Lance Myers
Lance Myers is the new Gueydan head football coach, according to Gueydan Principal Brandy Broussard.
The interviews took place on Friday and he was hired on Monday. He was one of 10 applicants who were interviewed.
Myers comes to Gueydan from Church Poiint High School, were he was the defensive coordinator.
Abbeville’s Zontre Scott made seven out of seven free throws from the free throw line against David Thibodaux High School on the road. In the last two games, Scott has scored a combined 57 points and AHS has won both games.
The Abbeville Wildcats are putting it together as the season winds down.
The first 15 games of the season, the Wildcats only won three games. In the last four games, the Wildcats have won three games.
Abbeville finds itself winners of the last three out of four games, including two straight games.
On Tuesday, Abbeville beat David Thibodaux High School 63-49 on the road. Last week, Abbeville defeated Crowley 64-58 in Abbeville.
Abbeville now stands at 2-1 in District 6-3A and 6-13 overall.
The Vermilion Catholic Eagles continue to find a way to get it done.
The Eagles beat Centerville 45-43 on Tuesday at home.
The win improves VC to 15-7 overall.
Before the game, the Eagles let 16 seconds run off the clock in the honor of Kalix Broussard, a former VC player who was killed in an auto accident on Monday.
The Eagles were down most of the game, and they got their first and only lead at the end of the game.
There are two head football coaching jobs available in Vermilion Parish.
VC and Gueydan are looking for head coaches. The two schools have a combined 34 applications to select from, thus far.
VC will continue to take applicatons for the next couple of months. As of Friday, 22 applicants have been received. One is from Oregon and two are from Mississippi.
On the west end of the parish, there is also a lot of intertest in the Gueydan High football coaching job.
AnnMarie Broussard's 13 foot vault at the Texas A&M indoor meet. She cleared the bar by almost a foot.
Abbeville’s own AnneMarie Broussard began her sophomore indoor track season at Northwestern State on a positive note.
She won her first-ever college meet by winning the Texas A&M indoor meet in the pole vault. She vaulted 13-0.75 and cleared the bar by almost a foot.
Broussard became the second Lady Demon in as many years to set the meet’s women’s pole vault record. Broussard cleared 13-0.75 on her second attempt, surpassing Northwestern teammate Reagan Darbonne’s 13-0.25 set in 2018.
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