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Parish lands several on all-district 1st and 2nd team lists

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor Another year has come and gone for football in Evangeline Parish. Team success was harder to come by than it has been in past years, with no team advancing past the first round of the playoffs and no team ending the season with a .500 or better record.
Maddie Fontenot (22) joined the 1 thousand point club during her team’s 55-51 loss against Kaplan. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Maddie Fontenot (22) joined the 1 thousand point club during her team’s 55-51 loss against Kaplan. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Welcome to the club

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Thursday, December 21, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – Mamou senior Maddie Fontenot has always been the quiet type in her high school athletic career. Be it in basketball or softball, no matter the circumstance, she’s never been one to raise her voice or get emotionally involved.
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Genius of Wade is shown in off-court persona

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Thursday, December 21, 2023
There are a lot of words I would’ve used in the past to describe current McNeese men’s basketball coach Will Wade. Most of them wouldn’t have been Christian. Forgive me for that.
Kagien Richard (1) looks for a basket against Pine Prairie in the first game of this year’s parish tournament in Basile. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Kagien Richard (1) looks for a basket against Pine Prairie in the first game of this year’s parish tournament in Basile. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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MHS, SHS boys drop recent games against Cenla teams

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Monday, December 18, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor A tooth-and-nail, push-and-pull, knockdown drag out contest between the Tioga Indians and the Mamou Green Demons ended with the Indians outlasting them and escaping with a 58-55 win Tuesday night on Mamou's home floor.
Janiah Leday (4) led her Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs with 9 points in a 56-26 loss to the Oakdale Lady Warriors at home on Tuesday, December 12. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Janiah Leday (4) led her Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs with 9 points in a 56-26 loss to the Oakdale Lady Warriors at home on Tuesday, December 12. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Bulldogs, Warriors earn split decision

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE – Seventeen unanswered points in the third quarter allowed the Ville Platte High Bulldogs to secure a 66-49 win over the Oakdale Warriors at home on Tuesday, December 12. The Bulldogs, with the win, improved to 6-7 on the season.
Mamou’s Madison Fontenot (22) attempts a basket against Sacred Heart. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Mamou’s Madison Fontenot (22) attempts a basket against Sacred Heart. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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MHS, SHS continue tooth-and-nail series

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – If there’s one thing that the Mamou girls’ basketball team is proving this season, it is that quitting before the whistle blows isn’t an option. The Lady Demons proved that again Friday night.
While being swarmed by Lady Hornets, Pine Prairie’s Kylie Veillon (13) attempts a basket. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

While being swarmed by Lady Hornets, Pine Prairie’s Kylie Veillon (13) attempts a basket. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Plainview swarms Pine Prairie at home

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor PLAINVIEW – Struggles continue for the Pine Prairie basketball teams as the Lady Panthers fell to 1-9 after a 69-11 loss to Plainview and the Panthers fell to 0-7 after a 67-19 loss also to Plainview.
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Going bowling with LSN

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Monday, December 11, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL and TONY MARKS LSN Sports Editors College football bowl season is upon us, and it is time to feast our eyes on 43 matchups played from coast to coast.
Kali Shiver (right) is pictured with her head coach Craig Whittington (left) after collecting the 1 thousandth point of her career as a Sacred Heart Lady Trojan. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Kali Shiver (right) is pictured with her head coach Craig Whittington (left) after collecting the 1 thousandth point of her career as a Sacred Heart Lady Trojan. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Shiver crosses 1K for career as Lady Trojans win big

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Monday, December 11, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Sacred Heart Lady Trojans head coach Craig Whittington wanted to get the hoopla of it done early on. As quickly as possible if you will.
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