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Adeline Launey is pictured above as she competes in the deadlift portion of the 2024 IPF (International Powerlifting Federation) Sub-Junior and Junior World Championships in St. Paul’s Bay, Malta. (Photo courtesy of Jacob Launey)

Adeline Launey is pictured above as she competes in the deadlift portion of the 2024 IPF (International Powerlifting Federation) Sub-Junior and Junior World Championships in St. Paul’s Bay, Malta. (Photo courtesy of Jacob Launey)

The Maltese lifter

News Staff
Monday, September 16, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor Adeline Launey, a senior at Sacred Heart High School and a member of the Lady Trojan Powerlifting Team, was chosen to compete in the 2024 IPF (International Powerlifting Federation) Sub-Junior and Junior World Championships in St.
Trojan quarterback Ellis Fusilier (2) looks to pick up positive yardage in a win against Oakdale to open the football season. (Photo by Angela deVille)

Trojan quarterback Ellis Fusilier (2) looks to pick up positive yardage in a win against Oakdale to open the football season. (Photo by Angela deVille)

No rain on their parade

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Sacred Heart and Oakdale were two teams trending in opposite directions following their respective jamborees. The Trojans fell 14-7 against Iota, and Oakdale pulled off a pair of 7-0 wins against Kinder and Oberlin.
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Bulldogs cannot withstand Vikings

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor Two players from Ville Platte High School went for over 100 yards of offense in the season opener against Northside, but it was not enough as the Bulldogs fell 39-14 against the Vikings. Ville Platte’s running back Montagon Dixon ran 16 times for 112 yards and a touchdown.
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Slippery start in season opener

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor The Basile Bearcats faced a tough start to their 2024 football season, falling to the Lake Arthur Tigers 34-12 in a rain-soaked battle Friday night at Hanson Field.
Sheamus Frank (23) runs 15 yards for a Mamou touchdown with 4:52 remaining in the first quarter against Bolton Academy. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Sheamus Frank (23) runs 15 yards for a Mamou touchdown with 4:52 remaining in the first quarter against Bolton Academy. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Locked and bolted

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Monday, September 9, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor MAMOU - The Mamou Green Demons scored 44 first half points on their way to a 58-0 win over Bolton Academy on a Thursday night when the skies opened and heavy rain fell. New head coach Laquintin Lamb said it was a good feeling to get the first win under his belt.
Pine Prairie’s Draylin Freeman (30) looks to elude a tackle from Mamou’s Payton Ashford (15) in the opening game of the Evangeline Parish Jamboree in Basile. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

Pine Prairie’s Draylin Freeman (30) looks to elude a tackle from Mamou’s Payton Ashford (15) in the opening game of the Evangeline Parish Jamboree in Basile. (Gazette photo by Sylis Manuel)

Pumping up the jam

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
By: SYLIS MANUEL Staff Reporter DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor That football itch was finally scratched last week as Basile High hosted this year’s Evangeline Parish Jamboree.
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Twos are wild

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - When last we saw the Sacred Heart football team in action, it was on a Friday night in Minden as the 22nd seeded Trojans fell 49-12 against the 11th seeded Glenbrook Apaches in the opening round of the Division IV Select playoffs.
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Finding their voice

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The Ville Platte High football whimpered its way through most of the season last year as the Bulldogs went 2-8. The only wins came against Pine Prairie and Mamou by a combined score of 102-0.
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Unsacrificial

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor MAMOU – Make no question about it, there hasn’t been excitement about Mamou football like this in a long time.
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