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YOUTH FOOTBA L L COACH OF T H E WEEK

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YOUTH FOOTBA L L COACH OF T H E WEEK

Hounds crush Wolfpack in bi-district play

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WELSH — The Welsh Greyhounds used a balanced offensive attack with a defense that forced 10 sacks and two pick-six scores to race to a 59-24 win over the visiting West St. Mary Wolfpack in the Division IV non-select bidistrict round of the state playoffs. With the win, the Hounds moved to 6-5 for the season.

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Indians defeat Basile 22-18 in bi-district round

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ELTON — Friday night lights in Cleve Beard Stadium would be round two of the Battle of the Bayou as the Elton High Indians hosted the Basile High Bearcats in the Division IV bi-district playoff round. There would be no room for error as the winner of the contest will advance to Regionals while the losing teams’ season comes to an end.

The Elton Indians

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The Elton Indians

Greyhounds dominate Wolfpack in 59-24 thumping

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WELSH — The No. 9Welsh Greyhounds won a convincing ball game over the West St. Mary Wolfpack at Greyhound Stadium Friday night by a final of 59-24. With the win, the Hounds will move on to the next round of the playoffs. Welsh will have to await a decision by the LHSAA on who their next opponent will be as the game between the Lake Arthur Tigers and Ferriday Trojans was stopped due to an altercation that occurred on the field. The game was stopped on the field in the second quarter due to a brawl that broke out.

Thunder beat short-handed Pelicans 106-88

Second straight win without injured forward Chet Holmgren

Tigers take long trip to Ferriday for opening contest

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LAKE ARTHUR — The Lake Arthur Fighting Tigers will make the long trek up north tonight for a bi-district battle with the Ferriday Trojans in the first round of the LHSAA Division IV nonselect playoffs. The Tigers enter the playoffs with an overall record of 5-5 and are seeded as the No. 25 team, while the Trojans come in with an overall mark of 7-3 and are seeded No. 8. The Tigers enter the contest having dropped their last three district contests to Welsh, Lafayette Renaissance Charter and Lafayette Christian Academy.

Hounds to battle Wolfpack in bi-district action

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WELSH — The regular season of high school football has come and gone, and now the playoffs begin. It’s the season of one and done with a loss, so area teams are really gearing up for the bi-district round.

GAME TIME

FRIDAY, NOV. 15 • 7 P.M.