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LEROY – The No. 13 North Vermilion Lady Patriots ended a seven-year playoff drought Wednesday with a three-set victory over the No. 20 Plaquemine Lady Green Devils in the Bi-District Round of the 2024 LHSAA Division II Volleyball Playoffs, 25-8, 25-5, 25-14.
The Lady Pats (15-6) advanced past the first round for the first time since 2016. They had lost six consecutive playoff games. For head coach Ashly Boudreaux and the senior class, ending that streak was the goal.

GUEYDAN - The  Vermilion Catholic Eagles jumped out to a 42-0 first-quarter lead and cruised to a 56-0 district win against the Gueydan Bears on Friday. 
The win improves the Eagles’ record to 9-0. With one more game to play, they are ranked No.1 in the Division IV Select PowerPoint standings.
Catholic Point Coupee (9-0) is No. 2, while Ascension Catholic (7-1) is No. 3.
VC entertains Westminster Christian -Lafayette (7-2) on Friday.
In Gueydan, the Eagles were on the scoreboard two minutes into the game.

ERATH - There’s a saying in Vermilion Parish that if you get a two-touchdown lead against the Kaplan Pirates, it should be enough because the Pirates are not known for scoring quickly. However, whoever made that claim about the Pirates might want to reconsider.
The Pirates were down 14-0 with two minutes to play in the third period against the Bobcats.  But then  Kaplan tailback Braydn Bearb told his teammates right before they ran on the field at 1:58 in the third period. 
Bearb shouted, “Let’s go earn it.”
For the next 14 minutes, Kaplan did precisely that.