Sports

 (Here is a Q&A conducted by the Abbeville Meridional sports writer Rosco Harrington)

Javonte Mouton is a senior at Kaplan High School.  He plays football and basketball.  He carries a 3.0 GPA.  After high school, he plans to become an electrician.  When he’s not playing sports, he likes to hang out with friends and play video games.

When did you first start playing organized sports?

 I started playing football in eighth grade.  I added basketball in my freshman year.  I didn’t play when I was younger.  I was a homebody kid.

John Thompson received an early 44th birthday gift on Friday when he was named the head football coach at Kaplan High School.
Thompson, 43 years old, will turn 44 on Aug. 20, and when that day rolls around, he will be in his second week of being the head football coach at Kaplan.
He will spend this week at Vermilion Catholic, a place where he was about to begin his eighth season as the strength and conditioning coach and the defensive line coach.

KAPLAN — The interviews for the next head football coach at Kaplan High School have already begun, despite the job still being open until noon on Friday.
As of Thursday, six candidates had applied for the head football coaching job. The school district did not release the names of the six. Interviews began at 11 a.m. on Thursday. 
One of those six names who interviewed on Thursday is a parish native who has coached at Vermilion Catholic for many years.
VC assistant football coach John Thompson confirmed he applied for the head football job at Kaplan High School.