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Development of Metairie Playground began in 1945, following the end of World War II and during a time of civic progress in Jefferson Parish. [9] The playground was dedicated in 1952. [ 9 ] The playground was renamed on June 28, 2003, in memory of Wally Pontiff, Jr., who played college baseball for Louisiana State University . [ 3 ]
Lafreniere Park contains five fields for soccer, two fields for baseball, softball fields and other multi-purpose fields. One side of the park was converted into a frisbee golf course. The park has hosted the Allstate Sugar Bowl High School Lacrosse Classic. [3] It has also hosted rugby and field hockey events. [4] The park is used for cross ...
The Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic college baseball game was held annually at the Shrine on Airline beginning in 2004. [16] The LSU Tigers baseball team played an opponent in the game to honor the former Metairie resident, LSU Baseball player and Oakland A's draftee, Wally Pontiff Jr., who died at the age of 21 from a genetic heart disorder. [17]
A half-an-hour drive from Boston, Massachusetts, in the town of Concord, sits one of the most revered literary landscapes in the world: the 2,680-acre Walden Woods and Walden Pond State Reservation.
Originally built in 1985, Lamson Park is the home of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Ragin' Cajuns softball program. When Lady Cajun's Park was built, the Softball program had no budget, no money, and no stable foundation. Now, Cajuns softball is known as a national powerhouse, year after year, and Lamson Park continues to grow. [2]
Bovard Field Home of: USC Trojans baseball (through 1973) Location: On the campus of the University of Southern California. Currently: E.F. Hutton Park (a quadrangle) Dedeaux Field Home of: USC Trojans baseball (1974–present) Location: On the campus of the University of Southern California. Eddy D. Field Stadium
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Yvette Marie Girouard (born 1954) is an American retired softball coach who was head coach at Southwestern Louisiana (later Louisiana) from 1981 to 2000 and LSU from 2001 to 2011. On March 15, 2019, at the Louisiana softball game vs. the Troy Trojans , Lamson Park was rededicated to Yvette Girouard.