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Crossing the country

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

By: TONY MARKS LSN Sports Editor NATCHITOCHES - Cross country runners from across the state braved the elements as they competed in the 2022 LHSAA state championships on Monday, November 14.

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Familiar playoff foe awaits Sacred Heart tomorrow

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MONROE – Pick a sport, any sport, that Sacred Heart plays as a school and there’s a pretty good shot of the program’s recent playoff history in it involves the Ouachita Christian Eagles.

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Basile gets back to basics after playoff bye, hosts Oberlin

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BASILE – Postseason play is normally associated by fans with the unfamiliar. It’s the chance to travel to that far-flung town you’d never go to on your own accord. It’s that hole-in-the-wall, mom-and-pop establishment that only locals can direct you towards.

Jude Hebert (23) fights for additional yardage on a slick Soileau-Landry Field against the visiting Covenant Christian Lions in the first round of the Select Division IV playoffs. With the 32-8 win, Sacred Heart now travels to Ouachita Christian in the second round. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Hangin’ with Hayden

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – For all the talk of the Sacred Heart Trojans and the adversity they’ve faced all season, they quite literally had to weather the storm Friday night in the opening round of the Division IV select football playoffs.

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Winnfield rushes past Mamou to end year

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor WINNFIELD — The long trip to Winnfield to play its first playoff game in over a decade began bright and early for the Mamou Green Demons. Rightfully so.

The Sacred Heart Trojans will take the field tomorrow night in the first round of the Select Division IV playoffs against Covenant Christian. The team is seeking its second playoff win since 2013 and first since a win over St. Edmund last season. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Just in time

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Nothing has come easy for the Sacred Heart Trojans in 2022. It’s been a season where they’ve been beat up, battered, worn down and have had to persevere through it all. It cannot be said that this Trojans team is short on grit.

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Buzz is around Mamou in playoff trip to Winnfield

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor MAMOU – For the first time in over a decade, there is real buzz surrounding Mamou Green Demon football. After a loss on Friday night to Northwest, Mamou was in wait-and-see mode to determine its fate in the Division III non-select bracket.

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Win over Alabama cements Kelly in Baton Rouge

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

I like to think I was one of the first on the island I occupy. Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been flexing this boast for the past 11 months. But, Saturday night in Death Valley was the night Brian Kelly truly arrived as the head coach of the LSU football program.

The Basile Bearcats secured an outright district championship after a 21-14 win over the East Beauregard Trojans Friday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Three’s allowed

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Monday, November 7, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor DRY CREEK — The Basile Bearcats have been very familiar with playing close first half games most, if not all, of this 2022 season. Normally, their recipe would be to overwhelm and wear out their opponents with a rushing barrage on to yet another blowout win.

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Northwest jeopardizes Mamou playoff hopes

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Monday, November 7, 2022

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PRAIRIE RONDE — The math was simple for the Mamou Green Demons entering Friday night’s contest against the Northwest Raiders. Mamou entered Week 10 as the projected No.

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