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VC shortstop Ethan Landry goes up to catch the baseball on a play at second base against Hanson. (photo by Marcy Lege)

Five Vermilion Parish baseball teams expected to make the playoffs

Five high school baseball teams are expected to make the LHAAA high school baseball playoffs.
The LHSAA will release the brackets on Tuesday, and five parish teams are in.
In Division II Non-Select. Erath (21-6), North Vermilion (17-11), and Kaplan (13-13) will make the playoffs.
In Division IV Non-Select, the Delcambre Panthers (9-15) will advance to the next round.
In Division IV Select, the Vermilion Catholic Eagles (16-7) will make the playoffs.
Not counting Thursday or Friday’s games, Erath is ranked No. 4 in the power ranking, and if the Bobcats, they will get a first-round bye.
North Vermilion is clinging on to the No. 8 ranking in Division II.
The top eight teams get a first-round bye in the playoffs.
Lutcher (22-6) is expected to be the No. 1 ranked team in Division II, and Iota (23-3) will be No. 3.
In Division IV Non-Select, the DHS Panthers are expected to be the No. 17 or No. 18 team and will be on the road in the first round.
In Division IV Select, the top 12 teams will get a first-round bye.
VC is expected to finish at No. 5 or, depending on how they did against Erath.
Three of the top five teams in the Division IV Select playoffs are from VC’s district. Covenant Christian (22-5) is No. 2, and Central Catholic (20-5) is No. 3.
The first round of the playoffs will be Friday and Saturday.
The second round will take place between April 23-25.

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