Hard work plus 1,000 points spurs Darbonne to MVP

  • Sacred Heart’s Austin Darbonne has been named the 2022 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player for boys’ basketball in Evangeline Parish. Roberts was also the co-MVP for District 5-1A the season in which he scored the 1,000th point of his career. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Sacred Heart’s Austin Darbonne has been named the 2022 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player for boys’ basketball in Evangeline Parish. Roberts was also the co-MVP for District 5-1A the season in which he scored the 1,000th point of his career. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Every coach likes to think they have the hardest-working kid in their program. Their kid is busting their hump to finish first in wind sprints. Their guy is grinding hardest in the weight room. They’ve got the guy who studies film the hardest. Every coach thinks they have that guy. However, Sacred Heart head coach J.P. Boullion may have actually had…

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