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VPHS girls struggle against stiff competition

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor OBERLIN – The Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs continued their struggles through this season this past week at the Oberlin tournament. Ville Platte went 0-2, albeit against extremely stiff competition.

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Hard-nosed Lady Demons split pair of games

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – The Mamou Lady Demons basketball team continued its culture shift under head coach Andrew Dwyer this past week. No one has questioned the competition the Lady Demons have faced all season. Nor has their effort has been questioned.

Offensive MVP Michael Penix Jr. along with Defensive MVP Bralen Trice and other members of the Washington Huskies hoist the Allstate Sugar Bowl Trophy after a 37-31 win over the Texas Longhorns. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

A husky sized win: Washington edges Texas in Allstate Sugar Bowl, advances to national championship

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor NEW ORLEANS – With one second remaining on the clock and his team down by 6 points, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, on 4th-and-11 from the Washington 13-yard line, delivered a pass intended for Adonai Mitchell, but the pass was broken up and sailed incomplete for a turnover on...

Sacred Heart’s Rose Ardoin (40) looks to make a basket in the Lady Trojans’ narrow two-point loss to the Oberlin Lady Tigers in the Kendall and Brad Memorial Holiday Shootout. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Local girls’ basketball teams compete in tournament at St. Ed’s

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor EUNICE – The Oberlin Lady Tigers flexed their muscle in a big way over the weekend at the Kendall & Brad Fontenot Memorial Holiday Shootout held last Thursday through Saturday at St. Edmund High School in Eunice.

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Nussmeier leads LSU to dramatic bowl win

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor TAMPA, Fla. – Heading into LSU’s ReliaQuest Bowl matchup with Wisconsin, all eyes were on sophomore quarterback Garrett Nussmeier. We’d all seen him in mop-up duty, but the focus was on how he’d handle the starter’s spotlight. Just fine, as a matter of fact.

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McNeese’s Wells picks up multiple weekly honors

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III LSN Sports Writer LAKE CHARLES -- McNeese men’s basketball star Shahada Wells collected multiple honors on Tuesday.

Tucker LeBlanc produced in a big way for the Basile Bearcats and ended up the Evangeline Parish offensive MVP. He was coach Kevin Bertrand’s most reliable goalline weapon this year. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Patience pays off for Offensive MVP Leblanc

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BASILE – The old saying is that “patience is a virtue.” It’s true. Patience isn’t an easy thing to acquire or keep. However, it is rewarding. Patience breeds resilience, which breed toughness and all of those things breed success in the long run.

Trojan head coach raved about Ike Perry all season long, and it wasn’t hard to see why. Evangeline Parish’s Defensive MVP had a love for physicality and an ability to diagnose plays ahead of time. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Defensive MVP Perry set tone with work ethic

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – There wasn’t a time of the 2023 football season where Sacred Heart and head coach Jacob Aguillard didn’t have their full faith in Parish Defensive MVP Ike Perry.

Basile Bearcat head coach Kevin Bertrand was named the parish’s coach of the year. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Quiet integrity the recipe for COY Bertrand

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BASILE – Anyone who knows Basile High head football coach and Evangeline Parish Football Coach of the Year Kevin Bertrand knows a couple things about him. First, he’s a man of few words. Even on gameday, Bertrand is rarely vocal.

Blair Lafleur, of Ville Platte, is preparing to begin her senior year as a track and field athlete at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. (Submitted photo)

Tracking her course

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

By: TONY MARKS Editor Christmas is a time for giving and receiving presents and being surrounded by those near and dear.

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