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Kaplan High School quarterback Sabe David (10) follows wingback Brayden Bearb (6) during this past Friday’s game at Abbeville High. The Pirates travel to Jennings to open the Non-Select Division II playoffs on Friday.

Kaplan playing ‘bonus football’

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 2:35pm

KAPLAN — Friday’s Non-Select Division II playoff game at Jennings will be a new experience for many of Kaplan High’s starting football players.
It’s an experience the Pirates and head coach Cory Brodie are looking forward to after Kaplan narrowly missed the playoffs in 2022.
“Not making it last year, a lot of these guys didn’t play in the (playoff) game two years ago,” Brodie said. “For most of our starters, it’s their first playoff game, their first playoff experience. It’s always good to be playing bonus football, so we’re excited for the opportunity.”

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Kennedy Marceaux of Kaplan High School signs a national letter of intent on Wednesday to play softball at the University of Alabama as her parents, Eric and Tracey Marceaux, look on.

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Kennedy Marceaux, seated at center, is surrounded by her Kaplan High softball teammates and coaches after signing a letter of intent to play softball at the University of Alabama.

Kennedy Marceaux signs with Alabama

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 2:11pm

KAPLAN — Kennedy Marceaux thoroughly enjoyed the recruiting process as one of the top softball players in Louisiana.
After signing with the University of Alabama on Wednesday, the Kaplan High School senior was appreciative of the opportunity to continue playing softball in college.

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Tahj Judge (1) of Abbeville heads outside on a 13-yard touchdown run as Kaplan’s Remy Broussard (13) pursues him on Friday. Abbeville, Kaplan and Erath are part of a newly-reconstituted District 5-3A along with St. Martinville and Acadiana Renaissance Charter under the LHSAA’s initial proposed redistricting plan for the 2024-26, school years.

Changes coming to local districts under proposed plan

Tue, 11/07/2023 - 2:12pm

Although no Vermilion Parish Schools were reclassified under the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s enrollment assessment for the upcoming two-year period, each district that includes teams from the parish will see some changes, based on the LHSAA’s initial redistricting plan for the 2024-26 cycle.
Changes to enrollment for schools in each of those districts sees some teams moving out as their enrollment increased or decreased, and others moving in.

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Erath High School cross country runners qualifying for state include, front row, Makayla Vice, Alexa Tarin-Carlon, Isabelle Hardin and Abigail Theall. On the back row are Cadn Lange, Lawson Broussard and Carlos Arellano. Erath’s boys placed fourth at regionals as a team and the girls placed fifth as a team.

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The Kaplan High boys’ cross country team qualified for state with a sixth-place team finish at regionals. From left on the back row are Ethan Owens, Troy Norwood, Ross Primeaux, Gunner Bourque and Lane Turnley. Girls competing for KHS at regionals included Bailey Stelly, Ariel Hebert, Breah Harrington and Gabrielle Maraist, with Harrington qualifying for state as an individual runner.

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Andrew Courville of North Vermilion qualified for state.

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Abigail Hebert of North Vermilion qualified for state.

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Breah Harrington of Kaplan qualified for state.

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The Erath boys' cross country team finished fourth and the girls finished fifth at regionals to qualify for the state cross country meet in Natchitoches on Nov. 13.

Parish athletes qualify for state cross country meet

Tue, 11/07/2023 - 2:11pm

Several Vermilion Parish athletes qualified for the state cross country meet to be held on Monday, Nov. 13, at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.
Athletes qualify for state in five divisions with three regions each that are divided into 22-plus schools each, select and non-select combined. The top eight schools from each region and the top 25 individuals (if that person’s team does not qualify) will compete at state.
In Division II Region 1, North Vermilion competed at Acadiana Park in Lafayette on Thursday.

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EHS kicker Hunter Comeaux, (41), prepared the football for kickoff at the start of the game. Little did the EHS kicking team know, they were about to have a very busy game. Erath scored 10 touchdowns on Friday. (Photo by Shana Bernard LeBlanc)

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The Erath defense tried its best to stop Donaldsonville.

Erath scores school-record 68 points in win

Sat, 11/04/2023 - 1:12pm

ERATH - The Erath Bobcats ended their year with a remarkable non-district win against Donaldsonville, setting a new school record for most points scored with a final score of 68-42.
This victory helped them finish the season with a 2-8 record.
The game witnessed a total of 16 touchdowns, out of which Erath scored 10.
The Bobcats’ 68 points is a new record in the school’s history, surpassing the previous record of 61 points set in 1998.
The game produced a total of 595 yards of offense for Erath. The 595 yards was the second most yards in the school history.

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