Erath High to induct three into Athletic Hall of Fame

The Erath High Hall of Fame Committee named the three athletes who are selected into the 2021 Erath High Athletic Hall of Fame.
Two played in the 1990s, while another played in the late 1960s.
They are Monica Blancas Broussard, Kayla Primeaux Soirez and Garlen Suire.
The induction ceremony will be held Thursday at the Community Center and they will be recoginized at Friday’s football game.

Monica Blancas Broussard

Monica Blancas Broussard is being inducted into the Erath High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
Monica is a 1992 graduate of EHS. While at EHS, she was outstanding as a member of the girls’ track team.
In her sophomore year, she was district and parish champion in the 400-meter run (62.2).
She was a district champion hurdler. In addition, she was a member of the district, parish, and regional 880-meter relay team.
Monica was the district 400-meter, regional, and state runner-up in the 440 dash her junior year. She was also a member of the 800 meter and 1600 meter relay team. The 1600-meter relay team was composed of Amy Desormeaux, Nichole Powell and Stacy Guidry. They still hold the EHS record set in 1991(4:14.71).
She also ran on the regional champion mile relay team and the state runner-up team.
As an EHS senior, she captured the district and regional championship titles.
To this date, Monica still holds the EHS records in the 400-yard dash( 1:03.80) and the 400-meter dash (59.30).
Monica is the daughter of Ruben and Sandra Blancas of Erath. Monica is married to Bart Broussard, and they have two children: Alex, a senior at VC and Ali, an eighth-grader also at VC.
She has dental practice, Abbeville Family Dental, that she co-owns.

Kayla Primeaux Soirez

Kayla Primeaux Soirez is being inducted into the Erath High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
Kayla is a 1999 graduate of EHS. While at Erath High, she was a standout member of the basketball team.
In her junior year, she was second-team all-parish, first-team Tech Area and first-team All-Area.
She was a Wendy’s High School Heisman Finalist.
She was a four-sport athlete at EHS.
In her senior year, she was second-team All-Parish in basketball.
In her sophomore year, she was a member of the AAU Junior Olympic Basketball Team.
Her senior year, she made first-team all parish as a member of the softball team. She was a member of the 4x400 relay team that set a parish record.
Kayla was a member of the Louisiana Track and Field Coaches Association Academic All-State Cross Country Track and Field team in cross country in 1998. In 1999, she was selected to the Academic All-State Girls Composite Team. Kayla received the Radio Shack Tandy Scholar’s Outstanding Student and the Academic Top two percent based on grades 9-11 award.
Kayla was a student council and class officer, a member of the Beta Club, Math Club, and the 1999 Class Salutatorian.
Kayla is the daughter of Dalton and Louisa Primeaux, both Erath High graduates. She is married to Jeremy Soirez and they have four boys: Cameron, 14; Mason, 12; Jackson, 9; and Logan, 6.

Garlen Suire

Garlen Suire, a 1969 graduate of EHS, is being inducted into the EHS Athletic Hall of Fame.
During his years at Erath, he was a standout in both football and track.
Garlen started his football career at Erath as an 8th grade when both schools were combined. He was a starter at the nose guard position under coach Willie Lutring. He went on to play offensive and defensive tackle, outside linebacker and nose guard.
He lettered five years in football.
During his senior year, he was an all parish all-star and outstanding all-district lineman.
His track accolades started his junior year. Garlen was district and parish champ in the shot put. He also placed third in the district and parish in the javelin.
In 1969, Garlen placed first in district, parish, regional, and state in the shot put in his senior year.
His state championship toss was 52’6, just two inches shy of the state record.
Gardens parents were “Big” John and Theresa Hebert Suire.
He is married to the former Jackie McClendon, since 1983.They have five children: Erica Lacoste, “Mickey” Herbert, Toni Suire, Dillon John Suire-Mire and Jessie Suire.
Upon graduation, Garlen was in the National Guard for six years.
He worked for Walker-Hnac workover from 1970-1974. During his time off, he and brother Byron started the construction of Big Johns Seafood Patio.
With Garlen boiling and “Big” John running operations, they opened the doors on Jan. 2, 1975.
In 2005, Wendy and Tommy became sole owners. Garlen retired in 2019 after six years with Bulldog Services.