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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.

ERATH — Facing a first-round opponent about whom they knew little didn’t slow the Erath High Bobcats for long.
The seventh-seeded Bobcats scored a single run in the first inning, then scored in four of the next five innings to roll to a 9-2 win over No. 29 seed Booker T. Washington of New Orleans in a Class 3A bi-district playoff game Tuesday at Ross Granger Field.
Erath (17-17) will play host to No. 10 seed Loranger starting Friday in a best-of-three regional playoff series. Loranger beat No. 23 Caldwell Parish 4-2 Tuesday.

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association released its baseball playoff brackets and the parish has six teams that made it.
Making the playoffs are North Vermilion, Kaplan, Erath, Delcambre, VC and Gueydan.
The North Vermilion Patriots (32-2), the defending Class 4A state champions, are the No. 1 seed and play today against No. 32 Westgate (7-18) in the first round. The first pitch is at 6 p.m. at North Vermilion High.
Last year the Patriots were the No. 3 seed and went on to win the state title.