North Vermilion Patriots move on to second round

The North Vermilion Patriots took the first step to defeding their Class 4A state title by cruising to a 20-0 win over Westgate in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs.
The Patriots will play their second round game at home on Saturday at 11 a.m. and then Sunday at noon and if needed, Sunday at around 2 p.m.
In Tuesday’s win, the Patriots scored three runs in the first inning, eight in the third inning and nine runs in the fourth frame.
After four innings, the score was 20-0.
The Patriots had 16 hits in blowout.
Two Patriots hit home runs. Cody Breaux hit a grand slam home run in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Brant Fontenot also hit a home run.
NorthVermilion smashed two doubles by John Touchet and Tyson LeBlanc.
With each four RBIs were Breaux and Touchet. Fontenot had three RBIs.
Blake Lastrapes went 3-for-3. Lane Paitn and Fontenot had two hits each.
While the bats were hot, the pitching was also solid.
Tyson LeBlanc got the start and pitched three innings and only gave up two hits and struck out six.
Landon Dupuy pitched the final two innigns and struck out four and did not allow a hit.
Dupuy and LeBlanc combined to throw a 2-hitter and struck out 10.