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North Vermilion Patriots’ winning streak ends at 22 games

Tue, 04/05/2022 - 10:27am

OK, be honest. How many of you thought the 2022 North Vermilion Patriots would post a 38-1 overall record en route to the Class 4A Baseball State Championship?
Not many thought that would happen.
The Patriots, heading into Saturday’s game against the Notre Dame Pioneers, were on a 22-game winning streak. The streak ended when Notre Dame beat North Vermilion 6-4 in a non-district game.
The Pios (15-7) are the defending Division III state champions and are No. 3 in the Division III power rankings in 2022.

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North Vermilion Middle School League Champions: 11-1

Mon, 04/04/2022 - 11:46am

The North Vermilion Middle School completed its season with an 11-1 record and champions of their league. The players on the team are (Bottom row, kneeling): Brayden Lebouf, Cooper Petry, Kevin Marix, Jackson Romero, Brock Broussard, Alexander Landry and Jalen Landry ; (Top Row, Standing) Coach Clay Young, Caleb Hebert, Jax Smith, Blaze Duhon, Drew Durke, Kalem Smith, Beau Sibley and Coach Joseph Lett. Not photographed: Caleb Witlock (Photo by Tiffany Landry)

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Gueydan wins 13th game of the season

Mon, 04/04/2022 - 11:42am

The Gueydan Bears dramatically took Thursday’s game, with a 7-6 walk-off victory over Hamilton Christian.
The game was tied at six with the Bears batting in the bottom of the ninth when Heath Melancon was struck by a pitch, with the bases loaded.
Melancon went to first base, and Zach Guidry scored from third base.
The Bears earned the victory despite allowing Hamilton Christian to score six runs in the fourth inning.

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Delcambre’s Amiyah Decuire (left) and Abbeville’s Alissa Richard helped their team make the girls’ basketball playoffs. Both teams are on the road.

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Jenna Gibson and the Lady Patriots of North Vermilion are home on Thursday for a first round game.

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Kirsten Ragas and the Lady Pirates are on the road in the first round.

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AnnaKate Hagle and the Lady Eagles of VC play a first round playoff game Tuesday at home.

Five Vermilion Parish teams make girls’ playoffs

Tue, 02/15/2022 - 11:30am

A total of five teams from Vermilion Parish made the girls’ high school basketball playoffs.
Getting in are VC, Abbeville, North Vermilion, Kaplan and Delcambre.
The Vermilion Catholic Lady Eagles lead a contingent of Vermilion Parish teams into the postseason as the LHSAA released its girls’ basketball playoff brackets Monday.
Vermilion Catholic (17-6) finished as the eighth seed in Division IV and will play host to No. 9 seed Sacred Heart of Ville Platte (16-11) in the opening round in a game set for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

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Abbeville running back Blake Saddler gets helped off the field by a Union Parish player late in the game.

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Abbeville’s Tazavian Andrews makes a great catch with Union Parish players on him.

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Rylan Regan turns up field after making a catch for Abbeville. (photo by Michael Odendahl)

Union Parish ends Abbeville's dream season

Sat, 11/27/2021 - 10:58am

The Union Parish Farmers showed why they reached the Class 3A state finals last year. They also showed Abbeville fans that they are not just a one-person machine.
In the quarterfinals, the No. 7 seeded Farmers beat No. 2 seeded Abbeville 45-6 on Friday in Wildcat Stadium.
The Farmers will be back to Acadiana on Friday to battle St. Martinville in the semifinals.
In only his second year, Abbeville head coach Roderick Moy was proud of his team for their outstanding 11-2 season.

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