Sports

Vermilion Catholic’s Jenna Beth Hagle and Emma Williams were honored by their inclusion on the District 3, Division V All-District volleyball team this year.
Hagle, a junior setter, was named to the All-District second team and Williams, a sophomore libero, was an honorable mention to the team.
District champion Westminster Christian Academy placed three players on the first team, while runner-up Ascension Episcopal and ESA each has two first-team picks. Academy of the Sacred Heart saw one player named to the first team.

The Abbeville High Wildcats’ playoff road gets a lot tougher this week with a second-round game on the road against the defending Non-Select Division II state champion Lutcher Bulldogs.
Lutcher’s state championship was its ninth, with three of those coming early (1975, ’78 and ’83) followed by six titles since 2003. Among the players the football program has produced are NFL receiver Jarvis Landry and NFL defensive backs Dexter McCoil and Lionel Washington.

Members of the Erath Middle Cross Country teams traveled to Pineville for the Louisiana Junior High Cross Country Championships.
They returned home with plenty to celebrate.
Backed by several strong performances, the Erath Middle girls’ team captured a state title.
The boys’ team earned a third-place finish.