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Baseball All-Parish Most Valuable Player Briggs Ardoin - Sacred Heart

Baseball All-Parish Most Valuable Player Briggs Ardoin - Sacred Heart

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Hard-working Ardoin rides grit to Parish MVP

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Monday, May 22, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – Sacred Heart pitcher and Parish MVP Briggs Ardoin’s entire personality on a baseball field is very simple … You’re going to have to outwork him to beat him.
Baseball All-Parish Coach of the Year Gary Ashworth - Sacred Heart

Baseball All-Parish Coach of the Year Gary Ashworth - Sacred Heart

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Ashworth remains constant for SHS baseball program

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Monday, May 22, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – The truth with any mentoring-based profession is that the person who occupies the job is never in it for themselves. That holds especially true with Sacred Heart head baseball coach and Evangeline Parish baseball Coach of the Year Gary Ashworth.
While flanked by members of the Sacred Heart baseball team, Briggs Ardoin (seated) is pictured after signing to continue his playing career at Baton Rouge Community College. Among those also pictured are Ellis Fusilier, Parker Feucht, Hayden Droddy, Sam Veillon, Nick Fontenot, Everett Johnson, John Michael Duplechin, Jackson Bruney, Boyce Schexnider, Brad Fusilier, Wade Pitre, and Sam Richardson.

While flanked by members of the Sacred Heart baseball team, Briggs Ardoin (seated) is pictured after signing to continue his playing career at Baton Rouge Community College. Among those also pictured are Ellis Fusilier, Parker Feucht, Hayden Droddy, Sam Veillon, Nick Fontenot, Everett Johnson, John Michael Duplechin, Jackson Bruney, Boyce Schexnider, Brad Fusilier, Wade Pitre, and Sam Richardson.

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Playing baseball with a red stick

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor A baseball career that began at the age of four while playing Dixie Youth T-Ball is continuing 14 years later as Briggs Ardoin, of Sacred Heart, has signed to play at the next level at Baton Rouge Community College.
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Evangeline Parish lands 26 on all-district baseball squads

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor Evangeline Parish baseball players recently got their flowers in the recent all-district voting, with 26 players in all receiving All-District accolades.
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The Game 103.7 becomes new affiliate of ESPN Radio

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
LAFAYETTE -- With its top-rated and award-winning lineup of live and local sports talk shows, THE GAME 103.7 Lafayette (KLWB-FM) and 104.1 Lake Charles (KLCJ-FM) has long served as Southwest Louisiana's Sports Station.
Ava Kordish took a leap in her junior year, placing herself among the state leaders in strikeouts. Much of her success was due to her change in approach, focusing on spin and location. It worked out, leading her team to the state quarterfinals and within two runs of beating Sterlington. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Ava Kordish took a leap in her junior year, placing herself among the state leaders in strikeouts. Much of her success was due to her change in approach, focusing on spin and location. It worked out, leading her team to the state quarterfinals and within two runs of beating Sterlington. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Work ethic, humility lift PPHS pitcher Kordish to softball MVP

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Monday, May 15, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Athletically, most high school student-athletes see their biggest leap in ability in the transition summer between their sophomore and junior school years. It’s a time when they get stronger, both mentally and physically.
Pine Prairie softball head coach Alycia Hebert led her team to a 9-0 start and a district championship and, for her efforts, was named coach of the year in District 4-3A and in Evangeline Parish. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Pine Prairie softball head coach Alycia Hebert led her team to a 9-0 start and a district championship and, for her efforts, was named coach of the year in District 4-3A and in Evangeline Parish. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

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Village mindset of PPHS coach Hebert led team to new heights

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Monday, May 15, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor PINE PRAIRIE – Pine Prairie Lady Panther softball coach and Evangeline Parish Coach of the Year Alycia Hebert knew exactly what she had in the 2023 version of her team pretty early. Was it an imperfect version in the early going of the year? Sure.
Fielding some bling

Fielding some bling

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Fielding some bling

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
By: TONY MARKS LSN Sports Editor BATON ROUGE - Student-athletes from across the state participated in the 2023 Ochsner LHSAA Track & Field Meet at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium last week.
Dominant Bengals host Region 23 tourney

Dominant Bengals host Region 23 tourney

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Dominant Bengals host Region 23 tourney

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor EUNICE – Thus far in its 2023 season, the LSU-Eunice Bengal baseball team has been historically good. The Bengals have ridden the wave all season, finishing the regular season with a 49-3 overall record.
Left to right- Kamryn Cormier, Hayden Tidwell, Evan Messer, Hunter Holden, Ethan Hardy, Silas Fontenot, Evan Hebert, Seth Paul, Ethan Rollins, Cameron Willis, Ava St. Ann, Sophee LaTour. (Photos courtesy of Craig Whittington)

Left to right- Kamryn Cormier, Hayden Tidwell, Evan Messer, Hunter Holden, Ethan Hardy, Silas Fontenot, Evan Hebert, Seth Paul, Ethan Rollins, Cameron Willis, Ava St. Ann, Sophee LaTour. (Photos courtesy of Craig Whittington)

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Luring in another one

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Monday, May 8, 2023
“Very proud of this team,” exclaimed Craig Whittington, coach of the back-to-back State Runner-Up fishing team from Pine Prairie High School. “Big shout out to Ava St. Ann for catching the Big Bass of the tournament and to the team of Cameron Willis and Ava St. Ann for having the 2nd place weight.
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