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Pine Prairie braces for Wing T from Oberlin

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Sink or swim. Ready or not. Here it comes. The Pine Prairie Panthers, under first-year head coach Joe Heintz, open their regular season tomorrow night against Class 1A Oberlin.

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Tee Cotton Bowl

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Tee Cotton I Year: 2000 Site: Soileau-Landry Field Score: Sacred Heart 24, Ville Platte 21 Note: The first time the traveling Vidrine Cup was presented to the winner, a trophy the Trojans win seven straight years.

Several Sacred Heart seniors peer through the hospital window of Tim Fontenot to send him encouragement while in recover at Mercy Regional Medical Center. The seniors from Ville Platte High also visited. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Tee Cotton Bowl: More than just a game

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

By: TONY MARKS Editor The Tee Cotton Bowl has always been played for a higher purpose. By doing so, it has earned the attention of Steve Sabol, Tony Dungy, and countless other prominent figures in football. The game also earned the blessing from Pope John Paul II.

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

By: TONY MARKS Editor (September 5, 2019) - The annual Tee-Cotton Bowl crowns a city champion in Ville Platte as it is played between Sacred Heart High School and Ville Platte High School. The team who emerges with bragging rights is presented a trophy in memory of Jerome Vidrine.

Ville Platte High’s Greg Guillory (5) breaks up a pass intended for Basile’s Parker Fontenot (6) in the Bulldogs’ 6-0 in the Evangeline Parish Jamboree at Pine Prairie Friday night. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

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Tough muddin' on the Prairie

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Monday, August 29, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor It was far from ideal conditions Friday night at Pine Prairie High School for the annual Evangeline Parish Jamboree.

Trojan workhorse Blake Hebert (10) dives across the goaline for a Sacred Heart touchdown in a scrimmage against Bunkie held Friday, August 19. The team now takes on Pine Prairie in the Evangeline Parish Jamboree tomorrow night. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Prowling with the Panthers

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - After beating up on each other during fall camp, the Sacred Heart Football Trojans got a taste of live competition in a scrimmage against Bunkie on Friday, August 19. For head coach Josh Harper, the night was something he had been waiting to see.

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Pine Prairie readying to host Evangeline Parish jamboree

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – For head coach Joe Heintz and his Pine Prairie Panthers, this Friday night’s Evangeline Parish Jamboree represents opportunity for the rookie head coach and his team.

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Trojans expect to grow, compete in 2022

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – The Sacred Heart Trojans were as good last season as they’ve been historically in any other season in school history. Much of that was due to a loaded senior class, long on talent and experience.

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Line play to lead Demons in 2022

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – One year removed from one of the most prolific offenses in school history, Mamou has questions to answer in 2022.

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Culture change continuing at VPHS

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Pride has been something that the Ville Platte football program has lacked for years now. When he took the job mid-year last season, head coach Roy Serie set out to do one thing – to restore the pride into a once-proud program.

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