High School Sports

This photo of Caden Askey (7) sliding underneath a tag to score Pine Prairie’s second run in the top of the first inning in Game 3 against Berwick won 1st place for Best Sports Photo.

This photo of Caden Askey (7) sliding underneath a tag to score Pine Prairie’s second run in the top of the first inning in Game 3 against Berwick won 1st place for Best Sports Photo.

Win, place, and sheaux

News Staff
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Staff Report The Louisiana Press Association announced the winners of the 2025 Better Newspaper Competition on May 8, 2026 at the Baton Rouge City Club, including Newspaper of the Year honors, which included: Division 1: The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate Division 2: The Ruston Daily...
Braxton Ardoin, of Mamou High School, is pictured with his gold medal in Boys High Jump 3A. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Braxton Ardoin, of Mamou High School, is pictured with his gold medal in Boys High Jump 3A. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Looking for precious medals

News Staff
Thursday, May 14, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor BATON ROUGE - Despite weather conditions moving many of the events inside the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse, parish athletes from Evangeline Parish took home medals at the LHSAA Outdoor Track and Field State Meet at LSU.
Mamou head powerlifting coach Kirk Taylor is pictured with this year’s girls’ state runner-up trophy. (Photo courtesy of Kirk Taylor)

Mamou head powerlifting coach Kirk Taylor is pictured with this year’s girls’ state runner-up trophy. (Photo courtesy of Kirk Taylor)

Taylor reflects on powerlifting success at MHS

News Staff
Monday, May 11, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor Kirk Taylor has seen a number of successes during his short time at Mamou High School. Among those successes is having his girls’ powerlifting team finish as state runners-up this year.
William Chapman is pictured as he tries to make a putt during the first round of the state golf tournament on Monday, May 4, in Carencro. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

William Chapman is pictured as he tries to make a putt during the first round of the state golf tournament on Monday, May 4, in Carencro. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Going clubbin’

News Staff
Thursday, May 7, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor CARENCRO - With a total score of 674 and a total to par gross of +98, the Sacred Heart golf team finished as state runner-up at the 2026 LHSAA Golf State Championships in Division IV. The championship was held Monday, May 4, and Tuesday, May 5, at Farm d’Allie Golf Club.
Sully Manuel (13) eyes home plate as he takes his lead off the third base bag during Sacred Heart’s 3-2 playoff loss to St. Edmund on Sunday, May 3. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Sully Manuel (13) eyes home plate as he takes his lead off the third base bag during Sacred Heart’s 3-2 playoff loss to St. Edmund on Sunday, May 3. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Ran out of town

News Staff
Thursday, May 7, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor EUNICE - Daniel Guillory represented the game tying run in Sacred Heart’s playoff game against district rival St. Edmund on Saturday. He reached base after being hit by a pitch to lead off the top of the seventh inning with his Trojans trailing 3-2.
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Annual Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Awards Banquet is held

News Staff
Thursday, May 7, 2026
BATON ROUGE --- The coach who led LSU to the promised land of the NCAA Final Four in 2006, along with a legendary high school coach from Lafayette, were the major honorees at Saturday’s 52nd Annual Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Awards Banquet.
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Track competitors qualify for state meet

News Staff
Monday, May 4, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor After placing in the top three at their respective regional track meets, several competitors qualified for the state meet, which will begin Thursday, May 7, at LSU.
Ellie Wilmouth (4) slides in safely to third base ahead of the throw from a St. Frederick fielder in Sacred Heart’s 10-8 quarterfinal loss last Friday. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Ellie Wilmouth (4) slides in safely to third base ahead of the throw from a St. Frederick fielder in Sacred Heart’s 10-8 quarterfinal loss last Friday. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Little quarterly dividends

News Staff
Thursday, April 30, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor As the old saying goes, the last out is the toughest one to get. For the Sacred Heart softball team, the last two outs were the toughest to get as the Lady Trojans were two outs away from their second trip to the state tournament in Sulphur in the last three seasons.
Trojan golfers qualify for regionals

Trojan golfers qualify for regionals

Trojan golfers qualify for regionals

News Staff
Monday, April 27, 2026
After dismantling the program in 2020 because of COVID-19, Sacred Heart brought back its varsity golf program in 2024. This year, the team competed in several tournaments, including the District tournament on Monday, April 20, at Atchafalaya Golf Course in Patterson.
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