Basketball season is upon us, and the “power rankings” of the teams for games played in 2019 have the Avoyelles Mustangs boys and Avoyelles Charter girls teams rated as the top teams in the parish
Avoyelles Parish high school All-Parish honorees
Avoyelles Parish’s three high school football teams combined had one of the toughest schedules in the state this year.
FOR THOSE IN NEED
Tenley Bordelon, 16, of Hessmer displays her community food pantry for the needy. The pantry cabinet has been installed outside the Rateau Center at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Hessmer. {Photo courtesy of Rebecca Pollock}
Many people say Christmas is more about giving than receiving, but truth be told they are really more interested in “what Santa brought” them. That’s just basic human nature.
This Friday -- Friday the 13th as it happens -- the state will crown its high school football champions in the Mercedez Benz Superdome.
CABBAGE PATCH KIDS
LaSAS students (from left) Anna Laborde, Olivia Dixon, Ava Williber, Brandon Wright and Kay Lee pose with some beautiful heads of cabbage in the school’s garden. The produce will be on sale to the public. Part of the crop will end up on the lunch trays of Avoyelles Parish School District schools’ Christmas meals on Dec. 19. {Photo courtesy of Ward Bordelon}
Area veggie lovers can have their cravings met and support the next generation of farmers at the same time -- thanks to the Bayhills gardens of the Louisiana School for the Agricultural Sciences (
105 N Main St
Marksville, LA 71351
(318) 253-9247