Sports

Twos are wild

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.

Finding their voice

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.

Unsacrificial

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.