Fruge signs with McNeese rodeo

By News Staff on Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • Pictured from left are Doug Fruge; Sidney Fruge, a Sacred Heart student who signed with the McNeese rodeo team; Rebecca Fruge, and Sacred Heart Rodeo Coach Stephanie Fontenot. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    Pictured from left are Doug Fruge; Sidney Fruge, a Sacred Heart student who signed with the McNeese rodeo team; Rebecca Fruge, and Sacred Heart Rodeo Coach Stephanie Fontenot. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Sacred Heart High School senior Sidney Fruge, a barrel racer in the rodeo club, officially signed with McNeese State University in Lake Charles on Monday, April 13, to join the school’s rodeo team beginning in the fall. She is the daughter of Doug and Rebecca Fruge and granddaughter of Anita Fontenot, Robert and Toni Kretzer and Doug and Susan Fruge. Si...

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