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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)

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)

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)

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)

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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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

Rhett Manuel
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.
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