Five parish softball teams make the playoffs

Five Vermilion Parish softball teams earned bids to the LHSAA playoffs this year, led by Kaplan, the No. 2 seed in the non-select Division III bracket.
The LHSAA released the playoff brackets on Thursday. First-round games must be played by Monday.
Kaplan (23-8) earns a bye in the first round as the top six teams in all five non-select divisions have byes. Twenty-six teams were chosen in each of the non-select divisions. Twenty-four teams were chosen in select divisions I-IV, with eight teams chosen in Division V.
Kaplan awaits the winner of a first-round matchup between No. 15 Mamou (11-9) and No. 18 Springfield (12-15) for a second-round game to be played by Wednesday in Kaplan.
No. 10 seed North Vermilion in the non-select Division II bracket. The Lady Patriots (14-12) play a home game against No. 23 Loranger (11-16-1) today at 4 p.m. to open the playoffs.
Erath (14-15) is No. 17 in non-select Division II and travels to No. 16 Rayne (14-11), with the winner taking on No. 1 North DeSoto (31-2) in the second round.
Game time for Monday’s first-round game as 5:30 p.m. at Gossen Memorial Park, located at 1008 Lyman Avenue in Rayne. Admission is $10 per person.
Delcambre and Gueydan both earned spots in the non-select Division IV playoffs.
Delcambre (7-18) is seeded 21st and travels to No. 13 East Beauregard (11-13). They will play Monday at 5 p.m.
Gueydan (8-16) is seeded 22nd and travels to No. 11 Welsh (11-14) today at 5 p.m. The Honey Bears reached the second round of the playoffs in 2022.
Abbeville (7-9) did not earn a bid in non-select Division III, and Vermilion Catholic (5-10) missed out on a bid in the 24-team Division IV select playoffs.