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Kaplan’s Julius Johnson signs a letter of intent on Thursday to attend Louisiana College. With him are his parents, Brandon and Marvette Johnson.

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Teammates and coaches join Julius Johnson during his signing.

Kaplan’s Julius Johnson inks with Louisiana College

Sat, 02/04/2017 - 12:27pm

KAPLAN — Dozens of players from around Acadiana, including seven from Vermilion Parish, signed football scholarships Wednesday on National Signing Day.
Kaplan’s Julius Johnson, arguably one of the best players in the area, went about his day on Wednesday, with no scholarship signed.
That came Thursday morning when Johnson inked his letter of intent to play football for Louisiana College in Pineville.
“I am so happy about this,” Johnson said. “It feels like a weight lifted off my shoulders.”

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Tre Lane of VC drives to the basket despite a Hanson player in the way.

Vermilion Catholic sweeps Hanson

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 4:16pm

Things did not start off too well for the Vermilion Catholic Lady Eagles against the Hanson Lady Tigers, but they ended well.
The Lady Eagles fell behind in the first period by as much as eight points, but then VC went on an 11-4 run in the second quarter and led 32-24 at halftime.
The Lady Eagles went on to win 58-48.
“We changed defenses against them,” said VC head coach Kim Guidry. “We were in a box and 1 (defense) but then their guards made outside shots. We switched to a man-to-man defense.”

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Two parish soccer teams land in the playoffs

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 4:12pm

Two Vermilion Parish teams learned on Wednesday who they will play in the first round of the Division III high school soccer playoffs.
The North Vermilion Patriots earned a No. 10 seed and will play host to No. 23 Cecilia Bulldogs, either Friday or Saturday.
The winner of that match will be on the road to play the No. 7th seed St. Michael.
The Abbeville Wildcats, seeded No. 19, will travel to play Deridder, the No. 14th seed. The match will be Saturday at 1 p.m. The winner of that match plays No. 3 St. Louis.

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Tayla Willis scored 15 points for Abbeville.

Abbeville Lady Wildcats' win keeps them in playoff hunt

Wed, 02/01/2017 - 4:06pm

The Abbeville Lady Wildcats helped their playoff cause by beating Westgate 48-24.
The victory gets Abbeville over the .500 mark at 12-11.
As of Tuesday, Abbeville is the No. 30th seed team in Class 4A. The top 32 teams qualify for the playoffs.
The Lady Wildcats blew the game open in the second half by scoring 31 points.
The Lady Cats had three players score in double digits.
Tayla Willis, who has been steady the last two weeks, scored a team-high 15 points.

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Demarcus Collins goes up for two of his 14 points for Abbeville on Friday.

Abbeville Wildcats get it done against West St. Mary

Sat, 01/28/2017 - 10:42am

The Abbeville Wildcats made 18 out of 24 shots at the charity stripe and cruised to a 59-33 win over West St. Mary in a non district game.
At the start of the fourth period, the Wildcats (20-6) led by three points, 34-31.
But then West St. Mary went cold shooting, while the Wildcats’ shooting got hot, especially at the free throw line.
The Wildcats went to the free throw line 15 times and impressively made 14 of their free throws in the final seven minutes of the game.

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