School starts -- fingers crossed -- in three weeks. For a select group of Avoyelles Parish high school students, their studies and lessons began a few weeks ago.
All-Parish Baseball Coach of the Year William Williber, Bunkie Magnet
All-Parish Baseball MVP Braydon Flores, Marksville High
All-Parish Softball Coach of the Year Katelyn Hillman, Bunkie Magnet
All-Parish Softball MVP Jensen Gremillion, Bunkie Magnet
Several of the parish's baseball and softball teams were just putting things together when the season was cut short by an emergency order to stop the spread of COVID-19.
It doesn't take Nostradamus to predict the future of girls high school basketball in AvoyellesParish.
St. Joseph sophomore slugger Mackenzie Gauthier awaits the ball during the Lady Eagles 16-1 victory over Bolton in the Grant High tournament on March 7. Gauthier hit a stand-up double. {Photo submitted by Brandi Schexnayder}
This past week was the last baseball/softball action at least until mid-April, due to high schools being closed and sporting events cancelled until April 13.
Coralie Deloach (left) of Marksville High won the Gerry Lane Premier Exhibitor Award for Dairy Cattle at the LSU AgCenter Livestock Show in Gonzales on Feb. 15. Payton Willis (right) of LaSAS placed 4th in Dairy Cattle. Livestock Show Manager Duane Nunez (center) presented the awards. {LSU AgCenter photo}
Coralie Deloach of Deville was one of six state winners of the prestigious Gerry Lane Premier Exhibitor Award at the 85th annual LSU AgCenter Livestock Show in Gonzales on Feb. 15.
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