Nagata

Joe Nagata spent 22 seasons walking the sidelines at Eunice High and St. Edmund.
If his squads averaged 50 players a season, then the legendary coach touched more than 1,100 athletes in his head coaching tenure.

The Joe Nagata Memorial Jamboree committee planned to hold the 2014 jamboree on Friday night, Aug. 29.
The St. Landry Parish jamboree is also scheduled for that night - which forced a change of plans.

With one successful jamboree under their belts, Joe Nagata Memorial Jamboree chairman Tony Fuselier is expecting an even better event this year.
“Overall, we were very pleased with last year’s event,” Fuselier said, “even if it was held on a Thursday night.