Sarah Touchet Alpough (left) poses for a photo with two other female referees, Peyton Hines and Alicia Blanton, before officiating a basketball game last week in New Iberia. This marked the first time in Acadiana that three female referees have worked on the same court.
Historic Moment: Alpough part of first-female basketball crew to ref in Acadiana
Last week, a historic moment in Acadiana area basketball occurred, and Erath High graduate Sarah Touchet Alpough played a significant role in it.
Alpough, a city employee in Abbeville, also serves as a basketball referee with the Lafayette Referee Association. She’s been in the game for 15 years, officiating both boys’ and girls’ basketball games. Typically, there are three referees on the court for each game.
Over the past 15 years, it’s usually been Alpough and some other guys on the basketball court.
But last week, something extraordinary happened.
