KAPLAN - The Kaplan Lady Pirates softball team won two games this past weekend to improve to 11-2 and are now ranked No. 3 in Division IV Non-Select standings.
KHS has won five straight heading in Tuesday’s game against Church Point.
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Braylon Himel allowed only one unearned run and one hit while striking out six in an 11-1 victory over Midland. (Photos by Rosco Harrington)
The Abbeville Wildcats defeated Midland 11-1 on Monday thanks in part to eight runs in the fifth inning.
The win was the fourth this season for Abbeville. They travelled to St. Martinville on Tuesday.
Midland scored in the top of the first inning and then Abbeville exploded for three runs for a 3-1 lead.
It stayed that way until the bottom of the fifth inning when Abbeville exploded for eight runs.
Abbeville jumped into the lead in the bottom of the first when Braylon Himel doubled, scoring two runs, and Roland Levine III singled, scoring one run.
The Erath Bobcats, going into Tuesday’s game against Kaplan, are on a three-game winning streak after beating non-district Central Catholic, 10-7, on Friday.
Erath was the first to get on the board in the second when Landon Lemaire singled, scoring one run.
Erath committed an error, which helped Central Catholic tie the game at one in the bottom of the third.
An error gave Erath the lead, 2-1, in the top of the fourth.
Crawford Courville (left) hangs No. 11 jersey in the dugout before an LSU-E baseball game. Courville wears No. 11 in honor of Ross Granger. Courville is responsible all season for
taking care and bringing No. 11 jersey to each game. LSU-E photographer Dwight Jodon took the photo.
The late Ross Granger
Ross Granger has been in the dugout for every LSU-E baseball game since 2016, and he was also a member of the team that secured their eighth national championship in June of 2024.
In March of 2015, Granger signed a baseball scholarship to attend LSU-E and play for the Bengals.
However, the Erath High graduate never threw a pitch for the Bengals. Two months after he graduated EHS, he was diagnosed with a brain stem astrocytoma. Then, on Nov. 11, 2016, he passed away at his house. He was buried on Nov. 14, 2016, in his LSUE baseball jersey.
TEAM PHOTO - Here is a group photo of the former VC players who attended VC head coach Kim Guidry’s banquet. (Bottom Row, Left to Right) Brooke Broussard Zaunbrecher, JaChristany Demouchet, Jeanne Perrin Henderson, Stephanie Perrin Roth, Allyson Bertrand Marceaux, Coach Kim “Gidge” Guidry, Jenna-Beth Hagle, SaraEllen Hagle, Audrey Boudreaux, and Angela Dubois Gallet; (2nd Row Left to Right), Katie Bertrand Hudspeth, Hollie Nelms Trahan, Emily Trahan , Lexi Langlinais Venable, Amanda Choate Meaux, Rilee Dupuis Guidry, Aimee Bertrand Patin, Laura Carloss Guidrya, assistant coach Ferne LeBlanc; (Back Row, Left to Right) Marcy Thibodeaux Lege, Dr Katie Frith, Ellen Mayeaux Eldridge, Blaire Nelms Desormeaux, Kylie White Langlinais, Brandy Broussard Bouillion, Maisie Meaux Hargett, Lacy Miller Dennies, Anna Boudreaux, Anna-Kate Hagle, Courtney Trahan Loughmiller (traveled from Texas) .
Former and current players, their families, and the VC community gathered in Kim Guidry Gym Saturday night to pay homage to the gym’s namesake, Lady Eagles’ head coach Kim “Gidge” Guidry, who’s retiring after 40 years at the helm.
Former player and current assistant coach and former player, Hollie Nelms Trahan, spoke first, officiated the event, and helped plan it. She admitted that until Guidry walked through the doors, they weren’t 100 percent sure she was going to show up.
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