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North Vermilion's new coach Joe Heintz

Joe Heintz named new football coach at North Vermilion High School

Joe Heintz has been named the new head football coach at North Vermilion High School.
On Thursday afternoon, North Vermilion High Principal Denise Lotief recommending the hiring of Heintz as the head coach.
“All of our top candidates had different strengths and backgrounds,” said Lotief. “The six members of the interview committee were able to discuss plans for both football logistics and strengthening our program. Ultimately, we made a decision to select the Coach with the highest interview score.

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Abbeville’s Angela Dubois Gallet (left) stops LSU head coach Kim Mulkey and takes a quick selfie before the team heads to practice this past Saturday in Dallas.

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On Saturday, Angela Dubois Gallet takes a selfie with Jasmine Carson of LSU. Carson turned out to the be star in the finals, scoring 21 points.

Bucket List: In person watch my idol, Kim Mulkey, win her fourth national championship

Angela Dubois Gallet fell in love with watching Kim Mulkey play basketball when Mulkey played for Louisiana Tech from 1980-84. The crazy thing was Gallet was only eight years old.
An eight-year-old girl from Abbeville was star-struck by a college player 250 miles away because of her maternal grandfather, Jake Ussery.
Ussery did not live in Abbeville but made his way at times to watch his granddaughter play basketball.

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Larry Winters (right) talks about the scrapbook with Coach Johnny Picard. Winter’s scrapbook was donated to the Museum in Maurice.

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Eric Trahan (right), a member of the 1973 state championship team, talks about Coach Johnny Picard.

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Maurice High’s 1969 state championship basketball team that went 43-1. Their only loss was to Gueydan. The team consist of (left to right) Allen Prejean, Jimmy Duhon, Terry Trahan, Coach Johnny Picard, Ben Broussard, Richard Breaux, Stafford Menard, Dale Broussard and Rodney Trahan, who is sitting.

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The 1969 cheerleaders (left to right): Marlene Broussard Theriot, Connie Duhon Suire, Katie Duhon Trahan, Charmaine Fabre Dupuy and Cathy Lalande Holmes.

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Members of the 1973 Maurice High basketball state championship team. (left to right) Eric Trahan, Kim Broussard, Arnold Trahan, Coach Johnny Picard, Darrel Breaux, Larry Winters and Keith Sellers.

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The 1973 cheerleaders: (left to right) Clarissa Comeaux, Glenda Mire, Pearline Trahan, Bonnie Broussard, Donna Trahan and Wanda Clark.

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This is an athletic jacket worn by a Maurice student in 1969.

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Richard Breaux, a member of the 1969 team, and Coach Picard look at a scrapbook that Breaux donated to the Maurice Museum.

Maurice basketball reunion: Scrapbook donation turns into reuniting coach with 1969, 1973 state championship teams

MAURICE — When Larry Winters approached former Maurice High head basketball coach Johnny Picard with newspaper clippings and photos from the Bulldogs’ 1973 state championship team, the former longtime coach suggested the items belonged in a museum.
That idea turned into a reunion of players and cheerleaders from Maurice High’s 1973 and 1969 Class C state championship teams when scrapbooks commemorating those two teams were donated to the Maurice Museum on Wednesday morning.

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Chris Landry / The Abbeville Meridional
Vermilion Catholic senior Lewis Briggs Jr. (24) was named first-team All-District 7-A after averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds a game in district this past season.

Vermilion Catholic's Lewis Briggs named to District 7-A first team

Lewis Briggs Jr. of Vermilion Catholic was named to the Boys’ All-District 7-A basketball team by the league’s coaches.
His VC teammates Clent “C.J.” Briggs Jr. and Jonathan Dartez were second team picks and John Fontenot was an honorable mention to the All-District team.
Dartez also was named to the All-Defensive Team.
Lewis Briggs, a senior, averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game in district and had 30 assists and 50 steals.
Clent Briggs, also a senior, averaged 15 points and five rebounds a game and had 31 assists and 39 steals in district.

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Erath, Abbeville players on Coaches All-State team

Erath’s Christian Pillette and Reese Domingue and Abbeville’s Tezarron Stewart were all named to the 2022 Louisiana Football Coaches Association Class 3A All-State first team.
Pillette, a junior, was one of four players selected as a tight end/wide receiver. Pillette had 44 catches for 843 yards and eight touchdowns on the season, leading Vermilion Parish in receptions, yards receiving and receiving touchdowns.
Domingue, a senior, was one of five offensive linemen named to the team.

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