Six Vermilion Parish teams make baseball playoffs

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association released its baseball playoff brackets and the parish has six teams that made it.
Making the playoffs are North Vermilion, Kaplan, Erath, Delcambre, VC and Gueydan.
The North Vermilion Patriots (32-2), the defending Class 4A state champions, are the No. 1 seed and play today against No. 32 Westgate (7-18) in the first round. The first pitch is at 6 p.m. at North Vermilion High.
Last year the Patriots were the No. 3 seed and went on to win the state title.
“We know from last year that seeding doesn’t mean anything,” Patriots head coach Jeremy Trahan said. “We know that we could have lost in the second round. We know that you can never take any team for granted.”
The No. 14 Kaplan Pirates (15-13) drew No. 19 Crowley (14-15) in the first round. The two teams played on Monday in Kaplan.
Kaplan and Crowley, district opponents, split during the regular season.
The Erath Bobcats (16-17) are No. 7 and will play No. 26 Booker T. Washington (11-5) at home Tuesday, starting at 5 p.m.
Erath head coach Jeremy Picard said, “I like our first-round match up. We have a great chance to advance. With our non-district schedule and the success later in the year, our kids have put themselves in a great position to advance to round two and beyond.”
The Vermilion Catholic Eagles are No. 10 in the Division IV playoffs and will have to travel to New Orleans to battle No. 7 St. Frederick’s (21-8).
The Eagles (16-15) have won eight of their last 10 games.
The first game will be Friday at 6 p.m. and then a doubleheader on Saturday.
VC head coach Kyle Cedotal likes the best two out of three format.
“Absolutely,” he said. “It allows the best team to move. Not just the team who had one good game.”
No. 25 Delcambre travels to No.8 Mangham.
In Class 1A, the Gueydan Bears are No. 6 and will get a first-round bye in the playoffs.
The top seven teams in Class 1A get a first-round bye.
Gueydan will play the winner out of No. 11 Delhi and No. 22 West St. John. Delhi sports an 8-7 record while West St. John is 2-16.
After losing five out of its last six games, the Bears beat Class C Starks 19-4 to end the regular season. Gueydan finished the regular season 17-11.
Gueydan head coach John Clausey said he remembers making the playoffs as a high school player and enjoyed the feeling.
“I am always excited about making the playoffs. I got a taste of playing in May when I was in high school, and I’ve been hooked ever since.”
Clausey will work on things to make the Bears better with the extra time off. He does not plan to scout the West St. John/Delhi game.
“I am going to take my chances,” he said.