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ERATH — A Mass of Christian Burial for Mr. Donney Goutierrez, Sr., 79, will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church on Friday, March 10, 2023 at 1 p.m. with Fr. Sensat officiating. Internment will follow at Our Lady of Lourdes Mausoleum.
Visitation will be held at David Funeral Home of Erath on March 10, 2023 from 9 a.m. until time of services with a recitation of the rosary at 11 a.m.
A resident of Erath, Mr. Donney passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. He was a former employee of the Texaco Henry Gas Processing Plant for 32 years. He raised registered shorthorn cattle and quarter horses and was a past president of the Shorthorn Association of Louisiana and Vice President of the Milking Shorthorn Association. He served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Quarter Horse Association and was a former member of the Knights of Columbus.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Linda Goutierrez of Erath; his son, Donney Goutierrez, Jr. and his wife Jodi of Erath; his daughter, Monique Goutierrez of Erath; his brothers, Marty Goutierrez and his wife, Shari of Broussard, Farron Goutierrez of Erath, and Benny Goutierrez and his wife Dana of Erath; his sister in laws, Judy of Montz, Connie of Abbeville, and Charlotte of Erath; his grandchildren, Abigail Goutierrez, Isabella Goutierrez, and Joshua Trahan; and his numerous nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Ned Goutierrez, Sr. and Ledie Brasseaux Goutierrez; his brothers, Shelly Goutierrez, Lynn Goutierrez, and Ned Goutierrez, Jr.; and his grandchild, Michael Trahan.
Serving as pallbearers will be Donney Goutierrez, Jr., Joshua Trahan, Jude Mire, Kelly Mire, Chris Mire, and Eddie Goutierrez.
You may sign the guest register book and express condolences online at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of Erath 209 Putnam St. (337)937-0405 will be handling the arrangements.

MAURICE — The North Vermilion Patriots got off to a strong start in beating Catholic High of New Iberia 13-6 in a non-district baseball game on Tuesday.
The Patriots scored on a single by Brandt Fontenot in the first inning, a single by Braxton Savant in the first inning, a single by Ian Erbe in the second inning, and a single by Tyson Leblanc in the second inning.
CHS scored four runs in the first inning, driven by William Minvielle’s single, an error on a ball put in play by Lane Fenske and a double by Landon Courville.
The Patriots pulled away for good with three runs in the second inning. In the second Erbe singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run, and Leblanc singled on a 3-0 count, scoring one run.
North Vermilion scored four runs in the sixth inning. Savant, Cole Veronie and Erbe each had RBIs in the big inning.
Isaac Russell led the Patriots to victory on the hill. The righty lasted six innings, allowing five hits and two runs while striking out three and walking one.
Lane Davis led things off on the mound for Catholic High. The righty allowed nine hits and nine runs over three innings, striking out one. Luke Landry and Bennett Thomas entered the game from the bullpen, throwing two innings and one inning respectively.
Seth Aboudd started the game for the Patriots. The right-hander allowed five hits and four runs over one inning, striking out two and walking zero
The Patriots blasted 14 hits in the game. Erbe, Savant, Fontenot, Evan Deshotels and Leblanc each managed multiple hits for the Patriots. Leblanc, Deshotels, Fontenot, Savant, and Erbe each managed two hits to lead the Patriots.
The Panthers racked up 10 hits. Owen Morris, John David Hidalgo, Courville, and Minvielle all managed multiple hits.

ERATH — The Erath High Bobcats had more than twice as many hits as Lafayette Christian in their non-district baseball game on Tuesday at Ross Granger Field, but eight walks and four errors were too much for the Bobcats to overcome in an 8-4 loss to the Knights.
LCA took advantage of two walks and an error that plated two runs in the top of the second inning, and a double by Grant Porche brought in two more runs later in the inning for a 4-0 lead.
The Bobcats cut their deficit in half in the bottom of the inning on an RBI groundout by Jadon Soirez and an RBI single to center by Payton Pickens.
Lafayette Christian extended its lead to 7-2 in the top of the third inning, however, scoring all three runs with two outs. A hit batter, a passed ball and five straight walks contributed to the scoring outburst.
Dominic Frederick scored on a passed ball for Erath in the bottom of the third to cut the LCA (3-6) lead to 7-3, but an error in the top of the fourth allowed LCA to score another two-out run for an 8-3 lead.
Thomas Collins doubled in the bottom of the fourth to bring home Christen Migues, but neither team came close to scoring again as each team only got one runner on base over the final three innings, both reaching on errors.
Erath (3-6) outhit LCA 9-4 in the game. Migues and Lynkon Romero each went 2-for-4 for the Bobcats and each scored a run. Pickens and Collins each had a hit and an RBI and Soirez also drove in a run.
Trevor Huval and Ethan Sanfilippo also had hits for the Bobcats.
Porche went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs for the Knights. Cooper Martin also doubled and scored a run, Wyatt Menard singled and scored twice and Caiden Bentley had a hit and a run.
Aiden Mouton started on the mound for the Bobcats, pitching 2 2/3 innings and allowing seven runs on three hits with two strikeouts and five walks. Four of the runs he gave up were unearned. Hudson Guidry pitched the final 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run on one hit with three walks and two strikeouts.
Ashton Celestine pitched five innings for the Knights to get the win, allowing nine hits and four runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.
Martin gave up no hits and struck out one batter in two innings in relief.

KAPLAN — Carter Petry doubled in Aiden Gaspard in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Kaplan High to a dramatic 8-7 walk-off win over David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy on Monday.
David Thibodaux led 6-0 after scoring five runs in the top of the third inning, but the Pirates scored three runs in the third and three in the fourth, trailing 7-6 after the Bulldogs had tacked on a run in the top of the fourth inning.
But Kaplan scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at 7-all on a bases-loaded, two out walk to Landon Cheek, forcing in Sabe David. The Pirates opened the inning with two hit batters and two fielder’s choices before Caden Campisi drew a walk to load the bases and Cheek walked to bring in the tying run.
In the top of the seventh, winning pitcher Luke Harrington set the Bulldogs down in order on a ground out, a strikeout and a dropped third strike with a throw to first for the out.
Gaspard singled to right field with one out in the bottom of the seventh, then stole second base, scoring when Petry doubled to right field.
The Pirates scored three runs with two out in the bottom of the third. David walked and Hayes Mire was hit by a pitch, and Campisi hit an RBI single to center to bring in the first run. Cheek followed with a double to left to plate two more runs.
Kaplan’s three-run fourth inning also came with two outs. Mason Duhon walked to open the inning and went to third on Petry’s double to center. A dropped third strike resulted in a throw to first, allowing Duhon to score. Remi Broussard singled to left for an RBI and went to second on the throw home. Broussard went to third on a passed ball, and courtesy runner Brett Guidry scored on another passed ball.
Petry went 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run, and Cheek doubled, walked and drove in three runs to pace the Pirates at the plate.
David had a walk, an RBI and two runs; Broussard had a hit with an RBI. Mire had a hit, a walk and scored a run. Campisi added a single, a walk, an RBI and a run. Coy Terro walked twice, Duhon walked and scored a run and Gaspard had a hit and a run.
Harrington got the win after pitching 3 1/3 shutout innings, surrendering no hits and one walk while striking out four. Grant Stelly started for Kaplan, allowing five runs on seven hits with two walks and one strikeout in 3 2/3 innings.
David Thibodaux scored five runs in the top of the third on an error that brought in two runs and a double by Ben Chorowicki that plated three more runs.
Six players pitched for the Bulldogs.
Chorowicki went 2-for-4 with a double, four RBIs and a run to lead David Thibodaux at the plate. Carter Girouard also doubled and scored a run and Reed Harvison had an RBI.