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Delcambre’s Amiyah Decuire (left) and Abbeville’s Alissa Richard helped their team make the girls’ basketball playoffs. Both teams are on the road.

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Jenna Gibson and the Lady Patriots of North Vermilion are home on Thursday for a first round game.

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Kirsten Ragas and the Lady Pirates are on the road in the first round.

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AnnaKate Hagle and the Lady Eagles of VC play a first round playoff game Tuesday at home.

Five Vermilion Parish teams make girls’ playoffs

A total of five teams from Vermilion Parish made the girls’ high school basketball playoffs.
Getting in are VC, Abbeville, North Vermilion, Kaplan and Delcambre.
The Vermilion Catholic Lady Eagles lead a contingent of Vermilion Parish teams into the postseason as the LHSAA released its girls’ basketball playoff brackets Monday.
Vermilion Catholic (17-6) finished as the eighth seed in Division IV and will play host to No. 9 seed Sacred Heart of Ville Platte (16-11) in the opening round in a game set for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

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Abbeville running back Blake Saddler gets helped off the field by a Union Parish player late in the game.

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Abbeville’s Tazavian Andrews makes a great catch with Union Parish players on him.

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Rylan Regan turns up field after making a catch for Abbeville. (photo by Michael Odendahl)

Union Parish ends Abbeville's dream season

The Union Parish Farmers showed why they reached the Class 3A state finals last year. They also showed Abbeville fans that they are not just a one-person machine.
In the quarterfinals, the No. 7 seeded Farmers beat No. 2 seeded Abbeville 45-6 on Friday in Wildcat Stadium.
The Farmers will be back to Acadiana on Friday to battle St. Martinville in the semifinals.
In only his second year, Abbeville head coach Roderick Moy was proud of his team for their outstanding 11-2 season.

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Abbeville's Nalen St. Julian tackles a Wossman player, (Photo by Michael Odendahl)

Abbeville takes care of business in the second half

MONROE - Things were not looking too good for the Abbeville Wildcats at halftime despite the score being 14-14.
When the Wildcats came out of the locker room to start the second half, they walked onto the field with no emotion. Wossman, on the other hand, was jumping up and down like they were winning and had the game in control.
Wossman, the higher seed at No. 17, had upset on its mind at the start of the second half.
They held Abbeville to 70 yards rushing in the first half and had AHS tailback Blake Saddler in check.

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A St. Frederick player kneels in front of VC's Thomas Bellaire after the game.

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VC defender Rhett Taylor makes a tackle

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VC's Caleb Broussard and Ashton Belaire make a tackle.

St. Frederick too much for VC

The St. Frederick Warriors used a steady run game and a stingy defense to end Vermilion Catholic’s season by a score of 31-7. In the Division IV semifinals, the 9-2 Warriors will travel to Baton Rouge to take on Southern Lab, a 39-6 winner over Country Day. VC finishes the season at 8-4.
The Eagles knocked St. Frederick out of the playoffs last year.
St. Frederick’s run game, which ate up nearly 33 minutes of clock, was led by running back Michael Thompson, who rushed for 195 yards on 32 carries. The Warrior defense held VC to 85 yards of total offense.

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Jonathan Dartez had seven carries for 52 yards, plus, he had two catches for 55 yards in VC’s win. Photo by Ethan Trangmar.

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VC defender Rhett Taylor makes a tackle.

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Ashton Belaire of VC hauls in a touchdown with a defender on his back.

VC wins wild game; will still play at home in second round

Vermilion Catholic rallied to tie the game three times before taking the lead en route to a 37-36 win over Catholic High of Pointe Coupee in the opening round of the Division IV state playoffs on Friday.
The Eagles (8-3) face St. Frederick (8-2) in the second round, who beat Opelousas Catholic, 14-8. The second round game will be played at VC.
“All week, we preached this was a tough, gritty group coming in from Catholic-Pointe Coupee,” said Broc Prejean, Vermilion Catholic coach.
“I have so much respect for Coach Bullera and their program over there.

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