Basile, he delivered pass to Hayden Droddy for 21 yards and a touchdown as time expired to put his Trojans at 3-0 on the season. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Wade’s world

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Monday, September 19, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BASILE — All offseason, Sacred Heart head coach Josh Harper insisted he had two quarterbacks capable of handling the position in senior Hayden Droddy and junior Wade Pitre.
Darius Chagois (8) finds running room for his Bulldog team as Ville Platte High renews an old rivalry against Oakdale. With the loss, Ville Platte fell to 0-3 on the season. (LSN photo by Tony Marks

Darius Chagois (8) finds running room for his Bulldog team as Ville Platte High renews an old rivalry against Oakdale. With the loss, Ville Platte fell to 0-3 on the season. (LSN photo by Tony Marks

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Oakdale shuts out VPHS 38-0

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Monday, September 19, 2022
By: TONY MARKS LSN Sports Editor OAKDALE - Two worlds collided as old rivals again faced each other on the gridiron.
Mamou quarterback Dezmond Skinner (10) drops back for a pass in the jamboree. He threw for 189 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Green Demons’ 32-22 win over E. Beauregard (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

Mamou quarterback Dezmond Skinner (10) drops back for a pass in the jamboree. He threw for 189 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Green Demons’ 32-22 win over E. Beauregard (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

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Passing game lifts Mamou to 32-22 win over E. Beauregard

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Monday, September 19, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU — The Mamou Green Demons have been waiting for it all to click. After a tough preseason and jamboree, it settled on a quarterback in Dezmond Skinner.
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Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame announces 2023 induction class

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Friday, September 16, 2022
NATCHITOCHES – Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning Joins four-time WNBA All-Star Alana Beard and College World Series champion LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri in a star-studded 10-member group of 2023 competitive ballot inductees chosen for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
Briggs Ardoin (3) runs toward a Ville Platte High rusher as he looks to make a tackle for Sacred Heart in the Tee Cotton Bowl. Ardoin and the rest of the Trojans now take their show on the road for the second consecutive week. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Briggs Ardoin (3) runs toward a Ville Platte High rusher as he looks to make a tackle for Sacred Heart in the Tee Cotton Bowl. Ardoin and the rest of the Trojans now take their show on the road for the second consecutive week. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Good ole fashioned brawl

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Thursday, September 15, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BASILE – It’s not one of those games that either school would consider its “primary” rival.
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VPHS continues veer crash course

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Thursday, September 15, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor OAKDALE – When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. That’s the old adage about bad situations. It’s message is simple – to make the best you can of bad things.
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Mamou eyes growth against East Beauregard

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Thursday, September 15, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – When you have two teams that have contrasting styles, sometimes the last possession will win. When Mamou (0-1) faces off against East Beauregard (1-1) tomorrow night at home, the Green Demons will see the type of offense they rarely see in Evangeline Parish.
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