Bertrand trusts the process on his way to being named Coach of the Year

By News Staff on Monday, January 3, 2022
  • Despite losing the first four games of the seasons, the Basile Bearcats went on a winning streak that carried them into a state quarterfinal round game against eventual state runner-up Logansport. For their efforts, Kevin Bertrand was named coach of the year. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Despite losing the first four games of the seasons, the Basile Bearcats went on a winning streak that carried them into a state quarterfinal round game against eventual state runner-up Logansport. For their efforts, Kevin Bertrand was named coach of the year. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

    BASILE - Nothing defined The Ville Platte Gazette Evangeline Parish Coach of the Year’s season like the beginning did. Basile head coach Kevin Bertrand’s team was sitting at 0-3 and down three touchdowns at halftime to Hamilton Christian. 0-4 starts don’t happen very often in Basile, if ever. What happened next tells you why Bertrand was honored as our Coach of the Year. “We were down and we…