Five Vermilion Parish teams make girls’ playoffs

A total of five teams from Vermilion Parish made the girls’ high school basketball playoffs.
Getting in are VC, Abbeville, North Vermilion, Kaplan and Delcambre.
The Vermilion Catholic Lady Eagles lead a contingent of Vermilion Parish teams into the postseason as the LHSAA released its girls’ basketball playoff brackets Monday.
Vermilion Catholic (17-6) finished as the eighth seed in Division IV and will play host to No. 9 seed Sacred Heart of Ville Platte (16-11) in the opening round in a game set for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
The game-winner will play the winner of the No. 1 seed Ouachita Christian (29-2) and No. 16 seed, St. Edmund, in the quarterfinals.
In the public school or non-select playoffs, North Vermilion (20-9) has the highest seed at 12th in Class 4A.
The Lady Patriots will be at home Thursday at 5:30 p.m. playing host to the No. 21 seed Franklin Parish (11-13) with the winner advancing to the second round to face the winner of No. 5 seed Huntington and No. 28 seed South Terrebonne.
The remaining Vermilion Parish teams are on the road in the opening round of the playoffs.
In Class 3A, Abbeville (14-12) finished as the 22nd seed and will travel to the Opelousas area to face No. 11 seed Northwest High (19-12) with the winner moving on to the second round to face the winner of No. 6 seed Mansfield No, 27 seed Patterson.
Kaplan (11-14) made the playoffs as the 26th seed and will travel to face No. 7 seed South Beauregard (21-9) in the opening round, with the winner facing the winner of the 10 seed Grant and the 23rd seed Caldwell Parish.
In Class 2A, Delcambre (18-13) advanced to the playoffs as the 26th seed and will travel to No. 7 seed Rosepine (26-7) in the first round, with the winner facing the winner of 10th seed French Settlement and 23rd seed Mangham in the second round.