By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III
Managing Editor
After being washed out in back-to-back weekends, the Louisiana Tournoi Association is hoping the third time is the charm this Sunday.
The association is planning for the annual jousting event to take place Sunday, November 8 and is set to begin at 12:30 p.m. at Ville Platte Industrial Park.
Thunderstorms are expected to blanket the area for most of Friday and Saturday, with showers also expected on early Sunday morning.
Despite the projected bad weather, the event will eventually be held according to Louisiana Tournoi Association President Kent Saucier.
In an interview with The Gazette last week, Saucier said, “If the rain keeps us from being able to have the Tournoi this weekend then we will keep trying to have it every weekend after.”
In the seven-plus decades of its existence, the Tournoi has never been canceled.