BCE softball team wins first state title

By News Staff on Thursday, March 30, 2023
  • Standing left to right: Coach Chuncey Fontenot, Laiken O’Connor, Kynaddi Ware, Callie Byrd, Ella Fontenot, Ella Ortego, Leighanna Lejeune, Cheyenne Maricle, Angel Tezeno, Julie Messer, and Coach Michelle Griffing; Kneeling left to right: Lilly Bordelon, Adalynn Fontenot, Jolie Naquin, Aniyah George, Callie Johnson, and Macy Hebert. (Photo courtesy of Chuncey Fontenot)
    Standing left to right: Coach Chuncey Fontenot, Laiken O’Connor, Kynaddi Ware, Callie Byrd, Ella Fontenot, Ella Ortego, Leighanna Lejeune, Cheyenne Maricle, Angel Tezeno, Julie Messer, and Coach Michelle Griffing; Kneeling left to right: Lilly Bordelon, Adalynn Fontenot, Jolie Naquin, Aniyah George, Callie Johnson, and Macy Hebert. (Photo courtesy of Chuncey Fontenot)

    By: TONY MARKS Editor MONROE - Behind a 34 strikeout performance from Kynaddi Ware in 13 innings over the course of three games, a .714 batting average and 6 runs batted in from Ella Fontenot, and zero errors of defense, the Bayou Chicot junior high softball team captured its first state championship after previously being state runner-up three times. The sta…