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Bearcats welcome new head coach to Basile High

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor As the Basile High School Bearcats prepare for the 2024 football season, a sense of anticipation fills the air. With a new head coach at the helm and a solid group of returning starters, the Bearcats are poised to make a strong showing in District 4-1A.
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Consistency matters

By: TONY MARKS Editor PINE PRAIRIE - October 29, 2021. That was the last day the Pine Prairie football team notched a win. Since then, the Panthers rattled off 21 consecutive losses. Added to that, the team has hired four head coaches in as many years.
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Saints need luck, improved offense to thrive in 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor The New Orleans Saints play their divisional football in what is seen my many as the worst division in the National Football League, the NFC South. That can only mean one thing for Saints fans.
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The Marks Post: Football season is nigh

Did you hear that? That sound is the build up of anticipation of another football season. It may sound faint now, but, in a week or so, it will build up to that of a tempest. Personally, I am looking forward to another season of football.
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Trojans head into Joe Nagata Jamboree against Iota

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - In scrimmages last Friday against Marksville and Mamou, second-year head coach Jacob Aguillard felt excited about the play of his Sacred Heart squad.
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Teams prepare for parish jamboree

By: TONY MARKS Editor RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor Basile will be the host site of the Evangeline Parish Football Jamboree, set for tomorrow, August 30. Start time is at 6 p.m., and admission is $8. Each game will consist of two 12-minute halves with a 15-minute half time.
Logan Seth Bergeron

Logan Seth Bergeron

Basile wrestler competes nationally with championship team

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Logan Seth Bergeron, a 15-year-old sophomore at Basile High School, performed exceptionally well on the national stage during the Deep South National Wrestling Duals, held from August 1 to 4 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Big changes await LSU in 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor Turnover is the name of the game in modern era college football. With draft picks, coaching changes and the transfer portal, a team very rarely looks similar from one season to the next.
The Pine Prairie Panthers have a moment of prayer after a scrimmage against the Basile Bearcats on Thursday, August 22. Pictured in the front are head coach Lance Meyers (left) and assistant coach Hunter David (right). (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

The Pine Prairie Panthers have a moment of prayer after a scrimmage against the Basile Bearcats on Thursday, August 22. Pictured in the front are head coach Lance Meyers (left) and assistant coach Hunter David (right). (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Panthers host Bearcats in football scrimmage

By: TONY MARKS Editor PINE PRAIRIE - Two of the four new head football coaches in the parish got an opportunity to see their teams against live competition as Pine Prairie hosted Basile in a scrimmage on Thursday, August 22.