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Luke Pacetti (31) for Delcambre slides safely between the legs of Abbeville third baseman Evan Caillouet on Monday. Pacetti had a good day stealing four bases for Delcambre. The Delcambre team stole 14 bases against the Wildcats.

17-run fourth powers Delcambre Panthers past Abbeville

The Delcambre Panthers knocked in 17 runs in the fourth inning on their way to a 21-1 victory over the Abbeville Wildcats on Monday at Theriot Field in Abbeville.
It was a close game for the first three innings.
Delcambre scored two runs in the first inning, two runs in the second inning and then was retired 1-2-3 in the top of the third frame to make it a 4-0 game heading into the top of the fourth inning.
The Panthers had 20 at-bats in the fourth frame. Delcambre managed only four hits in the inning, but they took advantage of three AHS errors.

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North Vermilion Patriots crush LaGrange for 12th straight win

The wind was blowing out of Patriot Field which meant only one thing, the baseballs had great chance to fly out of the park.
Against LaGrange, in a district opener, North Vermilion cruised to a 21-1 win.
North Vermilion (14-2) is now on a 12-game winning streak and ranked at No. 4 in the Class 4A power ranking.
NV has scored 60 runs in its last four games.
In the five-inning game on Monday, three Patriots smashed home runs.
Tyson LeBlanc, Dale Martin and Dylan Naquin each had a home run.
Martin knocked in four runs and LeBlanc had three.

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North Vermilion’s Ethan Guidry was named the Outstanding Performer at the René Trahan Memorial Track and Meet on Friday. Guidry won the long jump (20-7) and was second in the 100 meter dash.

Results of the René Trahan Memorial Track Meet

Results of Abbeville’s Rene Trahan Memorial Track Meet held Friday at JH Williams Middle.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES: 1, Northwest, 98. 2, Ascension Episcopal, 93. 3, Erath, 59. 4, Northside, 53½. 5, Abbeville, 53. 6, Highland Baptist, 52. 7, North Vermilion, 40. 8, Kaplan, 35½. 9, Catholic-NI, 32. 10,Vermilion Catholic, 28. 11, Loreauville, 23. 12, Delcambre, 21.

RUNNING EVENTS

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Abbeville’s first baseman Christopher Richard tags Gueydan’s Landon Champagne, who dives back to first base. Landon was safe.

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In the fourth inning, Abbeville’s Hunter Mire makes his way to second base while Gueydan’s second baseman Heath Melancon waits on the throw.

Historical start for Gueydan Bears

After three innings, the Abbeville Wildcats were only down 4-3 against the Gueydan Bears. But then the bottom fell out for the Wildcats in the top of the fourth frame.
The Bears exploded for seven runs in the top of the fourth frame and cruised to a 17-3 win.
This year’s Bears improved to 7-2 on the year and are now ranked No. 3 in the latest Class A power rankings.
The Bears are under the new leadership of coach Jonathan Causey, who is originally from north Louisiana. Before arriving at Gueydan, he was coaching at Lakeside High, located in north Louisiana.

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Drew Lege

Lege throws no-hitter for Vermilion Catholic Eagles

After using six pitchers in VC’s 13-3 loss to Welsh two days earlier, the Eagles only used one pitcher Thursday night against Plaquemine and won.
Drew Lege threw all seven innings and struck out 13 and did not allow a hit in VC’s 7-2 win.
Lege improves to 3-0 on the hill.
Two nights earlier, VC’s six pitchers surrendered 13 hits against Welsh
On Thursday, VC did not get on the scoreboard until the fourth inning. Lege led off the inning with a walk, and he would later score.
Matthew Derouen and Jacques Hulin had back-to-back singles that scored a run.

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