New facility hopes to usher in new era of PPHS success
Mamou’s Keshawn Guillory (front) and Kevin Jason (back) participate in a relay race during the track meet held Tuesday, March 26, at Pine Prairie. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
By: RHETT MANUEL
Sports Editor
PINE PRAIRIE – Pine Prairie High School is no stranger to athletic success.
Whether it was the golden era of basketball under Hall of Fame coach Leslie Gaudet – the first coach in state history to earn 1,000 career wins – softball, baseball or track-and-field the school has no shortage of hardware in its hallways and history books.
For track the golden era was …