Sports

EHS to hold 17th Alumni tourney

By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
The tradition continues as the 17th annual Eunice High Alumni softball tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at the Eunice Rec Complex.

LDWF schedules drawdown on Chicot Lake in September

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has scheduled a drawdown on Chicot Lake in Evangeline Parish for reduction of giant salvinia and for fish habitat improvement.

Coach Gerald Hardy remembered

By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
Long-time coach and educator Gerald Hardy passed away on Aug. 6.
Hardy, 85, was born in Eunice on Nov. 16, 1937.

Iota looks to defend district title

By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
IOTA – The Bulldogs finished 9-3 in Ray Aucoin’s first season as Iota’s head football coach.

Lanthier to lead St. Ed’s softball

By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
Her love for softball started at a very early age, now Nicole Lanthier wants to use her experience to help the St. Edmund program compete for district titles and make playoff runs.

M L Woodruff - 2023 LSHOF Inductee

Woodruff didn’t plan on being a coach, but quickly became one of the game’s best

By ROBIN FAMBROUGH, Written for the LSWA

Many things about M.L. Woodruff’s life paint the picture of an old-school baseball coach.

Ron Washington - 2023 LSHPF Inductee

Washington’s influence has been transformational for years in MLB

By GIL LeBRETON, Written for the LSWA

The summer of 1970 was a trying and turbulent time to be young and growing up in America.

Eli Manning - 2023 LSHOF Inductee

Easy-going Eli didn’t try to match older Mannings, he paved his own path

By TED LEWIS, Written for the LSWA

It couldn’t have been easy being the guy they called Easy.

Paul Maineri - 2023 LSHOF Inductee

Mainieri invested in himself and LSU, mentored players, and Tiger baseball stock soared
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Written for the LSWA
Paul Mainieri wanted the LSU baseball head coaching job in 2006 so badly, he paid for it – literally.