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Bruney

Bruney

Bruney shines in All-Star game

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor HAMMOND – One of the hallmarks of a competitive program is that your players are getting recognized in a positive light.
Kordish

Kordish

Kordish named to All-State squad

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Pine Prairie soon-to-be senior pitcher Ava Kordish got everything she achieved in her junior season the hard way.
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Sports Headline

LSU hosts first super regional since 2019

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor BATON ROUGE – Since the days of Skip Bertman, LSU has believed that the road to Omaha has run through Alex Box Stadium. However that hasn’t been the case since 2019, the last time LSU hosted a Super Regional and lost to Florida State.
Manuel

Manuel

Champions on field, life, built through year-round athletics

High school athletes are going to be shocked to hear this. And, coaches of Evangeline Parish, if I cause a mutiny amongst your teams I do apologize ahead of time. But, once upon a time in what seems like a galaxy far-far away, high school athletes seemingly got a break somewhere in there.
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Sports Headline

Sacred Heart Trojan coaching staff takes shape

BY: TONY MARKS Editor Upon taking the head football coaching job at Sacred Heart, Jacob Aguillard was tasked with putting a coaching staff in place. The task proved challenging because of slotting coaches into faculty positions.
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Sports Headline

Wilmouth, Ardoin named to LBCA All-Region squad

BY: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor There is no athlete worth his or her salt that doesn’t dream of being seen as the best. Every player wants the accolades. Every player wants to be among the bright lights. That doesn’t make them a poor teammate, it makes them driven to be as good as possible.
From left are: standing- Pine Prairie Assistant Coach Dylan Manuel, Pine Prairie Head Coach Colton Chaddrick, LSU-A Head Coach Kody Gautreaux, and Pine Prairie Coach Andy Carson; sitting- Crystal Ardoin, Colin Ardoin, and Mitch Ardoin. (Photo courtesy of Pine Prairie High School)

From left are: standing- Pine Prairie Assistant Coach Dylan Manuel, Pine Prairie Head Coach Colton Chaddrick, LSU-A Head Coach Kody Gautreaux, and Pine Prairie Coach Andy Carson; sitting- Crystal Ardoin, Colin Ardoin, and Mitch Ardoin. (Photo courtesy of Pine Prairie High School)

PPHS’s Ardoin continues family tradition, commits to LSU-A

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – It’s a family affair in Alexandria. A few years after older brother Jordan Ardoin put his name on the dotted line to continue his baseball playing career at LSU-Alexandria, his little brother is doing the same.
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LSU-E ends stadium era with championship game loss

By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor EUNICE – It’s the end of an era on LSU-Eunice’s campus. With the school moving forward with a renovation project of its baseball complex soon, the NJCAA Region 23 baseball tournament was the curtain call for the ballpark in its original iteration.
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DYB All Star schedule is revealed

By: TONY MARKS LSN Sports Editor The 2023 Dixie Youth All Star dates and locations have been released, and local fans will not have far to travel if they want to attend any of the World Series tournaments.