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Conner Patin of NV

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Connor Dupuy of NV

North Vermilion's Conner, Connor receive MVP honors

The District 3 All-District Soccer teams were released and it looks like if your first name is Conner or Connor, you did well on the team.
The district is comprised of North Vermilion, Kaplan, Notre Dame and Abbeville.
The Offensive MVP in the district is North Vermilion’s Conner Patin.
The Defensive MVP is North Vermilion’s Connor Dupuy.
And the Coach of the Year is North Vermilion’s Mark Patin.
North Vermilion placed eight players on the first team and six on the second team.

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Rhett Maturin (left) of NVHS wrestles in the finals.

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Jourdan Theall (in blue) tries to pin his opponent.

North Vermilion' Maturin, Theall win state wrestling titles

The North Vermilion Patriots’ wrestling team brought home two individual state wrestling titles over the weekend.
Winning state in the 132-pound weight class was NV senior Rhett Maturin. Maturin was the defending state champion in his weight class.
Capturing his first Division III state title was NV junior Jourdan Theall in the 113-pound weight class.
Theall, a junior, was honored as the Most Outstanding Wrestler in Division III.

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Emily Harrington

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Brittany Dubois

Erath's Dubois, Harrington earn first-team all-district soccer honors

The Lady Bobcats of Erath had two players land on the District 3 Girls All-District First Team.
Brittany Dubois and Emily Harrington made the first team.
On the second team is Madyson Hebert.
Honorable mention players are Kelsey Arellano, Olivia Labit, Chloe Landry, Rilee Grace Stutes and Whisper Reyes.

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Tyrese Sam of Abbeville

Abbeville beats St. Martinville

The Abbeville Wildcats helped their cause in the power point standings by beating the St. Martinville Tigers, 55-40.
Javontae Decuir scored 22 points for AHS. Tyrese Sam had 13 and Demarcus Collins scored eight.
Before the game, Abbeville was seeded No. 18 and St. Martinville was No. 13.
A win should give Abbeville power points to push them to No. 16. The top 16 play at home in the first round of the playoffs.
The Wildcats finish the regular season next week.

St. Martinville..34
AHS girls...........27

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Trent Dupuis scored 11 points for KHS on Friday.

Kaplan gets needed win

The Kaplan Pirates stayed alive in the playoff picture by beating the Franklin Hornets, 55-40, on Friday at home.
The Pirates entered Friday’s game seeded No. 35 in the latest Class 3A LHSAA Power Rankings.
The top 32 earn a bid to the playoffs.
With the win, Kaplan could move up a notch or two in the standings.
After a slow first half (16 points scored by Kaplan), the team stepped it up in the second half.
Kaplan scored 37 points, including 24 in the fourth period.
Three Pirates finished with double digit scoring.

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