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Ossie Blaize coached at schools from Mississippi to New Orleans and southwest Louisiana in a career that spanned more than five decades.
Blaize and wife Debbie, who will celebrate their 25th anniversary in February, plan to stay in Abbeville after the longtime coach and teacher retired last month at the end of the school year. With knee and heart issues he’s dealing with, it was just time to retire, he felt.
“I started in 1970, so it’s been a long time,” Blaize said. “Sooner or later your body and your mind say, ‘It’s enough.’

Erath High School dominated the coaches’ selections for the All-District 6-3A baseball team after winning the league title with an 8-2 record, including capturing the league’s top individual honors.
Freshman pitcher Seth Leger was the Player of the Year, while Jeremy Picard was Coach of the Year.
Five other Bobcats were named to the first team — junior catcher Trevor Huval, senior third baseman Coy Broussard, outfielder Brett Suire (Sr.) and utility players Sage Suire (Jr.), Ethan Sanfilippo (Jr.) and Thomas Collins (So.).

SULPHUR - The North Vermilion Patriots came up short of winning their second straight Class 4A title.
South Terrebonne, the No. 15 seed, outlasted the top-seeded Pats for a 7-6 win on Saturday. The Pats finish the season with a 39-3 record.