Alaina Boutte (seated) signs to play college softball for the John Melvin University Millers. She is the 17-year-old daughter of Dwana and Shane Boutte, of Pine Prairie. She signed on Thursday, January 26, inside the school’s auditorium. Standing in the photo is Pine Prairie’s head softball coach Alycia Hebert. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
Alaina Boutte is pictured as she cuts the cake after signing to play softball for JMU in Crowley. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
By: TONY MARKS
Editor
PINE PRAIRIE – With all respect to Geoffrey Chaucer, a new version of his second Canterbury Tales is being written as Alaina Boutte, of Pine Prairie High School, signed to play at the next level for the John Melvin University Millers in Crowley.
Boutte expressed a feeling of amazement upon signing with a program that is in the infancy of its program that is part of the G…