Ville Platte senior Shayla Hickerson, a first-team All-Parish performer in basketball, signed a Letter of Intent to continue her playing career at LSU-Eunice on Thursday. She dominated the post all season on her way to 10 points, eight rebounds, and three blocks per game and is pictured (seated) with Lady Bulldogs’ head coach Rhonda Thomas (standing). (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
By: RHETT MANUEL
Sports Editor
VILLE PLATTE — One thing was evident in what surely was one of Shayla Hickerson’s proudest moments of her young life on Thursday.
No matter how difficult it got at any point in her life, she never had to do it alone.
Coaches, teammaters, relatives and even church members surrounded her as Hickerson, an All-Parish performer in basketball for the Lady Bulldogs du…
