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Beating the Abbeville Wildcats in their gym is always tough, especially for the Kaplan Pirates.
Despite the odds, the Pirates pulled off the victory, 43-40, over Abbeville on Friday.
“This was a big win for the kids becaue they worked so hard in practice,” said Kaplan head coach Cody Mire. “We have come so close, losing by one or two points to different teams this season.. Tonight, we pulled it off.”
It was not easy, however.
With Kaplan winning, 41-40, with 30 seconds to play in the game, the Wildcats missed four shots under the goal that could gave them the lead.
Instead, it gave Kaplan the ball back. The Wildcats applied a full court press and managed to foul Kaplan’s Daniel Poole with 12 seconds left.
Poole could have iced the game for Kaplan had he made his two free throws. Instead, he missed both, and Abbeville got the rebound. But, they threw it to Kaplan’s Trent Dupuis under the goal.
Dupuis was fouled right away and went to the free throw line. He canned both free throws that gave Kaplan the three-point, 43-40, lead.
The Wildcats missed a three pointer as time expired.
The game went back and forth with Kaplan jumping out to its biggest lead, 33-26, as the third period game to an end.
Ryan Gratz, a Kaplan point guard, provided the spark in the third period by scoring six of his 11 points. Many of the points came off coast to coast drives after getting a defensive rebound.
The Wildcats got new life early in the fourth period by going ahead twice. Abbeville’s final lead was on Zontre Scott’s three-pointer and his two free throws that put his team ahead 40-37 with 1:32 to play in the game.
Kaplan scored the final six points over the next 90 seconds of the game.
Scott and Tyrese Sam led AHS with each 13 points. Davonte Promise made six.
For Kaplan, Cole Mire came out firing and made two 3 pointers in the first period and finished with 11 points. Dupuis scored 10 and Kade Harrington added six points.

Lady Pirates...56
Abbeville........33

The Kaplan Lady Pirates blew by the Abbeville Lady Wildcats 56-33 on Friday in Abbeville.
Abbeville only scored eight points in the first half and was down 36-8 at half.
Rylie Frick led Kaplan with 18 points.
With each nine points were Torri Briggs, A. Trahan, Alyia Broussard and Lexi Broussard.
Scoring for Abbeville were Kekira Moore (8), Tyrinasha Porter (7) and Oriel Henderson (6).

January 29, 1935 ~ January 03, 2018

ABBEVILLE — Funeral services were held at 12:30 PM on Saturday, January 06, 2018 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Norris Joseph Hebert who gained his angel wings on January 3, 2018. He will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Deacon Byron Soley officiating the services.
Norris was born on January 29, 1935 to Emanuel Hebert and Myrtle Luquette Hebert and was one of 5 children. Siblings are Dalton Hebert of Shreveport, La., Regina Hebert Ferguson of Abbeville, Jimmy Hebert Sr. (deceased) and Leo Hebert (deceased).
Norris married Yvonne Broussard Hebert on June 1, 1955. Together they raised 4 boys. Michael, Allen, Carl Brian, and Gregory Hebert.
He was an electrician by trade and started his own business “Norris Refrigeration” which was a very successful business for many years. He then worked for Zapata as an offshore electrician where he eventually retired.
Norris loved spending time with his family and grandchildren. He also loved gardening. He loved spending time with the family on weekends enjoying BBQ or gumbo which was one of his favorites. He was also known for baking the best home-made bread you ever ate and making huge pancakes for the grandkids.
Norris is survived by his children Allen Hebert and his wife Sylvia Sellers Hebert of Maurice, Carl Brian Hebert and his wife Lisa Leblanc Hebert of Abbeville, and Gregory Hebert and Jennifer Vaughn of Abbeville. His grandchildren Corey Hebert and his wife Staci Guillot Hebert of Maurice, Chrystal Hebert Abshire and her husband Lucas Abshire of Maurice, Lou Hebert and his wife Lindsey Poche’ Hebert of Maurice, Casey Hebert and his finance Brittni Paternostro of Alexandria, Ashley Hebert Menard and her husband Blair Menard of Leroy, and Brittany Hebert Richard and her husband Ethan Richard of Abbeville. His great grandchildren Remy Abshire, Esme Abshire, Hadli Hebert, Hudson Hebert, Bailey Hebert, Lucy Hebert, Avery Hebert, Ghazi Ayoub, Nicole Hebert and Ryan Richard, a sister Regina Hebert Ferguson and her husband Tommy of Abbeville, and a brother Dalton Hebert and his wife Martha of Shreveport, La. And numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Yvonne Hebert, a son Michael Hebert, his parents Emanuel Hebert, Myrtle Hebert, two brothers Leo Hebert and Jimmy Hebert Sr., and a great grandchild Nicole Hebert.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Saturday January 06, 2018 from 9:00 AM until time of services.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.

Qualifying for the March 24 elections concluded Friday, with nearly 30 candidates in all taking the official steps to enter various races in Vermilion Parish.
Among the races on the March 24 ballot will be for Mayor and Chief of Police in both Abbeville and Kaplan as well as for seats on the Abbeville City Council, Kaplan Board of Aldermen and the Vermilion Parish School Board.
Councilman Francis Touchet Jr. (District B), Councilman Brady Broussard Jr (District C) and Councilman-at-Large Francis Plaisance will return to the Abbeville Council, as each went unopposed during qualifying.
Three seeking re-election for Kaplan Board of Aldermen found themselves in a similar situation. Alderman-at-Large Dirk Gary, Alderwoman Eva Dell Morrison (District A) and Richard LeBlanc (District C) each went unchallenged during qualifying.
There will be special election for the District A seat on the School Board to fill the unexpired term of the late Ludy Herpin.

Candidates who qualified:

City of Abbeville

Mayor
• Mark Piazza
• Clay Thompson

Chief of Police
• Ronald Gaspard
• Mike Hardy
• William “Bill” Spearman

City Council

At-Large
• Francis Plaisance

District A
• Donald Borel
• Matt Suire
• David J. Trahan
• Roslyn White

District B
• Francis Touchet Jr.

District C
• Brady Broussard Jr.

District D
• Terry Broussard
• Wayne Landry

City of Kaplan

Mayor
• Kirk Champagne
• Michael “Mike” Kloesel
• Brodney Mouton

Chief of Police
• Joshua Hardy
• Jo Ann Hargrave Housden
• Edi Flores

Board of Aldermen

At-Large
• Dirk Gary

District A
• Eva Dell Morrison

District B
• John Carbaugh
• Gerard “Jerry” Touchet

District C
• Richard D. LeBlanc

District D
• Melissa Guidry
• Toby Gaspard

School Board

District A
• David Dupuis
• Julio “JB” Moreno

Vermilion Catholic Principal Mike Guilbeaux got the word Friday morning that VC defensive coordinator Kevin Fouquier has accepted the head coaching position at Vermilion Catholic.
He is expected to join the teaching and coaching staff fulltime in February.
Fouquier is no stranger to Vermilion Catholic. He has been the team’s defensive coordinator for the last seven years and coached under at least four head coaches. He coached the Eagles’ defense when they won a Division IV State Title.
After being a part of the VC head coaching carousel for seven years, Fouquier decided to apply for the head coaching position.
He was one of 17 who applied.
While the defensive coordinator at VC, Fouquier did not teach at the school. He worked in the oil field.
Now that he accepted the head coaching position, Fouquier is expected to be on the teaching staff.
He and Guilbeaux were out of town on Friday and could not be reached for a comment.
It is no secret why Guilbeaux hired the Hanson Memorial High alum. Fouquier has by far the most football coaching experience of anyone who applied for the VC job.
After graduating from Hanson, he walked onto the USL football team in 1984 but got hurt. That is when he took up coaching. He has 32 years of coaching experience, most in the college ranks.
He was the defensive coordinator at UL under Rickey Bustle for a few years. After Bustle was let go at UL, Fouquier was also let go. He went from UL to VC.
Before being named the defensive coordinator at UL, he held the same position at Florida International University.
He coached five years at Middle Tennessee, along with coaching jobs at Texas-El Paso, Texas A&M, Sam Houston and Louisiana Tech.
Fouquier also coached one year at Teurlings Catholic in Lafayette.