Sports

For only the third time in 25 years, a Vermilion Catholic Eagle signed a Division I football scholarship.
On Wednesday,  Jonathan “JonJon” Dartez signed a letter of intent to play football for Nicholls State.
He becomes the third VC athlete to sign a Division I football scholarship since 1999. 
Kyle Zenon signed a football scholarship to McNeese in 2013. Before that, John Thompson signed with South Carolina in 2000.
On Wednesday, he signed his letter of intent in front of fans and football players.

Mason Hebert has always dreamed of playing football on the collegiate level. On Feb. 5, National Signing Day, his dream came true.
On Wednesday, Hebert signed a letter of intent to play for the Louisiana  Christian University Wildcats in Pineville, La. Enrollment is just under 900 students. Hebert has started for the Erath Bobcats for four years, where he played running back and linebacker.
He is one of two Vermilion Parish athletes to sign a letter of intent on Feb. 5. VC’s Jonathan Dartez signed with Nicholls State in Thibodaux.

Last week, a historic moment in Acadiana area basketball occurred, and Erath High graduate Sarah Touchet Alpough played a significant role in it.
Alpough, a city employee in Abbeville, also serves as a basketball referee with the Lafayette Referee Association. She’s been in the game for 15 years, officiating both boys’ and girls’ basketball games. Typically, there are three referees on the court for each game.
Over the past 15 years, it’s usually been Alpough and some other guys on the basketball court.
But last week, something extraordinary happened.