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St. Edmund football

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Prep football schedules released

Tom Dodge

Friday, July 15, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor The high school football season is fast approaching with the opening week set for Sept. 2. St.

EHS softball team

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A final look back – spring sports

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor The Eunice High Lady Bobcats won the District 4-4A title and advanced to the state semifinals for the first time since 1997. Lady Cat junior Gabby Mitchell was selected to the Class 4-A All-State first team as an infielder.

Ian Dupre

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A final look back – basketball

Tom Dodge

Friday, July 8, 2022

Editor’s note: This is the second of a three story series looking back at the 2021-2022 sports seasons. By Tom Dodge Sports Editor Four of the six District 5-1A teams advanced to the playoffs and North Central ended the season as the Class 1-A state runners-up. St.

EHS - Edna Karr

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A final look back – fall sports

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Editor’s note: This is the first of a three story series looking back at the 2021-2022 sports seasons. By Tom Dodge Sports Editor Eunice High finished the football season as District 4-4A runners-up and 14 Bobcats earned all-district honors.

Dylan Darbonne

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2022 top athletes named

Tom Dodge

Friday, July 1, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor Their high school careers will be remembered for their accomplishments as stellar athletes and quality individuals. The Eunice News 2022 Athletes of the Year are Eunice High’s Sophie Vidrine and Dylan Darbonne along with St.

Tom Dodge Sports Editor

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The Fourth of July is sadly different this year

Tom Dodge

Friday, July 1, 2022

The Fourth of July would have been our 30th wedding anniversary. Sadly, Barbara passed away on May 19th after suffering a burst aneurysm in her brain. I am grateful for the compassionate neurosurgeon, intensive care doctors and nurses as they did all they could to help her survive.

From left are State Sen. Gerald Boudreaux, Distinguished Service Award recipient Garland Forman, and Louisiana Sports Writers Association President Raymond Partsch III. (Photo by Tony Marks/Ville Platte Gazette)

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‘Country Journalist’ Forman inducted into La. Sports Hall of Fame

Tony Marks / Ville Platte Gazette

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

All roads lead to the banks of the Cane River as a new class of inductees joined the ranks of legendary athletes enshrined in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame on June 23. For this year’s 12 honorees, they all took different roads getting them to that point of their careers.

Susannah Summerlin and Greta Miller

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LHSAA Academic All-State recognized

Tom Dodge

Friday, June 24, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor They proved themselves to be quality performers in both the classroom and in athletic competition. Numerous area student-athletes earned LHSAA Academic All-State honors.

Garland Forman

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Ego-free Garland Forman has had broad impact statewide

Raymond Partsch III / Written for the LSWA

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Garland Forman always listened. As a teenage bat boy for the Alexandria Aces, Forman listened to the legendary baseball players that came through on barnstorming tours.

EH seniors LHSAA composite academic all state

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LHSAA Academic All-State named

Tom Dodge

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

By Tom Dodge Sports Editor They proved themselves to be quality performers in both the classroom and on the field. Numerous area student-athletes earned LHSAA Academic All-State honors.