Six Vermilion Parish teams earn baseball playoff bids

Six Vermilion Parish baseball teams earned entry into the Louisiana High School Athletic Association state playoffs on Tuesday, led by North Vermilion, the No. 2 seed in non-select Division 2.
Twenty-four teams were chosen for each of the five non-select divisions, and 20 for each of the top four select divisions. Ten teams were chosen in select Division V.
Non-select divisions 1-3 play a best-of-three series from the first round through the quarterfinals. The top eight teams in those divisions draw first-round byes.
Non-select division IV and V play in single-elimination brackets with the top eight seeds drawing first-round byes.
In select divisions I-III, teams play best-of-three series in the first, second and third rounds. The top 12 teams draw first-round byes with seeds 13-20 playing in the opening round.
Select divisions IV and V are single-elimination brackets.
In select Division IV, the top 12 teams have byes and seed 13-20 play in the first round. In Division V, the playoffs begin in the regional round with the top six teams drawing byes and seeds 7-10 playing single-elimination games.
First-round series must be finished by Saturday.
The state tournament (semifinals and finals) will be held from May 9-13 at McMurry Park in Sulphur.
North Vermilion is 24-7 overall and will play the winner of a first-round series between No. 15 Kaplan (17-12) and No. 18 Albany (14-15).
Erath (17-12) is No. 11 in the Division II non-select bracket and plays a best-of-three series with No. 22 Belle Chasse (13-17) at Ross Granger Field in Erath. The winner advances to a series at No. 6 North DeSoto (24-7) in the second round.
Delcambre (18-6) is the No. 7 seed in non-select Division IV and has a first-round bye. The Panthers will play a second-round game at home against the winner of a frst-round game between No. 10 East Beauregard (14-5) and No. 23 Kentwood (7-11-1).
Gueydan (17-9) is No. 15 in non-select Division IV and plays a home game on Wednesday at 5 p.m. against No. 18 Pickering (10-11). The winner advances to a second-round game against No. 2 Logansport (12-10).
Vermilion Catholic (15-10) is No. 14 in select Division IV and opens the playoffs against No. 19 Delhi Charter (17-8) at Sellers Field. The winner travels to No. 3 Glenbrook (22-8) in the second round.