High School Sports

ALL HUGS - Members of the Sacred Heart baseball team gather on the field as senior Boyce Schexnider (13) and freshman John Aaron Soileau (10) share a hug after their quarterfinal loss against Covenant Christian. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

ALL HUGS - Members of the Sacred Heart baseball team gather on the field as senior Boyce Schexnider (13) and freshman John Aaron Soileau (10) share a hug after their quarterfinal loss against Covenant Christian. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Un-seventh Heaven

News Staff
Monday, May 6, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor HOUMA - A five-run lead was not enough for the Sacred Heart baseball squad as Covenant Christian went on a merry-go-round ride that produced seven runs on only two singles in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Adeline Launey shows off her medal for winning a national powerlifting meet in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Athletics)

Adeline Launey shows off her medal for winning a national powerlifting meet in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Athletics)

Adeline’s island

News Staff
Monday, May 6, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor In his poem that is best known for its final line, “And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee,” John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.
Sacred Heart’s Jacelyn Pitre (7) hustles down the first base line during the Lady Trojans’ 13-3 loss to district rival Catholic-Pointe Coupee in the state softball seminfinals at Sulphur. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Sacred Heart’s Jacelyn Pitre (7) hustles down the first base line during the Lady Trojans’ 13-3 loss to district rival Catholic-Pointe Coupee in the state softball seminfinals at Sulphur. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Lamentations 3:13

News Staff
Thursday, May 2, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor SULPHUR – In a storied year for girls’ athletics in Sacred Heart, it’s only fitting that they got to make one more road trip. To make the trip even sweeter, it’s the type of trip the Lady Trojans softball program hasn’t been able to make since 2019.
Pine Prairie’s Braylon Fontenot (12) stands ready at the plate during the Panthers’ best-of-three playoff opening series against Church Point. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Pine Prairie’s Braylon Fontenot (12) stands ready at the plate during the Panthers’ best-of-three playoff opening series against Church Point. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Red River ends PPHS season

News Staff
Thursday, May 2, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor COUSHATTA – The 13th-seeded Pine Prairie Panthers baseball team had its season ended in the Regional round of the LHSAA Division III non-select playoffs by the No. 4 Red River Bulldogs in a two-game sweep.
Pictured from left (standing) are Sacred Heart assistant coach Kayne Hargrave and head coach Gary Ashworth and (seated) Jackson Bruney. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Pictured from left (standing) are Sacred Heart assistant coach Kayne Hargrave and head coach Gary Ashworth and (seated) Jackson Bruney. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

‘Hotter than a pepper sprout’

News Staff
Monday, April 29, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor Jackson Bruney, also known as Bruney, has signed to play baseball with LSUA. He is the son of Candice and Chad Bruney and has been a varsity player for four years at Sacred Heart. “I think it’s going to better me as a person,” Bruney said about signing to play college ball.
Lady Trojan first baseman Kali Shiver (22) celebrates after recording the final out of the game against Riverside Academy in the quarterfinal round of the state softball playoffs. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Lady Trojan first baseman Kali Shiver (22) celebrates after recording the final out of the game against Riverside Academy in the quarterfinal round of the state softball playoffs. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Without reservations

News Staff
Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor RESERVE - A season ago, the Sacred Heart softball team faced Riverside Academy in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs and fell 14-5. Riverside then went on to win its second consecutive state championship.
Caden Askey (7) connects with a pitch in a game against Church Point during a best-of-three playoff series held at Pine Prairie. The Panthers now play a best-of-three series at Red River in the second round. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Caden Askey (7) connects with a pitch in a game against Church Point during a best-of-three playoff series held at Pine Prairie. The Panthers now play a best-of-three series at Red River in the second round. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Moving on

News Staff
Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Most coaches at the high school level like to take their lumps in the regular season in hopes of preparing their teams for the playoffs.
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More than grit

News Staff
Monday, April 22, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Basile athletics are usually known for their grit. Be it a grind-it-out football style or a storied wrestling program, over the years the Bearcats have made their name with toughness.
Sacred Heart flex player Jenna Veillon (6) connects with a pitch in the Lady Trojans’ 11-1 win over St. John in the second round of the Division IV Select softball playoffs. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Sacred Heart flex player Jenna Veillon (6) connects with a pitch in the Lady Trojans’ 11-1 win over St. John in the second round of the Division IV Select softball playoffs. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Geauxing for seconds

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor A trio of parish teams advanced to the second round of the softball playoffs and took different routes doing so. Sacred Heart and Pine Prairie each had first round byes, and Mamou had to get past Berwick in its playoff opener.
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