NV wins wild one: Carters’s walk-off hit propels Pats to title game

Down by five runs with two outs, the North Vermilion Patriots somehow managed to find a way to win in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Class 4A semifinals.
The Patriots were down 10-5 with two outs. No one panicked. Instead they got back to back to back singles by Brandt Fontenot, Dylan Naquin and Jordan Blanchard to load the bases.
Cooper David hit a Two-RBI single to make it 10-7. Two more runs scored on a South Terrebonne error to make it 10-9.
Lane Patin had the game tying RBI with a double.
With the winning run on second base, NV head coach Jeremy Trahan put in a pinch hitter in the biggest moment of the game.
Trahan went with senior John Carter. Carter delivered in a big way with the game winning hit.
“I went with Carter because he is a senior,” Trahan said. “He has been pinch hitting for us all season.
“As a senior he came through.”
Carter had mentally prepared himself for the moment.
“I was trying to find a pitch to hit in the gap’” said Carter . “I was ready for when my number would be called.”
North Vermilion had 12 hits in the game. Lane Patin and Cooper David all collected multiple hits for North Vermilion. Patin led North Vermilion with three hits in five at bats.
With Thursday’s win, the Patriots advance to Saturday’s Class 4A title game. The Patriots will take on No. 1 Tioga at 6 p.m.