EUNICE -- Jeff Willis arrived at LSU-Eunice in 2002 as a 24-year-old baseball coach with all of two years of assistant coaching experience. He arrived at a school with no real budget dedicated to the baseball program.
MAMOU -- Football is back again. No, no, we aren’t talking about The Spring League.
It’s hard to find anyone who has put as much into, or loves, Sacred Heart High more than softball coach Todd Ardoin. He was nicknamed “Hollywood” in high school.
Sacred Heart senior catcher Alex McElwee was recently selected to the Louisiana Baseball Coaches’ Association Region 5 All-Region team as a utility player. Region 5 encompasses St.
The town of Basile along with local businesses, organizations, and community residents is sponsoring a family day on Saturday, July 10, at the town park. The day will include a Co-Ed Softball Tournament, fun jumps, face painting, other children’s activities, and concession sales with food and drinks.
The statistical outlay of Parish Most Valuable Player, Sacred Heart’s Gabe Fontenot, is impressive enough. In one of the tougher districts in Class 1A, Fontenot put up a .342 batting average with 23 RBIs.
Sacred Heart’s Gary Ashworth is honored to be named the All-Parish Coach of the Year. However, it speaks to his expectations of himself that he feels undeserving of the honor this year.
The 2021 Ville Platte Gazette’s Most Valuable Player is Pine Prairie High School’s Asia George (left photo). George, a Northwest Florida Community College commit, was named a MVP for District 5-3A after hitting .589 on the season. The 2021 Ville Platte Gazette’s Coach of the Year for softball hails from Mamou High School. Lady Demon head coach Alycia Hebert (right photo) led her team to a postseason appearance. (Photos submitted)
Talking to All-Parish MVP Asia George is a peek into the dedication and sacrifice it takes to be the best at a craft that you can be. The story of where she is now, a Northwest Florida Community College commit and the All-Parish MVP, began with a struggle.
Jennifer Fontenot, Mamou Alaina Moutte, Pine Prairie Katherine Olsen, Pine Prairie Kenderly Doucet, Mamou Kelsie Landreneau, Mamou Jaiden Richard, Mamou Halle Lafleur, Sacred Heart Maci Vidrine, Sacred Heart Sara Dupre, Mamou Kaitlyn Bias, Ville Platte Olivia Bruney, Mamou Cameron Willis, Pine Prairie Carlee Berzas, Mamou Aubrey Fuselier, Pine Prairie Madison Fontenot, Mamou Catherine Lawson, Sacred Heart Jodi Vidrine, Sacred Heart.