Sports

The Erath Lady Bobcats (13-7) have a lot riding on Friday’s home game against the North Vermilion Lady Patriots (20-4).
Tip-off is set for around 6:15 p.m. The boys will follow.
Both teams are a lock to the Class 3A playoffs, but both teams are not a lock to play a home game in the first round.
The top 16 teams earn a home game in the first round of the playoffs.
As of today, according to the LHSAA, Erath is seeded No. 17 and would have to travel if the pairings were announced today.
NV is seeded No. 9.

HAMMOND – It was only a matter of time until former VC standout Ashailee Brailey found it.
On Wednesday, Brailey, in her first year at Southeastern Louisiana, scored a college-career high 21 points to help lead the Lady Lions to a 69-58 Southland Conference victory over Northwestern State in women’s basketball action Wednesday evening in the University Center.
The Lady Lions (4-15, 2-6 Southland) snapped a four-game losing streak with Wednesday’s victory. SLU outscored Northwestern State (9-10, 3-5 Southland), 46-26, after halftime.

LAFAYETTE - Sasha Rudd, as a freshman at Kaplan High, was looking for a new place to attend high school and improve her basketball skills.
She thought about Vermilion Catholic High School but came to the conclusion it was not a good fit.
Then she looked north at Lafayette Christian Academy, on the northside of Lafayette, near I-10.
She toured the campus and fell in love with the faculty and students. She found her new home.
Today, two years later, Rudd is a starter on one of the best basketball teams in Acadiana and in Class A.