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It turned out to be a pitching war between two strong arms, which explains a low 2-1 game in favor of Erath.
North Vermilion’s Hayden Durke, who is considered to be one of the state’s best sophomore pitchers and is leaning towards signing with UL’s baseball program, threw 90 miles per hour twice and was consistent throwing 86 to 89 miles per hour against Erath.
Erath’s Matt Domingues is a junior right-hander who throws it in the low 80s and already has thrown a no-hitter this season.
The two right arms combined two strike 17 batters. Domingues, however, won that battle when he struck out nine.
He had a no-hitter going through four innings. It was not until the top of the fifth inning that Domingues gave up two hits. He had a no-hitter in place through four innings.
“I think Matt threw well,” said EHS head coach Jeremy Picard. “He competed well and gave us a chance to win the game.”
Durke fanned eight and gave up four hits.
North Vermilion head coach Jeremy Trahan added, “Both pitchers did very well.”
Trahan said his batters kept chasing Domingues’ high fast ball.
In the first inning, Chandler LeBlanc scored Erath’s first run.
The game was tied at one with Erath batting in the bottom of the fifth when a sacrifice bunt by Mason Granger scored one run for Erath when Domingue flied out.
Eli Dubois and Tyler Dubois had North Vermilion’s hits.
Hitters for Erath were LeBlanc, JT Langlinais, Parker Bourque and Turker Bourque.
The Bobcats would split with North Vermilion this season. The two teams played Saturday, and Erath was blown out 13-3.
Picard was happy to see his team rebound from Saturday’s loss.
“After the way we played on Saturday, it was a huge win,” he said. “I was proud of how our kids responded after the loss.”

July 19, 1968 ~ March 23, 2018

ABBEVILLE—Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Michael Scott Mears, 49, who died Friday, March 23, 2018 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at Esther Community Cemetery with Pastor, Rev. Dr. Mollie McGee officiating the services.
MSgt. Michael S. Mears was born 19 July 1968 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated high school in 1986 and worked as a general contractor before entering the Air Force as an Air Transportation Specialist in May 1991. Msgt. Mears was in the NCOIC of the 818th Global Mobility Squadron’s Aerial Port Flight. He directly supervised 56 Aerial Porters and manged a deployable Air Mobility Support mission with taskings that span the globe. He was assigned two tours in Incirlik AB, Turkey then two tours in Aviano AB, Italy.
He is survived by his son, Jeremy Kaan Mears; mother, Martha Whaley Kuehling; father, Alvin Ronald Mears; brother, Matlock Robert Kuehling; two aunts, Patricia Whaley Branch and Dorthy Whaley; and uncle, Robert Whaley.
He was preceded in death by his step-father, Harold J. Kuehling; uncle, John Henry Whaley Jr.; maternal grandparents, John H. Whaley and the former Opal G. Yarbrough.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 from 10:00 AM until time of services.
In lieu of flowers, a donation to the charity of your choice in memory of Scott would be appreciated.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net. All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.

According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, every 90 seconds someone is injured in a drunk driving crash.
Vermilion Catholic High School students participated in a mock crash to educate their fellow students about the dangers of driving drunk.
Staging such a crime could be difficult, but with the help of Acadian Ambulance, Abbeville Fire Department, Abbeville Police, and several other departments, made it much easier to spread the grisly visual of the effects of driving drunk. University Medical Center of New Orleans and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission were instrumental in bringing the program to VC.
A mock crash is when educators around the country are intent on making these statistics real for teens. And in this day in age, it’s becoming more and more frequent. Friends are losing friends, dads are losing sons, moms are losing daughters, and the list goes on.
According to MADD, just over half of the children killed in drunk driving crashes were in the car with the drunk driver, but the other 46 percent of victims were in the car who got hit. During the mock crash, police officers will give chilling accounts of what it is like to tell a family that one of their loved ones has died as a result of a drunk driving crash.
“I think it is necessary because I feel like the kids always feel as if they’re invincible,” VC teacher Katie Landry said. “It gives them a reason to look and realize it could very well be any of them. Its very difficult to watch, but I feel like it needs to be seen.
“If this could save just one single life, then it was all worth it.”
The nurses used fake blood to show how gruesome it could be. JR Bazar, a student, painted red while laying on the hood of the SUV from being partially ejected from not wearing a seatbelt, was the student whose life was ‘taken’ in this mock crash. The driver, Monique Domingue, frantically searching for her phone, and shaking the previously mentioned victim to get him to open his eyes, played the drunk driver.
In another vehicle, a set of friends were hit by this impaired driver, who crossed the center line. Jean Paul LeMaire, the sober driver had minor scrapes and bruises, but his passenger, Camille Harrington, was injured. Both of her legs pinned under the dashboard with no way to get out.
The students in the audience were in shock, some with tears in their eyes. One student saying, “I didn’t think it would look and seem so real.”
Bazar, the only fatality in this crash, explained why he wanted to be a part of the mock crash.
“Thinking about doing it made me realize I needed to do it,” Bazar said. “This could be real, this could be me and my friends, people that I know. It tore my mom up to watch my lifeless body on the hood of that car, and I guess reality set in that it could happen, that why she broke down when the officer told her I had died. It wasn’t her acting, it was real.
“My dad died a couple of years ago and I think it hurt her because it could be me she loses, too.”

Eldes Antoine Bourque

July 20, 1924 ~ March 24, 2018

Abbeville—Funeral services will be held at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Eldes Antoine Bourque, 93, who died Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Abbeville General Hospital.
He will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery with Fr. Michael Richard officiating the services.
Eldes is survived by his sister, Velma Williams of Jeanerette; nieces, Diana Risher of Covington and Brenda Graham of Ripon, WI; great niece, Amy McCance; and godchild, Elmae Knighton.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Eula Vice Bourque; parents, Etienne Bourque and the former Marie Broussard; infant son, Larry Bourque; and a brother Jean D. Bourque.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Monday, March 26, 2018 from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Tuesday, March 27, 2018 from 8:00 AM until time of services.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.