Baseball MVP Foreman used hardship as spark for growth

By News Staff on Monday, June 6, 2022
  • The 2022 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player, Ville Platte’s Leslie Foreman, is pictured above. He helped lead the Bulldogs to a playoff berth for the first time in 25 years. (Photo by Nick Jagneaux)
    The 2022 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player, Ville Platte’s Leslie Foreman, is pictured above. He helped lead the Bulldogs to a playoff berth for the first time in 25 years. (Photo by Nick Jagneaux)

    By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – No one hates an underdog story. It’s ingrained in all of us to root for the ones who struggle. We’re wired to see people rise up and give their best and rock the boat. And make no mistake, no player in Evangeline Parish personified bucking trends like Ville Platte’s Leslie Foreman. Foreman, this season’s Parish MVP, was the emotional and on-fiel…