Sports

Tonight two new parish head coaches will begin their era in Vermilion Parish.
In Erath, Eric LeBlanc is a brand new coach for the Bobcats. He replaces former head coach David Comeaux, who is now an assistant coach at Comeaux High Schoool.
LeBlanc and the Bobcats travel to Youngsville to battle the pass-happy Ascension Episcopal. The two teams met last year, and Ascension won 46-14. They went on to post an 8-3 record, while Erath finished 1-9.

The Abbeville Wildcats did not look too sharp last week in the Acadia/Vermilion Parish Jamboree.
The Wildcats had a few defensive offside penalties, coupled with other crucial penalties that kept drives alive for Lake Arthur.
This past week, the Abbeville coaching staff worked on ways to correct the mistakes.
The jamboree was the dress rehearsal. Now, tonight is the real thing.
The Wildcats open the season on the road against West St. Mary. Game time is 7 p.m.

The Abbeville Lady Wildcats’ Volleyball Team opened the season with a three-set victory over Westgate on Tuesday to begin the season 1-0.
The program, only in its second year of playing varsity, won the first set 25-19 but dropped the second set 25-12. Westgate jumped out to a 12-0 lead and Abbeville was unable to recover.
The Lady Wildcats bounced back and won the third set 25-21.
Abbeville slammed the door on Westgate, winning the fourth set 25-19.