Ardoin pitching gem leads SHS over PPHS

By News Staff on Thursday, March 9, 2023
  • Sacred Heart starting pitcher Briggs Ardoin (6) makes his windup in a 92-pitch performance against Pine Prairie on Tuesday afternoon. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Sacred Heart starting pitcher Briggs Ardoin (6) makes his windup in a 92-pitch performance against Pine Prairie on Tuesday afternoon. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
  • Pine Prairie starting pitcher Colin Ardoin (13) delivers a pitch against Sacred Heart in a 6-1 loss Tuesday afternoon. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    Pine Prairie starting pitcher Colin Ardoin (13) delivers a pitch against Sacred Heart in a 6-1 loss Tuesday afternoon. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
    By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – There are certain things that you might take for granted when senior right-handed pitcher Briggs Ardoin takes the bump for the Sacred Heart Trojans baseball team. Standing over six-feet and around 200 pounds, the initial thing to expect when Ardoin is firing a pitch is for it to be overpowering. Yet when he’s at his best, Ardoin is mixing spe...

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