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The Vermilion Catholic Lady Eagles are advancing to the Final Four for the third year in a row after beating St. Mary's 55-47.
The Division IV Final Four will be played in Alexandria. They will play No. 2 Houma Christian, who won 64-24. That game will be played Monday at 4:45 p.m.
It came down to free throw shooting for the Lady Eagles, who were only ahead by two points with a minute to play in the game.
The Lady Eagles made four free throws in the final 32 seconds of the game. Seniors Ainsley Mallet and Jay Demouchet canned the freebies when it counted.
In the fourth quarter, VC made 10 out of 12 free throws. Mallet and Demouchet were a cool 4-for-4 at the charity stripe. Mallet led with 16 points and Demouchet had 15.
In the game, VC made 23 out of 30 free throws.
Kelli Frith finished with eight points.

It is playoff time, and that means only one thing for the Vermilion Catholic Lady Eagles - time to put it in another gear and go.
The Lady Eagles kicked into another gear Monday night and scored 71 points in a second-round win over University Academy of Central Louisiana.
Thursday night at home, the Lady Eagles play St. Mary’s (18-10), a team from the same district as University Academy.
Tip-off is 6:30 p.m. at VC.
The winner of tonight’s game advances to the Final Four of the LHSAA playoffs.
St. Mary’s head coach William Collins, who also coaches the boys’ team, saw the film on VC. His game-plan is simple - try to slow down the high-flying Lady Eagles.
“We are going to try and slow things down,” said Collins. “We want to control the tempo, but with their guards, it is going to be hard.”
The guards whom Collins is referring to are seniors Jay Demouchet and Ainsley Mallet.
Academy’s head coach came in with the game-plan of trying to shut down Mallet. Academy did a great job and held her to only nine points. However, Demouchet had a career night and scored 32 points.
“VC’s guards are so good,” Collins said. “You shut one down, and the other one is going to hurt you. Our girls know what they have to do.”
St. Mary’s beat Academy twice (75-38 and 56-51) this year.
This is the third year St. Mary’s reaches the quarterfinal round. Last year they were knocked out by Houma Christian.
The Lady Eagles will be trying to make their third straight trip to the Final Four. This year’s finals are in Alexandria in the Rapides Coliseum.
The projected lineup for VC is Demouchet, Mallet, Anne Catherine Gallet, Emma Trahan and either Kelli Frith or Kyrah Brailey.
Collins said St. Mary’s starts two juniors, two sophomores, and one freshman.
They have won 12 of their last 14 games.
VC head coach Kim Guidry also watched film on St. Mary’s.
“They are a well-coached team,” she said. “They are a disciplined team that can handle the ball and is also very quick.”

January 31, 1940~ February 16, 2019

Funeral services were held for Francis Romero on Monday, February 18, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Peters Catholic Church in Gueydan honoring the life of Francis Romero, 79, who died Saturday, February 16, 2019, at his residence in Maurice after a lengthy illness surrounded by his family. He will be laid to rest at Pitre Cemetery in Kaplan.
He is survived by his loving wife of 21 years, Evelyn Dubois Romero; three children, James Romero (Melissa Cearley, Juanita Romero and Kathy Bourgeois (the late Joseph); step children, Farrel J. Henry, Donna H. Gary (Russel) and Lee J. Henry (Karla); grandchildren, Carl Romero (Maci), Rachael Boudoin (Jason Babineaux), Jeremy Boudoin (Jennie), Shanera Boudoin (Jacob Labit), Victoria Paige Romero, David Landry (Danielle) Kesha Landry (Karomie Pigott I), John Mire and Cody Mire; step-grandchildren, Kelby Henry Shelly Henry, Erin Sarver (Matt); great-grandchildren, Hailey Langley, Alyssa Romero, Averie Romero, Josh Duhon, Chole Duhon, Garrett Romero, Hunter Labit, Emma Labit, Austin Landry, Delanie Landry and Karomie Pigott II.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Annie Mae Pirran; his father, Ozmae Romero; sister, Lula R. Faulk and son, Joseph Romero.
He attended school in Leroy and Meaux. At the age of 18, he was employed by Broussard Brothers driving a tug boat. In the late 70s, he was a self-employed contractor building new homes and remodeling old ones. He did this until he retired in January 2002. His passion was his garden and his fruit trees. When someone visited Francis, you would leave with fruits and vegetables. He loved to travel to Branson every year and go camping at the state parks.
The family would like to thank the staff at Abbeville General Hospital and the workers at Lamm Family Care Hospice group for all the love and care that was given to our loved one during his battle with cancer. Thank you to all the friends who supported us during our time of sorrow and pain.
Condolences to the family may be sent at mathewsandsonfuneralhome.net.

When Reed Renfrow sets a goal for himself, don’t bet against him working hard to achieve that goal.
Renfrow, now a senior at Kaplan High, fell in love with Baylor University as a middle school student. He would wear hooded sweatshirts with the logo of the Waco, Texas school.
“People would tell me that I could never get in,” Renfrow said.
He did.
Renfrow spoke Tuesday to members of the Kiwanis Club of Abbeville about the drive that helped him get accepted to Baylor, as well as the decision to instead stay closer to home. The Kiwanis Club honored Renfrow as its Student of the Month.
Renfrow, the son of Mike and Kristi, has played soccer and football for Kaplan High. He is also the president of the Kaplan High Beta Club.
“I like Beta because it is community service tied in with academics,” Renfrow said. “You have to maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher to be a member throughout the school year. We have raised money for the firefighters and helped those in need at Christmas time, among other projects.”
Renfrow and his classmates recently attended the State Beta convention.
“The only way you can go is if you have a certain amount of community service hours,” Renfrow said. “We placed second in the group talent portion.”
Renfrow also attended Boys State.
“The American Legion puts it on for the best leaders at each school,” Renfrow said. “We go to this for a week. It’s other like-minded students. It makes you grow as a person because you’re not there with people who don’t want to be successful. They are all better than you and that makes you better.
“I made some great friends there.”
Renfrow will likely make plenty of friends in college. However, that won’t be in Texas, even though he has been accepted to Baylor.
“I applied to Baylor and wanted to be a doctor,” Renfrow said.
After some thought and prayer, Renfrow changed his plans. He will attended the University of Louisiana at Lafaytte, where he will work to become a civil engineer.
Besides, Baylor is a little too far from home, a place Renfrow loves to be.
“I like it down here,” Renfrow said. “I like fishing and I don’t want to learn any new spots. I know all the good spots here.”