Thirty Top-3s vaults Basile to parish meet sweep

  • Tyler Newman and Landon Fontenot, both of Basile, are pictured as they compete in the 110m hurdles during the parish track meet held at Pine Prairie High School. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Tyler Newman and Landon Fontenot, both of Basile, are pictured as they compete in the 110m hurdles during the parish track meet held at Pine Prairie High School. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Sometimes it’s just your year. For the Basile Bearcats track and field program, it was theirs as they swept the Evangeline Parish track meet in winning both the overall boys and girls parish championships. They did so behind a flurry of top-three finishers. The Bearcats had a total of 30 top-three finishes in the meet with 11 individual winners…

Premium Content is available to subscribers only. Please login here to access content or purchase a subscription to the Ville Platte Gazette or Basile Weekly.