Chataignier Elementary basketball coach Duncan Johnston, left, and Zion Thomas unveil Ty Ardoin’s retired number 55 jersey. (Ville Platte Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
Family, friends and classmates gathered at the Chataignier Elementary School gym to pay tribute to a late classmate.
Ty Ardoin was a seventh grade student at Chataignier Elementary, a Ville Platte resident and member of the school’s basketball team. Ardoin was involved in a car wreck and passed away on Oct. 17, at Oschner Lafayette General Medical Center.
He was only 12-years-old.
Tragedy has …
