Sports

Who is Laine Broussard?
How did she go from never running in a track meet to competing in four individual events at the Class 1A State Track Meet in Baton Rouge on Thursday?
The answer is simple: pure talent and good coaching.
She is coached by the legendary track coach at VC, Ossie Blaize, and his son, girls’ track coach Travis Blaize.
Broussard, who is 16, is a sophomore at Vermilion Catholic High School. This is the only year she competed in track. As a freshman, she could not because track was canceled due to COVID-19.

McNeese sophomore utility player Kaylee Lopez, a North Vermilion graduate, has been named this week’s Southland Conference Hitter of the Week, the league announced Monday.
The native of Indian Bayou, Louisiana, had a career week with an .833 batting average, a .917 slugging percent, and an .846 on base percent.
Lopez was 10-for-12 at the plate with one double, three RBI, one walk, and scored three runs in helping the Cowgirls to a 3-1 record last week including clinching a spot in next week’s Southland Conference Tournament.

SHREVEPORT — Centenary head softball coach Mark Suire, a 1987 Abbeville High graduate, recorded his 100th career victory with the Ladies on Sunday, a victory that earned his program a berth in the championship round of the 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship in Kerrville, Texas.