Sports

ERATH — Jeremy Picard has returned as the head baseball coach at Erath High School.
Erath Principal Marc Turner made the announcement this week that the school rehired Picard.
Turner said, “We are very proud to have Coach Picard return to EHS baseball. He has a good rapport with the players and is highly regarded statewide in the baseball arena.”

Move over 1994 State Championship Trophy because you now have company.
For the last 27 years, the North Vermilion Class 2A State Championship baseball trophy stood alone in the trophy case at NVHS. No longer. It now has to share the case with a Class 4A State Championship trophy won by the 2021 Patriots baseball team.
The No. 3 seeded Patriots upset No. 1 seeded Tioga Indians 5-3 in the Class 4A finals on Saturday.
The 1994 Patriots were the last team from Vermilion Parish to win a state baseball title until Saturday night.

Down by five runs with two outs, the North Vermilion Patriots somehow managed to find a way to win in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Class 4A semifinals.
The Patriots were down 10-5 with two outs. No one panicked. Instead they got back to back to back singles by Brandt Fontenot, Dylan Naquin and Jordan Blanchard to load the bases.
Cooper David hit a Two-RBI single to make it 10-7. Two more runs scored on a South Terrebonne error to make it 10-9.
Lane Patin had the game tying RBI with a double.