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Saige Suire had an RBI-double for Erath. (photo by James Lasseigne)

Breaux Bridge downs Erath

Thu, 03/11/2021 - 9:21am

BREAUX BRIDGE - The Erath Bobcats dropped a 5-2 game to Breaux Bridge on the road on Tuesday.
Erath got behind 4-0 after three innings. The Bobcats finally got on the scoreboard with two runs in the fourth frame.
Coy Broussard singled and Saige Suire doubled Broussard for one run.
The Bobcats executed a double steal when Saige Suire went to third base and Jakob SanFlippo went to second.
Saige would score on Ethan SanFlippo ground out that made it a 4-2 game.

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Drew Lege spent Monday signing a letter of intent to play for Ave Maria University, which is located in south Florida. Watching him sign are his mother, Tricia, father, Erik and his brother, J.T Lege.

Vermilion Catholic's Lege taking his talent to Ave Maria University

Wed, 03/10/2021 - 10:51am

The best passer in Vermilion Parish has found a place to continue his talent.
Drew Lege has thrown for 9,110 yards in four years at VC, which is more yards than anyone else in the parish.
On Monday, he signed a letter of intent to play for Ave Maria University, which is located in Naples, Florida (on the Gulf of Mexico side across from Miami).
The signing was held in the VC gymnasium surrounded by football players, family and friends.
Ave Maria University is a private Catholic institution that was founded in 2003. It has an undergraduate enrollment of 1,129,

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Going north to Illinois

Tue, 03/09/2021 - 1:47pm

HEADING NORTH - Delcambre’s Damian Guy (middle) recently signed a letter of intent to play football for Elmhurst College located near Chicago, Illinois. Elmhurst is a small four-year college. Sitting with Roy in the photo are (standing, left to right), Delcambre Principal Chantel Helm, head football coch Artie Liuzza, athletic director Keith Morgan and defensive coordinator TJ Saunier. Seated (left to right), Jonathan Hayes, Damian Guy and Damian’s father, James Guy.

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Annemarie Broussard, for the first time, stands on the Southland Conference “champion” podium.

Broussard wins Southland Conference pole vault title

Tue, 03/09/2021 - 1:38pm

Annemarie Broussard closed out the indoor track season by making history at Northwestern State.
This past weekend, Broussard competed in the Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Meet and walked away first in the pole vaulting event. It was also the first time a female from Northwestern won a Southland Conference pole vaulting title.
Her winning jump was 12-11.75 feet.
“It’s not my best jump, but I am happy that I got to jump it there because it was my heightist height that I jumped this indoor season,” said Broussard.

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Photo from Kaplan High Softball Fans
The Kaplan Lady Pirates season is off to a strong start.

11-0: Kaplan Lady Pirates getting it done on offense and defense

Tue, 03/09/2021 - 9:42am

KAPLAN - The Kaplan Lady Pirates are 11-0 on the year and are ranked No. 1 in the latest Class 3A power rankings,
They are getting it done with the combination of pitching, defense and hitting.
In the 11 wins, Kaplan is averaging 12 points a game. They scored a season-high 19 runs twice and 18 runs once. The least amount of runs they scored is 7 in an 7-0 win over Loreauville.

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