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Ava Kordish (center) signs the paperwork to officially join the LSUE softball team during a ceremony held inside the Pine Prairie gym on Tuesday, November 14. Also pictured are her mother, Shelly Kordish; and her father, Skylar Kordish. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Ava Kordish (center) signs the paperwork to officially join the LSUE softball team during a ceremony held inside the Pine Prairie gym on Tuesday, November 14. Also pictured are her mother, Shelly Kordish; and her father, Skylar Kordish. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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To Eunice we go

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Monday, November 20, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor Reining District 4-3A and Evangeline Parish Softball Most Valuable Player Ava Kordish, of Pine Prairie High School, is taking her game to down La . Hwy 13 as she signed to play at LSU Eunice.
Sacred Heart’s Gabe Fontenot (2) dribbles the ball down the court in the Trojans’ season opening win against Northside Christian in Crowley. Fontenot scored 17 points on the night. (LSN photo by Chris Quebedeaux)

Sacred Heart’s Gabe Fontenot (2) dribbles the ball down the court in the Trojans’ season opening win against Northside Christian in Crowley. Fontenot scored 17 points on the night. (LSN photo by Chris Quebedeaux)

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SH hoops begins seasons with wins against Northside Christian

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Monday, November 20, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor CROWLEY - The basketball seasons at Sacred Heart began on Tuesday, November 14, as the Lady Trojans defeated Northside Christian 77-10 and the Trojans won 72-61. Kali Shiver led her Lady Trojans with 22 points. Alyssa Brignac added 13 points, and Breanne Ardoin added 10 points.
Boyce Schexnider (16) looks for yards after the catch in Sacred Heart’s playoff loss to Glenbrook School last Friday night. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Boyce Schexnider (16) looks for yards after the catch in Sacred Heart’s playoff loss to Glenbrook School last Friday night. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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SHS cannot circle the wagons against Glenbrook Apaches

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor MINDEN - Sacred Heart’s playoff opener against Glenbrook School got off to an auspicious start as the Trojans recovered a fumble on each of the Apaches’ opening drives. But, in football, as in life, it is not how you start. It is how you finish.
Bryan Hardy (5) looks to follow blocker Wyatt Bertrand (55) for a big gain in Basile’s playoff loss to Welsh. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Bryan Hardy (5) looks to follow blocker Wyatt Bertrand (55) for a big gain in Basile’s playoff loss to Welsh. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Welsh overwhelms Bearcats to end Basile season

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor WELSH - Basile head coach Kevin Bertrand knew that his team’s opponent last Friday, the No. 8-seeded Welsh Greyhounds, would present his Bearcats a difficult challenge in the opening round of the Division IV non-select playoffs.
Sacred Heart’s Kali Shiver (second from left) puts pen to paper as she signs to play college basketball at LSU Eunice. Also pictured (from left) are her mother, Ashley Veillon; her father, James Shiver; and her head basketball coach, Craig Whittington. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Sacred Heart’s Kali Shiver (second from left) puts pen to paper as she signs to play college basketball at LSU Eunice. Also pictured (from left) are her mother, Ashley Veillon; her father, James Shiver; and her head basketball coach, Craig Whittington. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Earning her stripes

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Monday, November 13, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor Kali Shiver is no stranger to being in the center of the basketball spotlight. As a sophomore, two years ago, she was named Evangeline Parish Most Valuable Player. Then, last year, she shared the same honor with Ville Platte’s Vandryua Wilson.
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Local signees prove worth with scholarships

Rhett Manuel
Monday, November 13, 2023
It’s not breaking news that the NCAA transfer portal has made life more difficult for college-athletes across the board at the highest levels.
Ville Platte’s Braylin Griffin (12) attempts to get rid of the football before being taken down by Oberlin’s Kadyn Dart (82) in the regular season finale last Friday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Ville Platte’s Braylin Griffin (12) attempts to get rid of the football before being taken down by Oberlin’s Kadyn Dart (82) in the regular season finale last Friday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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VPHS finishes regular season with 51-16 loss to Oberlin

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor OBERLIN – It was an ending chapter of two different sorts in Oberlin’s regular-season ending 51-16 defeat of the Ville Platte Bulldogs.
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Road warriors

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor It was an uncharacteristically rough regular season for both the Basile Bearcats and Sacred Heart Trojans. Both faced adversity and ended the year with records that don’t live up to the programs’ expectations of themselves.
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Mamou ends rough regular season with 49-0 loss

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – Things didn’t finish ideally for the Mamou Green Demons last Friday night as the Northwest Raiders wrapped up the District 4-3A title with a 49-0 shutout of Mamou.
Jude Hebert (23) finds running room for his Sacred Heart Trojans in their 42-6 win over North Central Thursday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Jude Hebert (23) finds running room for his Sacred Heart Trojans in their 42-6 win over North Central Thursday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Past is in the past

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Monday, November 6, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor LEBEAU – With the regular season over, there's no one inside the Sacred Heart Trojans football program that will tell you that they are satisfied with a 3-7 regular season after Thursday night's 42-6 steamrolling of the North Central Hurricanes in District 6-1A play.
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