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Class 5A
Zachary 24, East Ascension 21
W. Monroe 49, Chalmette 7
Ruston 56, Benton 16
Destrehan 29, Woodlawn 20
Ponchatoula 50, John Ehret 7
Ouachita 20, Denham Springs 14
Acadiana 56, St. Amant 23
Parkway 30, Captain Shreve 23
Quarterfinal Pairings
West Monroe @ Zachary
Ruston @ Destrehan
Ponchatoula @ Ouachita Parish
Acadiana @ Parkway
Class 4A
Edna Karr 53, Eunice 7
G.W. Carver 40, Plaquemine 12
Westgate 16, Leesville 7
Northwood 19, North DeSoto 9
Warren Easton 67, Opelousas 6
Belle Chasse 31, Huntington 28
Cecilia 44, Lakeshore 37
Neville 19, Carencro 15
Quarterfinal Pairings
Edna Karr @ G.W. Carver
Westgate @ Northwood
Belle Chasse @ Warren Easton
Cecilia @ Neville
Class 3A
Sterlington 51, Westlake 27
Madison Prep 33, St. James 10
Church Point 35, Donaldsonville 0
West Feliciana 35, Iowa 27
St. Martinville 62, Iota 28
Lutcher 54, Bogalusa 26
Union Parish 22, Jena 0
Abbeville 28, Wossman 20
Quarterfinal Pairings
Madison Prep @ Sterlington
West Feliciana @ Church Point
Lutcher @ St. Martinville
Union Parish @ Abbeville
Class 2A
Many 51, East Feliciana 22
Rosepine 43, Red River 42
North Caddo 58, DeQuincy 28
Avoyelles 30, Winnfield 21
General Trass 40, Welsh 20
Amite 35, Kinder 20
Jonesboro Hodge 28, Mangham 18
Franklin 16, Loreauville 14
Quarterfinal Pairings
Rosepine @ Many
Avoyelles @ North Caddo
Amite @ General Trass
Jonesboro Hodge @ Franklin
Class 1A
Logansport 50, Arcadia 0
Basile 26, Delta Charter 14
W. St. John 18, Slaughter 6
Oak Grove 41, E. Beauregard 14
Grand Lake 13, Oberlin 7
Haynesville 48, Lincoln Prep 13
White Castle 41, LaSalle 40
Homer 46, Northwood-Lena 6
Quarterfinal Pairings
Logansport @ Basile
Oak Grove @ West St. John
Haynesville @ Grand Lake
Homer @ White Castle
Division I
Catholic-BR 42, St. Augustine 35
St. Paul’s 20, Scotlandville 17
Brother Martin 45, C.E. Byrd 14
Jesuit 14, John Curtis 13
Semifinal Pairings
St. Paul’s @ Catholic-BR
Brother Martin @ Jesuit
Division II
E.D. White 21, Parkview 3
St. Thomas More 63, Liberty 35
Vandebilt 31, Loyola Prep 24
University Lab 29, De La Salle 7
Semifinal Pairings
St. Thomas More at E.D. White
Vandebilt @ University Lab
Division III
LCA 33, Ascension Episcopal 10
Newman 37, Episcopal 6
St. Charles 27, Dunham 0
Notre Dame 42, STA 7
Semifinal Pairings
Newman @ LCA
St. Charles @ Notre Dame
Division IV
Ouachita 42, Ascension Cath. 0
Calvary 63, Sacred Heaert 7
St. Frederick 31, Vermilion Cath. 7
Southern Lab 39, Country Day 6
Semifinal Pairings
Calvary @ Ouachita Christian
St. Frederick @ Southern Lab

Dr. Michelle Marie Carr and Jeffrey Miles Frank Sr. solemnized vows of holy matrimony during a 7 p.m. Nuptial Mass held at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis King of France (St. Louis Cathedral) in New Orleans Louisiana on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Fr. Gregory Waldrop, S.J., Ph.D. officiated the evening ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Marie Adele Barousse Carr and the late Robert William Carr. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Homer Edward Barousse Sr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leonard Carr. She is a graduate of Notre Dame High School and the University of Southwestern Louisiana. The bride completed her doctorate studies at Texas Chiropractic College in Houston, Texas. She is the sole owner and practitioner of her practice, Carr Chiropractic Clinic in Lafayette.
The groom is the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Jack Russell Frank Sr. and is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Frank and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robley Melancon. A graduate of Notre Dame High School and the University of Southwestern Louisiana, he currently owns and operates his own C&R Quality Cleaners in Lafayette and Park Avenue Cleaners in Crowley.
Musical selections including Shubert, Handel, Rondeau, Vivaldi and Charpentier, were performed by harpist Jack Weaver; trumpeter, Stephen Orejudos; organist, Jesse Reeks; and New Orleans vocalists Dody Piper and Chase Ludeau, friend of the bride. Scripture readings were proclaimed by Mrs. Kaitlin Prevost Goss, godchild of the groom, and Connor James George, nephew of the bride. Petitions were read by Jack O’Meara Frank, godchild of the groom. A marriage blessing was read by the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Carolyn Baker Barousse. Offering gifts were presented by Ella Marlene Frank, niece of the groom, Garrett Michael George, godchild and nephew of the bride, and Mary Claire Thomas, godchild of the groom. Serving as Eucharistic minister was the groom’s brother, Kevin Frank.
The mother of the bride was escorted by her grandson, Garrett Michael George, godchild and nephew of the bride. For her daughter’s wedding day, Mrs. Barousse Carr wore a stunning, custom floor length, bright roseate, dupioni silk dress with a lapel collar neckline and three quarter length sleeves.
Escorted down the aisle by her son, Andre’ Jude Carr, the bride was brimming with elegance in an Ersa Atelier silk ivory ballgown complete with a nipped waist bodice adorned in French Alençon lace and a full skirt, rendered with multiple layers of silk organza and Italian tulle. The exquisite French lace bodice with an embellished illusion neckline exhibited the radiant hand embroidered Swarovski crystals and pearl beadwork. The back of the dress was delicately designed with several keyhole openings adjoining perfectly with silk covered buttons.
The bride wore a handmade fingertip veil of pure crisp silk tulle which was fastened by a three-piece comb ensemble enhanced with Swarovski crystals and pearls. The bride’s bouquet was secured by ivory silk ribbon, as she carried a custom-sewn handkerchief with a heartfelt poem as a gift from her mother, as well as the rosary gifted to her as a child on her first communion day from her maternal grandmother.
The bride’s engagement ring served as something old as it is an heirloom within the groom’s family, belonging to his paternal grandmother. As a special surprise, the groom gifted his bride with a pair of his mother’s diamond earrings. Something new was the bride’s wedding dress, which was specially ordered from Paris, France. Something blue was the bride’s shoes in which she secured a six-pence belonging to her paternal grandfather.
Catherine Carr George, sister of the bride, attended as matron of honor. She wore an antique, slate blue fluid satin column gown which slightly draped off the shoulder. Serving as flower girls were Genevieve Claire Frank and Claudia Elise Frank, nieces of the groom. Each girl wore floor length custom heirloom dresses of fine cotton lawn with intricately placed entredeau, ivory lace edging and antique blue satin ribbon.
Gregory Jon Frank, brother of the groom, served as best man and ushering guests to their seats were John Thomas Frank, William Riley Frank, Jeffrey Miles Frank Jr. and Samuel Jacob Frank, all sons of the groom. The ring bearer, Luke Joseph Frank, son of the groom, carried an Irish linen pillow, hand-embroidered with the letter F and the couple’s wedding date, accentuated with silk ivory ribbon, top stitching and scalloped edges as an ode to the bride’s Irish heritage.
Guests enjoyed a vivacious second line parade winding through the French Quarter which lead to their reception venue, the Bourbon Orleans Ballroom. They were greeted by white-gloved attendants serving cotton candy champagne. Everyone enjoyed an exuberant evening of dining and dancing to the sounds of Dat Band.
Upon their return from a honeymoon across several points of Europe, the couple will reside in Lafayette.
On Friday Oct. 29, the betrothed couple entertained guests at a rehearsal dinner held in the grand hall of The Cabildo overlooking Jackson Square.

Two Acadiana natives now closer to possible sainthood
Conference of Catholic Bishops advance cause of canonization of Richard, Pelafigue
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gathered in Baltimore, MD, on Wednesday, Nov. 17, to advance the cause of canonization of three people, two from right here in Acadiana.
The two Acadiana natives, Charlene Marie Richard and Auguste “Nonco” Robert Pelafigue, are now closer to possible sainthood after a vote by the bishops. The third person of Joseph Hutton of Hawaii.
Bishop Douglas Deshotel, Diocese of Lafayette, addressed the bishops to tell the story of Richard and Pelafigue, who, each in their own way, inspired others to devote themselves to deepening their faith.
Charlene Richard and Nonco Pelafigue now join Lt. Fr. Verbis Lafleur as three candidates from the Diocese of Lafayette on concurrent paths to canonization.
Fr. Lafleur’s cause was similarly ratified by the U.S. Bishops earlier this year during their 2021 Spring Plenary Assembly.
In January, Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette officially opened the “Cause for Canonization” of Charlene Richard and Auguste “Nonco” Pelafigue.
Charlene Richard, known as “The Little Cajun Saint,” was an Acadia Parish middle school student in Richard. In 1959, Charlene, who was 12 at the time, was diagnosed with cancer and later died at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette within two weeks of her diagnosis.
During those days under the spiritual guidance of Fr. Joseph Brennan, Charlene offered her prayers and suffering for the benefit of others.
She is buried at St. Edward Catholic Church Cemetery in Richard, not far from where she resided with her large family. Her gravesite has garnered international attention with thousands visiting to pray each year for her intercession of their illnesses and for those of relatives and friends from around the world.
Nonco Pelafigue was a longtime resident of Arnaudville, a teacher, a producer of children’s plays, and door to door lay evangelist who devoted his life to his religion. At the age of 89, he died in 1977.
Pelafigue, who as an infant in 1889, moved with his family from France to Arnaudville, was devoted to the Apostleship of Prayer League and Sacred Heart of Jesus. A humble teacher, he spent years living in a small cabin in Arnaudville, walking the roads around that community distributing leaflets about the Sacred Heart.
Bishop Deshotel noted that Wednesday was a joyful moment to hear a unanimous voice vote supporting the pursuit of both causes for beatifying and canonizing both local parishioners of the Lafayette Diocese. Many of the Bishops who had never heard of Richard and Pelafigue were inspired by the two’s holy lives.
The vote of the bishops represents the second step of the three-step journey towards canonization.
Now that parishioners of the Diocese of Lafayette and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have both voiced support of the three Causes, the process now moves to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican in Rome which will document, in detail the lives of the three candidates and investigate any miracles attributed to their intercession.