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The Marks Post: Resting up before a new season

News Staff
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Do you hear that? It is the proverbial calm before the storm before high school football begins. This past weekend was the last weekend without high school football through December. Because of that, I stayed home this past weekend and caught up on some rest.
Clay Landreneau (left), a physical therapist at Healthworks Rehab, performs a physical examination on Sacred Heart’s Boyce Schexnider (right). (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Clay Landreneau (left), a physical therapist at Healthworks Rehab, performs a physical examination on Sacred Heart’s Boyce Schexnider (right). (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Green light to play

News Staff
Thursday, August 4, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – In their 20th year being held at Healthworks Rehab in Ville Platte, one thing has remained consistent … The annual physicals provided to Evangeline Parish athletes of all schools have, and will remain, completely about the athletes the services are...
In the dog days of summer, student-athletes learn the definition of hard work and getting better without the distractions of outsiders. Despite losing this game to 46 against Hathaway, Sacred Heart athletes continuously strived to improve. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

In the dog days of summer, student-athletes learn the definition of hard work and getting better without the distractions of outsiders. Despite losing this game to 46 against Hathaway, Sacred Heart athletes continuously strived to improve. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Trusting the process

News Staff
Monday, June 20, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor EUNICE — High school sports during the summer months are a far cry from what you see during the school year.
Sports Headline

Sports Headline

Trojans place three on LBCA All-Region team

News Staff
Monday, June 20, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – After a 25-9 season that saw the program make the Division IV quarterfinals, accolades continue to roll in for the Sacred Heart baseball program.
LeCompte Jr

LeCompte Jr

LeCompte Jr., author of Sharpened Iron, passes away

News Staff
Thursday, June 16, 2022
By: TONY MARKS Editor Melvin LeCompte Jr., author of Sharpened Iron: The Tee Cotton Bowl Story, passed away on Saturday, June 11, at the age of 52. He was an accomplished author and musician. He taught school for 20 years in the St. Landry Parish School system having touched many lives.
Sacred Heart pitcher and outfielder Briggs Ardoin puts the bat on the ball Tuesday morning in the LBCA Uncerclass All-State games. Ardoin was selected to the West squad. Over the two days, he pitched and played outfield. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Sacred Heart pitcher and outfielder Briggs Ardoin puts the bat on the ball Tuesday morning in the LBCA Uncerclass All-State games. Ardoin was selected to the West squad. Over the two days, he pitched and played outfield. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Making the list

News Staff
Monday, June 13, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor HAMMOND – There are many in the world who make their livings off of making lists. Sportswriters vote on a weekly Top 10 or Top 25. Billboard has been telling us what the Top 40 songs are for as long as most have been living at this point.
The 2022 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player, Ville Platte’s Leslie Foreman, is pictured above. He helped lead the Bulldogs to a playoff berth for the first time in 25 years. (Photo by Nick Jagneaux)

The 2022 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player, Ville Platte’s Leslie Foreman, is pictured above. He helped lead the Bulldogs to a playoff berth for the first time in 25 years. (Photo by Nick Jagneaux)

Baseball MVP Foreman used hardship as spark for growth

News Staff
Monday, June 6, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – No one hates an underdog story. It’s ingrained in all of us to root for the ones who struggle. We’re wired to see people rise up and give their best and rock the boat.
The 2022 Ville Platte Gazette’s Coach of the Year for baseball hails from Pine Prairie High School. Panther head coach Colton Chaddrick (left) led his team to another strong season in his first year as coach. (Photo submitted)

The 2022 Ville Platte Gazette’s Coach of the Year for baseball hails from Pine Prairie High School. Panther head coach Colton Chaddrick (left) led his team to another strong season in his first year as coach. (Photo submitted)

Chaddrick’s vision begins with assistants, learning on fly

News Staff
Monday, June 6, 2022
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Colton Chaddrick made the decision to step right into the fire. With no prior experience as a head coach at the high school level, Chaddrick stepped up last summer to lead the Pine Prairie baseball program.
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