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Ja’maury Thomas (0) shakes off a would be Northwest tackler as he fights for additional yardage in Ville Platte’s road district loss to Northwest, 42-0, last Friday night. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Shutout on the prairie

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor PRAIRIE RONDE - Still searching for their first win of the 2024 football season are the Ville Platte Bulldogs after losing 42-0 to the Northwest Raider last Friday night.

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Last-second heroics lift Mamou in homecoming win

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor MAMOU – For weeks, it has felt like the trajectory of the Mamou Green Demons would be that they would eventually find themselves on the winning side of a game at some point this season.

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New Pine Prairie losing streak is extended

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor Since a 60-6 win over North Central that snapped a 23-game losing streak, the Pine Prairie Panthers went on to begin another losing streak and extended it to three games following a 55-0 home loss against Church Point last Friday.

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Bearcats win third in row behind run game, stingy defense

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor Basile first-year head coach Dale Guillory expected the project of remaking the Bearcat football program in his image to take some time. Before the season, everything he said was that “it's going to take some time.

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LSU trio earns honors, team climbs in polls

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III LSN Sports Reporter A trio of Tigers have been recognized as Southeastern Conference Players of the Week for their performance in Saturday's 29-26 overtime victory over No. 8 Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium.

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Media predicts Alabama men to win SEC

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

BIRMINGHAM - Alabama was predicted to win the 2025 Southeastern Conference men’s basketball championship in voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members. Alabama’s Mark Sears was the choice of the media for SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.

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Both Gotham teams are four wins away from a second Subway Series

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Monday, October 14, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor A sixth inning grand slam from shortstop Franciso Lindor was all the offense the New York Mets needed to earn a 4-1 win over their NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the National League Divisional Series.

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Sacred Heart gets back on the winning side of the ledger

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Monday, October 14, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor After losing back-to-back district games to Opelousas Catholic and Westminster Christian Academy, the Sacred Heart squad returned to its winning ways with a 55-6 home victory over Bolton Academy. With the win, the Trojans improved to 4-2 on the season.

Basile’s Brian Hardy reaches the end zone for one of his two touchdowns against Ville Platte. (Photo by Tonya Ortego)

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Basile spoils Ville Platte’s home opener

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE – Maybe it wasn’t pretty, but the Basile Bearcats continued their winning ways last Thursday night at Ville Plate in taking a 20-11 win over the Bulldogs to improve their record to 3-2.

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Football contest results are taking shape through 5 weeks

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor Five weeks into the football contests, the results are already taking shape. In the readers’ competition, Justin Johnson and Janice Johnson are tied for the lead at 32-8. They both went 6-2 in Week 5.

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