Sports

Fresh start for Mamou with district opener at Port Barre

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – What has happened leading up to now can mostly be seen as irrelevant, because when district play starts every team gets a fresh start. The Mamou Demons have to be hoping that’s the case after a disastrous 0-3 start to its 2023 campaign.

Up-and-down Panthers open district at Church Point

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Building a program practically from the ground up is a difficult thing to do and that’s what Pine Prairie Panther head coach Charles Hazard has tried to do in his first year on the job.

A writer’s pipedream of another 2007 in CFB

We’re two weeks into the 2023 college football season and one thing seems obvious. As of now, it looks like one of those years where the landscape of the sport will do everything it can to turn itself on its head.

Sacred Heart claws out a win against Basile

Sacred Heart 26 Basile 7 1 2 3 4 – T BHS 0 0 7 0 — 7 SHS 13 7 0 6 — 26 How It Happened The Trojans opened the game fast and scored on its opening drive on the way to a 20-0 halftime lead.

Ville Platte falls to Basile, 21-20, in thrilling Cat, Dog fight

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor BASILE - Hanson Field became the stage for a football showdown that will be talked about for years to come as the Basile Bearcats clashed with the Ville Platte Bulldogs this past Friday.

Trojans need health heading into Basile

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Things aren’t going ideally in head coach Jacob Aguillard’s first season in the Halls of Troy. It has nothing to do with the on-field play.

Explosive offense, porous defense the story of Mamou so far

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – Two weeks into the season, two things are clear about the Mamou Demons. First, they are a team that can be one of the more explosive passing offenses in Evangeline Parish.

Panthers need offense against Buckeye

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Pine Prairie head coach Charles Hazard will be the first to tell you that despite the scoreboards during the first two weeks this season, he’s encouraged by his defense’s effort.

Predicting rest of year for Evangeline Parish teams

Rest in peace to the greatest dream that ever was … As it turns out, the pipe dream of every Evangeline Parish football team finishing the regular season with unbeaten records cannot come to pass. Yes, Ville Platte and Sacred Heart played last week. And yes, there had to be a winner.

Trojans drop home opener to Marksville

Marksville 30, Sacred Heart 12 1 2 3 4 – T MHS 0 8 16 6 — 30 SHS 0 6 0 6 — 12 How It Happened Marksville moved to an unorthodox running offense mid-game, with the result being that the Tigers gashed the Trojans for 350 yards on the ground.