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Le’asia Brown of North Vermilion was named to the All-District 5-4A second-team by the district coaches.
Brown, a senior, was the only first- or second-team player for the Lady Patriots.
North Vermilion senior Jenna Gibson was an honorable mention, and Kennedy Kelly of NVHS was named to the All-Defensive squad.
Jada Richard of Lafayette Christian, who averaged 28.1 points, 5 rebounds and 5 steals a game, was the MVP.
She was joined on the first team by AC Froehlich of St. Thomas More (18.5 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks per game), Shanelll Celestine of Northside (21 points, 13 rebounds a game), Eve Alexander of LCA (15.3 points, 10 rebounds, 4 steals per game) and Kennedy Sinitiere of Teurlings Catholic (17 points, 2 rebounds, 4 steals per game).
Also named to the second team were St. Thomas More sophomore Brynnan Boyd and senoir Colleen Domingue, LCA junior Inderia Hebert and Northside senior Alaysha Veal.
Joining Kelly on the All-Defensive team were junior Ella Hoffpauir of Teurlings, senior Dacia Jones of LCA, junior Jaim Plowden of David Thibodaux, senior Camille Hebert of STM and senior AmijeNae George of Westgate.
Errol Rogers of LCA was the Coach of the Year.

All-District 4-4A Girls Basketball Team

First Team
AC Froehlich STM Sr.
Shanell Celestine Northside Sr.
Jada Richard LCA Jr.
Eve Alexander LCA Jr.
Kennedy Sinitiere Teurlings Sr.

Most Valuable Player
Jada Richard, LCA

Coach of the Year
Errol Rogers, LCA

Second Team
Le’asia Brown North Vermilion Sr.
Brynnan Boyd STM So.
Colleen Domingue STM Sr.
Inderia Hebert LCA Jr.
Alaysha Veal Northside Sr.

All-Defensive Team
Kennedy Kelly North Vermilion Sr.
Ella Hoffpauir Teurlings Jr.
Dacia Jones LCA Sr.
Jai Plowden David Thibodaux Jr.
Camille Hebert STM Sr.
AmijeNae George Westgate Sr.

Honorable Mention
North Vermilion: Jenna Gibson; Teurlings: Justyse George; LCA: Taelyn Taylor; David Thibodaux: Dasia King, Amiré Lawrence; Northside: Madyson Angelle; STM: Blaire McCauley; Westgate: Anireall Allen, Riley Antoine

February 21, 1955 ~ March 4, 2023

KAPLAN — Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Donella Hargrave, 68, who died Saturday, March 4, 2023 at her residence. She will be laid to rest at Cossinade Cemetery with Deacon William "Billy" Vincent officiating the services. Serving as pallbearers will be Wayne “CoCo” Hargrave, Jr., Adian Hargrave, Nicholas Arceneaux, Marcus Arceneaux, Erik Fawvor, and Calvin Hargrave. Honorary Pallbearers will be Randall LaBry and Robert Mire.
Donella was born in Kaplan and lived the majority of her adult life in Nunez. A graduate of Kaplan High School, she was known for her artistic talent, her avid love of family history and genealogy, and her near obsession with all things Mardi Gras, which she attributed to the cosmic event of her birth, on the day before Mardi Gras in 1955, and led to her grandchildren referring to her as Mardi Gras Grandma. After helping her father to research and publish his book, History of Cossinade, Donella followed in his footsteps with the publication of her own well researched book, History of Kaplan, and was in the process of writing a new book about pirates and their hidden treasure in SW Louisiana. If anyone had a question about a person or event—especially if associated with Kaplan—they knew to ask Donella.
She is survived by her husband, Wayne "TeBlack" Hargrave, Sr.; two children and four step-children, Keisa Sagrera and her husband Nicholas Arceneaux, Wayne "CoCo" Hargrave, Jr. and his partner Kylie Fawvor, Joseph Hargrave, Kristy Hargrave, Adian Hargrave and his partner Destiney Brown, and Wilson Hargrave; two brothers, Randall LaBry, and Steven LaBry and his wife Ellen; three sisters, Adrianne LaBry and her husband, Gilbert Smith, Nadine LaBry, and Gayla LaBry and her husband Mike Young; two grandchildren, Marcus Arceneaux, Genevieve Arceneaux and one on the way Eveleen Hargrave; and nine step-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and her dear friend, Donna Zaunbrecher.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ewell Labry and the former Ella Mae LeLeux; one sister, Angela Marie LaBry; and one step-grandchild, Destiny Hargrave.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276. Condolences may be sent to the Hargrave family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.

ERATH – A Mass of Christian Burial for Ms. Lindsey “LeLe” Lynn Tardiff, 33, will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr. Clifton Sensat officiating. A private interment will be held at a later date.
Visitation will be held at David Funeral Home of Erath on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 beginning at 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. with a recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. Visitation will resume on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 9:00AM until the time of the services.
A native of Franklin and a resident of Erath, Lindsey died on Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Erath, LA. LeLe never met a stranger and was always happy. She would brighten up a room when she entered.
She is survived by her mother, Nancy Landry Tardiff of Erath; her father, Kary P.Tardiff and his wife Christina of Centerville; a sister, Kristy Tardiff Mire and her husband Nathaniel of Maurice; her maternal grandmother, Laurence Champange Landry of Erath; two nephews, Nathan Mire and Carter Wilson; three nieces, Taylor Wilson, Madison Wilson, and Kate Wilson; three uncles, Dr. Nathan Landry and his wife Robbie, Ted Tardiff, and Rickey Tardiff and his wife Dana; four aunts, Natalie Lovett and her husband Kenneth, Nanette L. Talbot, Sue Carter and her husband Dennis, and Karen Vincent and her husband Kerney; and her special people, Erin and Jeremy Hunt.
Serving as pallbearers will be Nate Mire, Jeremy Hunt, Carter Wilson, Tyler Hunt, and Becca Frederick.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to Lindsey’s sitters, Mary, Karen, and Samantha .
You may sign the guest register book and express condolences online at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of Erath at 209 E. Putnam St. (337)937-0405 will be handling the arrangements.

RAYNE — “The New Acadia Project” is an effort to identify, investigate and preserve the original homesteads and final resting places of Acadians who settled in what is today known as Acadiana.
Warren Perrin, attorney from Erath, is spearheading the project and spoke recently to La Table Acadienne de Rayne (The Rayne French Table).
During his PowerPoint presentation, Perrin explained that in 1765, Joseph Broussard — also known as Beausoleil — led a group of about 200 men, women and children from Acadia, Canada, to the Gulf coast of Louisiana.
The colonial government of Louisiana provisioned the families and directed them to settle in the Attakapas District along the banks of Bayou Teche in what is now Iberia Parish. However, within months of their arrival, they were afflicted with a virulent epidemic, possibly yellow fever.
As many as 34 died between the summer and winter of 1765, including Beausoleil and his brother, Alexandre Broussard. These pioneers and founders of Nouvelle Acadie were buried at the places they had initially settled, known as le dernier camp d’en bas, premier camp d’en bas, and camp Beausoleil.
The Acadian camps and gravesites are thought to be located on the Teche Ridge, between St. Martinville and New Iberia, in the vicinity of the present-day village of Loreauville
Perrin said the historical and cultural significance of the project is made increasingly urgent by continued residential and commercial development in the region. He said the irreplaceable archaeological record and unique information it might provide on early Acadiana history and culture in Louisiana may be destroyed.
The New Acadia Project is a partnership between the Acadian Heritage and Culture Foundation, Inc., at the Acadian Museum in Erath and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Archaeologists and students from UL Lafayette have discovered, recorded and investigated 33 archaeological sites at cul de sac de la Fausse Pointe since 2014, including homesteads with artifacts dating from the 18th Century and two Acadian family cemeteries with unmarked graves.
One of these graveyards is located on the 1772 Spanish patent of Claude Broussard, an Acadian who arrived at Nouvelle Acadie in 1765 with his father, Joseph Beausoleil Broussard.
The 2022 Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Grant Program supported the New Acadia Project by funding the goals of the project: archaeological and historical investigation, heritage preservation, and development of the cultural economy related to the 1765 settlement of Nouvelle Acadie.
Fieldwork during the university’s Spring Break of April 18 to April 22, 2022, was preceded by historical research and public outreach with landowners.
Archaeological and geophysical fieldwork was conducted at three previously recorded sites, identified as 16IB167, 16IB168 and 16IB196. As these sites are located on Claude Broussard’s 1772 Spanish patent, the objectives of the spring break fieldwork involved an investigation of potential associations with Camp appellé Beau Soleil.
Three UL Lafayette undergraduate students (Gloria Church, Antoine Landry and Garret Crunkleton) assisted with the site investigations. They were joined by two student volunteers (Madison Castille and Reyna Houston) and supervised by Mark A. Rees, principal investigator of the New Acadia Project, and Philip D. Bourgeois, research archaeologist with the Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab.
The crew visited the newly installed state historical marker for New Acadia in Loreauville during the fieldwork. Plans were already well underway in the spring of 2022 for the installation of an Acadian Odyssey Monument at the same location.
The Acadian Odyssey Monument and historical marker were sponsored by the New Acadia Project Steering Committee. These are the first efforts to commemorate the Acadian diaspora or “Grand Derangement” and establishment of Nouvelle Acadie at cul de sac de la Fausse Pointe.
The New Acadia Project Spring Break fieldwork began with a systematic surface collection in a sugarcane field at site 16IB167 where the crew excavated 30-cm diameter shovel tests along transects.
The artifacts retrieved include pearlware and whiteware ceramics that date from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The New Acadia Project is a long-term, collaborative undertaking in public archaeology, public history, and cultural resource management planning, according to Perrin.
The first phase of the project will involve public outreach and consultation, historical and archival research, oral history, and archaeological survey.
Individuals and organizations interested in supporting this research can contact the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation or the New Acadia Project Steering Committee at the Acadian Heritage & Culture Foundation, Inc., at 203 South Broadway, Erath, LA 70533; or call 337-233-5832.