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Gulf Coast Bank’s Greg Harrington presents Abbeville’s Delontra Fields, the Defensive Player of the Week, with a T-shirt. Kaplan's Baker, Abbeville's Fields honored
The performances of Abbeville Wildcats’ Delontra Fields and the Kaplan Pirates’ Jalen Baker helped their respective teams to victories in week one. Those same performances also helped Baker and Fi...
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Bobcats cruise in opener
BERWICK — The Erath Bobcats improved to 1-0 to start the season after a 34-7 win at Berwick. Mikey Seymour had a big hand, and foot, in the victory. The senior quarterback rushed for 56 yards, i...
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Jalen Baker rushed for 376 yards and three touchdowns in the Pirates’ 45-38 win over West St. Mary. Kaplan Pirates win shootout
KAPLAN — The Pirate Relays are not scheduled until next spring. A track meet broke out Friday, though, between the Kaplan Pirates and West St. Mary at Ed Douglas Memorial Stadium. The teams comb...
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Akeem Lewis (25), Simon Mitchell (82), Alonzo Williams (33), Deundrick Cormier (77) and Chaz Stelly (44) help the Wildcats stuff a fourth-down for Iowa. The Wildcats claimed a 21-19 win. Wildcats hold down Iowa, 21-19
The Abbeville Wildcats hadn’t opened the season 1-0 since 2007. That changed Thursday night. R.J. Frederick rushed for a score and threw a touchdown to Delontra Fields, while Gerald Minnick added ...
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Joey Suire, Tyler Hebert, Aaron Coon (from left to right) and the Harvest Time Lions’ defense did not allow a point to Breaux Bridge Christian Academy. Breaux Bridge Christian scored on a special teams touchdown and an interception for a score as the Lions claimed a 48-16 win. Harvest Time wins again for 3-0 start
LAFAYETTE — The Harvest Time Lions are rolling along. “So far we are having some positive results,” Harvest Time head coach Steve Delino said. That continued Thursday night when the Lions def...
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Abbeville s Delontra Fields had a touchdown and two interceptions in the Wildcats  21-19 win over Iowa. Wildcats win
The Abbeville Wildcats are 1-0 after a 21-19 win over Iowa at home Thursday night. R.J. Frederick, who completed 6-of-8 passes for 123 yards, rushed for a score and threw for another. Frederick...
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VC travels to Westminster for opener
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The Vermilion Catholic Eagles haven’t played a scrimmage nor did they participate in a jamboree. It’s been a while since the Eagles have had an opportunity to see a different uniform on the field....
Bobcats begin on road
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Erath Bobcats head coach Destin Dieterich is not familiar with Berwick High. He knows the team. The Bobcats opened last season with a 28-12 win over Berwick in Erath. As far as traveling to Berwic...
Pirates stay home to open regular season
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KAPLAN — The Kaplan Pirates had a chance to play their jamboree game in the comfortable confines of Ed Douglas Memorial Stadium. The Pirates are back there tonight as they open the regular season ...
Lady Pats lock up 1-0 start
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The North Vermilion Lady Patriots are 1-0 after defeating Church Point Wednesday in the season opener. The Lady Pats dropped the first game, 25-16, but bounced back to win the next three, 25-18, 2...
Wildcats start at home
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The Abbeville Wildcats lost at Iowa 21-7 in the 2009 season opener. The difference in the game proved to be a pair of touchdown throws that went 70-plus yards. “We’ve got to limit those big plays...
Bears face Basile at home Thursday
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GUEYDAN — The Gueydan Bears will open the season at home tonight. The Bears will play host to Basile at 7 p.m. How many Bears will be on the field remains to be seen. “This is the toughest situat...
 
Abbeville
21
Iowa
19
 
 
Kaplan
45
West St. Mary
38
 
 
Erath
34
Berwick
7
 
 
Westminster
47
Vermilion Catholic
6
 
 
Basile
28
Gueydan
6
 
 
Ville Platte
37
North Vermilion
35
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Vermilion Football Stats after Week One
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1) Jalen Baker, Kaplan....14 carries -376 yards 2) Zach Bourque, NVHS....33 carries - 216 yards 3) Trevor Derouen, Gueydan...21 carries - 114 yards 4) Eric Le, Kaplan 6 carries-- 90 yards 5) Wa...
LSWA Top 10 football polls
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Class 5A Team 1st record pts prev 1. West Monroe (12) 1-0 144 1 2. Acadiana 1-0 128 2 3. L.W. Higgins 1-0 97 4 4. Catholic-BR 1-0...
LSWA releases first polls
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Here are the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's preseason high school football polls. First-place votes and points in the voting are included. Class 5A Team 1st record pts 1. West Monroe (12...
Class 3A football powers to square off on ESPN
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BATON ROUGE – Plans for a nationally-televised game between Class 3A football powers, Redemptorist and Patterson, have become reality. The game is set for Sept. 10 at Nicholls State’s John L. Guid...
Boys 9-10 year old Bears
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Those 9-10-year-old Bears receiving awards recently were, bottom row from left, Joey Edds, Darrell Dugas, Kade Guillory, Cameron Maxile, Matthew Istre, Ethan Zaunbrecher and Blaire Broussard, and ...
Gueydan Senior Cheerleading Awards
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Receiving the Senior Cheerleader Awards at the recent Gueydan High School Athletic Awards Program were, from left, Ivorie Robinson and Angelle Venissat.
Cajuns open at home Saturday vs. Arkansas State
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LAFAYETTE — Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns football team opens the home portion of its 2010 schedule on Saturday, Sept. 11 hosting Arkansas State at Cajun Field in the 10th Annual Herbert Heymann Footba...
LSU to open ‘11 against Oregon Ducks in Dallas
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BATON ROUGE – LSU will open the 2011 season against Pac-10 power Oregon in Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas, vice chancellor and director of athletics Joe Alleva announced on Tuesday. Billed a...
Cowboys open 67th season on Saturday
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LAKE CHARLES — McNeese State will kick off its 67th football season on Saturday but the Cowboys won’t be the first Southland Conference school out of the box. Both Southeastern Louisiana and Centr...
LSU's Lee signs with Dodgers
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BATON ROUGE – LSU coach Les Miles confirmed late Monday night that freshman quarterback Zach Lee signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Details of the contract were not immediately availa...
UL's Robichaux named South Central Coach of the Year
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www.ragincajuns.com – The American Baseball Coaches Association has named University of Louisiana head baseball coach Tony Robichaux the South Central Region Coach of the Year. Robichaux guided L...
LSU starts campaign to preserve Tiger Stadium
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BATON ROUGE – LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva, along with the Tiger Athletic Foundation, have announced a campaign that will help preserve and restore the look of Tiger Sta...
Baseball injuries just get weirder and weirder
by Mike Rizzuto
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Editor’s note: Just recently, Florida Marlins’ outfielder Chris Coghlan tore the meniscus in his knee as he attempted to shove a shaving cream pie in a teammate’s face after an exciting win. Here a...
Quotes from the immortal Yogi Berra...
by Mike Rizzuto
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Editor’s note: Each and every year, I get a request to rerun this particular column during baseball season. Without further adieu, here are quotes from former Yankee catcher and current Hall of Fam...
Of ‘slaves’ and ‘slave masters’...
by Mike Rizzuto
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There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “It’s better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.” Had the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. been aware of th...
Baseball records that won’t be broken
by Mike Rizzuto
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It’s been said that “records are made to be broken”. While that is pure speculation, here are a few baseball records that will definitely stand for a very long time and may never be broken. --Most...
Who’s rakin’ so far in Major League Baseball
by Mike Rizzuto
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With the Major League baseball season over one third through, now is just about the right time to see who’s been naughty and who’s been nice so far. BATTING AVERAGE Ever...
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