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Delcambre’s Emma Smith holds up her shirt that she recently won at the McNeese Indoor meet earlier in the month.

Delcambre’s Smith wins twice in indoor high jump competition

Wed, 01/28/2026 - 11:17am

Emma Smith, a junior at Delcambre, is having an impressive indoor high-jumping season so far.
She won first place at her last two indoor meets, clearing 5-8 each time.
On January 17, she took first place at the McNeese Indoor Meet with a jump of 5-8.
The following week, she went to Baton Rouge for the LSU High School meet, where she again cleared 5-8 to win the event. She also placed 8th in the 60-meter hurdles.
On Jan. 10, at the Texas A&M Indoor High School meet, she finished third with a jump of 5-7 3/4.
Her personal best in high school is 5-8.

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Erath’s Sean Herrington received a tee-shirt after winning the 55-meter hurdles at the indoor meet at McNeese.

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Erath’s Cheynne Earnest rounds the corner of the 1600 meter race at McNeese last week.

Erath's Herrington wins 55-meter hurdles at indoor track meet

Wed, 01/28/2026 - 9:47am

ERATH - The Erath Bobcats’ Cross Country Teams hit the indoor track for the first time this season and snagged an individual first place award.
The teams competed at the indoor facility at McNeese in Lake Charles.
Sean Herrington dominated the 55-meter high hurdles, setting a school record with a time of (7.81 PR/SR) in the prelims and clinching the finals with a time of (7.85).
Cheyenne Earnest (6:05.32 PR/SR) and Sophie Romero (6:24.04) took on the 1600 meter and posted impressive times for this early in the track season.

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Signing a letter of intent were (left to right) Kevin Marix (Nunez Community College), Blaze Duhon (South Arkansas Community College) and Alex Landry (Gulf Coast State). The baseball coaches standing are Ralph Biondi, Seth Patin, Jarrod Duhon and head coach Jeremy Stephens.

Three North Vermilion Patriot baseball players sign with junior colleges

Wed, 01/14/2026 - 10:06am

LEROY - Three baseball players from North Vermilion have officially signed letters of intent to continue their careers at the junior college level.
The signings include:
• Kevin Marix, who will be playing at Nunez Community College in Chalmette, Louisiana. They compete against teams like LSU-E, Delgado, and Baton Rouge Community College. Marix is an infielder and a right-handed pitcher for the Patriots.
• Blaze Duhon has signed with South Arkansas, based in El Dorado, Arkansas. Duhon plays first base and is a left-handed pitcher for NVHS.

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There will be a new face leading the Abbeville Wildcats in 2026.

Nine apply for head coaching job at Abbeville High

Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:22am

The applying process is over for the new head football coaching job at Abbeville High and there are there are nine applicants.
The school district closed the application process at noon on Monday and the school administrators and school district administrators are expected to begin interviewing the candidates by the end of the week or next week.
Two of the applicants are already on the AHS football coach staff, while only one is coaching in the Acadiana. The rest are coaching or have coached at different parts of the state.

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