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Abbeville High’s Brylee Batiste has qualified for the Powerlifting World Championships in Malta. Abbeville Councilwoman Terry Broussard is working to help Batiste raise funds for the trip.

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Terry Broussard

Cake Donations Needed

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 11:00am

Abbeville Councilwoman Terry Broussard is trading in her political hat for a fundraising hat to support a worthy cause. She has joined the fundraising team for local athlete Brylee Batiste. 
Brylee Batiste is a powerlifter from Abbeville High School who won the National Championship in Austin, Texas, earlier this year. After her win, she was invited to join the United States Powerlifting Team. 
They will compete in St. Paul’s Bay, Malta, in the fall. Traveling to Malta will require financial backing to cover the cost of the trip, lodging, and food.  

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Jake Faulk with his wife, Elise, their daughters Kate and Emma, and their son, Jude in Minnesota last year.

Jake Faulk named new baseball coach at Kaplan

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 10:58am

KAPLAN – Jake Faulk is the new head baseball coach at Kaplan High School.
Faulk replaces Dylan Gaspard, who was named the assistant baseball coach at Acadiana High School.  
Faulk graduated from Kaplan High School in 2009, where he played baseball and football. He was all-district and all-parish all four years in baseball and his final two seasons in football.
 Faulk went on to play baseball at Big Bend Community College in Washington state.  He played there for two years.

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John Tommasini keeps an eye on the ball.

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Ryan David reacts to missing a putt on the playoff hole. Had he made the putt, it would have tied John Tommasini and force another playoff hole.

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John Tommasini (left) hugs Ryan David after the final hole.

Abbeville's Southern Oaks Golf Championship needed a playoff hole to find winner

Mon, 07/29/2024 - 3:15pm

The 2024 Southern Oaks Club Champion came down to the 2022 Southern Oaks Club Champion and the 2023 Southern Oaks Club Champion battling it out on a playoff hole.
The 2022 club champion, Ryan David, made a birdie on No. 18 to tie John Tommasini, the 2023 club champion, and force an extra hole.
The first playoff hole was No. 1, a short par 4 that could be reached with the driver.
Tommasini teed off first and used his 7-iron  to stay in the middle of the fairway. The ball landed 123 yards from the hole.

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Madison Trahan begins her first season at Abbeville High School.

Abbeville High hires new volleyball coach

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 11:00am

Abbeville High School hired Madison Trahan as its new volleyball coach this summer.
  On Tuesday, Trahan met with her players and their parents to introduce herself and communicate her expectations for the upcoming season.
She is Abbeville High’s third head volleyball coach since the program started back up in the last 10 years. 

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Matt Weber (right) and Jake Marler shot a two-day score (57-56) - 113 to win the championship flight.

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Garrett Becker tees off. Becker and his teammate Dane Cessac won the second flight.

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A group of golfers, who finished the tournament, were following Aaron David (right) and Cade Hebert.

Two former Cajun golfers win tourney in Abbeville

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 9:58am

Two former UL-Lafayette golfers teamed up to tear up the Southern Oaks Country Club course this past weekend.
Matt Weber and Jake Marler shot a two-day score of 113 to win the championship flight of the two-man scramble. They beat out 11 other two-man teams in the championship flight. 
Weber, from St. Thomas More High, played at UL and then recently transferred to the University of New Orleans, while Marler just finished four years of playing golf for the Cajuns.

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