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Ty Williams, left, and Tyjh Williams, right, will be seniors for the Vermilion Catholic Eagles this year and hope to help VC return to the state championship game for the second straight year this fall. Ty and Tyjh and sister Tajjuana, a manager for the football team, are triplets.

Dynamic Duo

Tue, 08/01/2023 - 9:55am

Ty and Tyjh Williams bring different personalities and skills to the Vermilion Catholic High School football team.
The twin brothers are two-thirds of a set of triplets, along with sister Tajjuana, a manager for the football team.
Tyjh describes himself as more serious but also considers himself to be funnier.
“We definitely don’t have the same personality,” he said. “I’d say I’m serious. I can be funny. I can joke around, too. But I can be serious when it comes to that time.
When pressed to say which one is funnier, he deferred — sort of.

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Evan Broussard (right) holds the queen bee on his finger, along with the plastic honey comb. On left is Leyton Jones who has kept the bee in his baseball bag for the last three years.

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Leyton Jones’ grandmother took a picture of the bee sitting in the dugout on a cell phone during a game. It was the first time she saw it in the dugout.

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This is close up of the Bee

QSA bringing ‘Queen Bee’ to World Series

Thu, 07/27/2023 - 10:00am

It is not surprising to learn that some teams have a good luck charm. The QSA 12-year-and under All-Star Team has its good luck charm, and it’s heading to Loredo, Texas, with them.
The QSA 12s recently qualified for the Bronco World Series, which features eight teams from around the World. QSA’s first game is against Japan on Friday.
Joining the team in the dugout will be “Queen Bee.”
Queen Bee is a plastic bee that stays in a plastic honeycomb. When the all-stars are not playing, that bee stays in the honeycomb inside the bat bag of player Layton Jones.

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At the Class 3A State meet, Gabe Clement Jr. holds up three fingers after winning the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes.

Kaplan's Gabe Clement commits to run track for UCLA

Wed, 07/26/2023 - 9:51am

KAPLAN — Kaplan High graduate Gabe Clement Jr. had his choice of running track at four major universities — LSU, TCU, UL and UCLA.
Three of the four have one thing in common — it is hot during track season.
The one university that is not hot during track season is where Clement decided he wanted to be for the next four years.
Clement committed to running track at UCLA, which is located in Los Angeles.
“The weather played a huge contribution,” said Clement. “It was perfect. They said this was how it was all year round.”

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LSU Eunice Head Coach Jeff Willis is being honored as a member of the 2024 Class of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame.

LSUE’s Jeff Willis named to ‘24 ABCA Hall of Fame Class

Thu, 07/06/2023 - 10:55am

EUNICE, La. – LSU Eunice Baseball Head Coach Jeff Willis has been announced as a member of the 2024 class of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame, the organization released on Wednesday. Willis will be honored at the ABCA Hall of Fame Banquet on January 5 in Dallas, Texas during the 80th ABCA Convention.

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