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Energy of homecoming not phasing VPHS

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Nothing brings juice to our town quite like Ville Platte High homecoming festivities does. It’s a week-long celebration of the school and its alumni, culminating in a game that often feels more like an event than an athletic competition.

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Rivalry game no issue for Bearcats against OT

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BASILE – Call the Basile and Oberlin rivalry whatever you’d like, just make sure to include the word “physical” somewhere in the description of it. Neither team approaches football in an especially glitzy way.

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Creative offense has Mamou wanting more against Oakdale

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – Ideas can be dangerous. History is full of deadly ones. History, however, is also littered with great ideas that helped humanity. Electricity, automobiles, the printing press. Each of them made human life easier.

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Battle-tested PPHS facing another tough opponent in Iota

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – No one is implying that this season hasn’t been a struggle for the Pine Prairie Panthers. Pine Prairie’s issues have been a mix of growing pains under a new coach and tough scheduling.

Sheamus Frank (23) gains yardage for his Mamou Green Demons against Ville Platte High. In the game, Frank went on to score his first touchdown of the season on his team’s way to a 36-31 win on homecoming night. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

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Defending their turf

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Monday, October 10, 2022

By: SYLIS MANUEL Staff Reporter MAMOU – The Mamou Green Demons successfully defended their home turf on homecoming night Friday, defeating the Ville Platte Bulldogs 36-31 after fending off a last minute comeback attempt from the Bulldogs.

Defenders of Troy, led by Wade Pitre (15), combine for a stop against the Hornets of Catholic-Pointe Coupee in the teams’ district opener Thursday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Misfortune plagues Trojans in district loss

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Monday, October 10, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE — Nothing makes or breaks a team over the course of a football game quite like momentum does. For the Sacred Heart Trojans, momentum was on their side for about 12 minutes in Thursday’s District 6-1A matchup with the Catholic-Pointe Coupee Hornets.

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Pick’Ems heating up at midpoint of season

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Monday, October 10, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor The Pigskin Pick’Ems reader and advertising contests are heating up at the midway point of the 2022 football season.

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Bearcats dominate Warriors on short week

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Monday, October 10, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor LAKE CHARLES – Short week? Not a problem for the Basile Bearcats.

Several Ville Platte defensive players combine to make a stop against Pine Prairie in their matchup last week. The Bulldogs, now 1-1 in district play, travel to Mamou to battle the Green Demons, who are also 1-1 in district. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Added spice

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – The first win after a long losing streak is out of the way for the Ville Platte Bulldogs, while the Mamou Green Demons are looking for redemption after last week’s loss to the Church Point Bears.

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Trojans readying for physical Catholic-P.C.

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – After a red-hot start offensively, the Sacred Heart Trojans are back to square one offensively. The Trojans have put up only 33 points the past three weeks, including being shut out 13-0 last week at Caldwell Parish.

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