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Laine Broussard wore her four medals that she won at the regional meet last week. She had a gold, a silver and two bronze medals.

Vermilion Catholic’s sophomore bursts onto track scene, qualifies for 4 events at Class A state meet

Thu, 05/06/2021 - 9:12am

Who is Laine Broussard?
How did she go from never running in a track meet to competing in four individual events at the Class 1A State Track Meet in Baton Rouge on Thursday?
The answer is simple: pure talent and good coaching.
She is coached by the legendary track coach at VC, Ossie Blaize, and his son, girls’ track coach Travis Blaize.
Broussard, who is 16, is a sophomore at Vermilion Catholic High School. This is the only year she competed in track. As a freshman, she could not because track was canceled due to COVID-19.

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Kaylee Lopez

Lopez: Southland Conf. Hitter of the Week with .833 batting average

Thu, 05/06/2021 - 8:40am

McNeese sophomore utility player Kaylee Lopez, a North Vermilion graduate, has been named this week’s Southland Conference Hitter of the Week, the league announced Monday.
The native of Indian Bayou, Louisiana, had a career week with an .833 batting average, a .917 slugging percent, and an .846 on base percent.
Lopez was 10-for-12 at the plate with one double, three RBI, one walk, and scored three runs in helping the Cowgirls to a 3-1 record last week including clinching a spot in next week’s Southland Conference Tournament.

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The North Vermilion players sprint to center field and celebrate with the student body after dramatic win on Saturday.

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NV teammates congratulate pitcher Cole Veronie (22) after NV gets the final out in the double header on Saturday. In the photo are (left to right) Landon Duhon, John Carter, Braxton Savant, Cole Veronie, Ian Erbe and Aiden Leonard. (photo by Faye Patin)

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Cooper David (left) celebrates after getting a big hit on Saturday in the first game. Cheering him on his first base coach Seth Patin. (photo by Faye Patin)

Patriots, like Rocky, win fight

Tue, 05/04/2021 - 9:42am

LEROY - The second round of the Class 4A three-game playoff series was like a good old fashion “Rocky” movie. ‘Rocky’ Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) kept getting hit and falling to the canvas, but then he would get up and keep fighting.
The North Vermilion Patriots were Rocky and the Carencro Bears were Rocky’s opponents.
Like in the first Rocky movie, Apollo Creed beats Rocky at the very end of the movie. The Bears beat NVHS 5-1 in Game 1, setting up Game 2 (Rocky II) and a Game 3 (Rocky III).

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North Vermilion’s Tyson LeBlanc (14) crosses home plate and touches helmets with John Touchet (9) after Tyson hit a 2-RBI home run in the first inning. Lane Patin (19) crosses home plate in front of LeBlanc.

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John Touchet started on the hill for NV and pitched two innings and gave up two hits and zero runs.

North Vermilion Patriots score 11 runs in first two innings, cruise to win

Wed, 04/28/2021 - 10:07am

Things went according to plan for the North Vermilion Patriots in the Class 4A baseball playoffs on Monday.
For starters, they won their first round playoff game, beating No. 30 Hunnington 13-0 in five innings.
The No. 3 Patriots will play host the winner of No. 14 Carencro/No. 19 Belle Chassee game. Those two teams played Tuesday night, after the Meridional went to press.
The second round match up is the best two out of three series that will be played this weekend in Kaplan.

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