Delcambre’s Amiyah Decuire (left) and Abbeville’s Alissa Richard helped their team make the girls’ basketball playoffs. Both teams are on the road.
Jenna Gibson and the Lady Patriots of North Vermilion are home on Thursday for a first round game.
Kirsten Ragas and the Lady Pirates are on the road in the first round.
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.
The game-winner will play the winner of the No. 1 seed Ouachita Christian (29-2) and No. 16 seed, St. Edmund, in the quarterfinals.
In the public school or non-select playoffs, North Vermilion (20-9) has the highest seed at 12th in Class 4A.
The Lady Patriots will be at home Thursday at 5:30 p.m. playing host to the No. 21 seed Franklin Parish (11-13) with the winner advancing to the second round to face the winner of No. 5 seed Huntington and No. 28 seed South Terrebonne.
The remaining Vermilion Parish teams are on the road in the opening round of the playoffs.
In Class 3A, Abbeville (14-12) finished as the 22nd seed and will travel to the Opelousas area to face No. 11 seed Northwest High (19-12) with the winner moving on to the second round to face the winner of No. 6 seed Mansfield No, 27 seed Patterson.
Kaplan (11-14) made the playoffs as the 26th seed and will travel to face No. 7 seed South Beauregard (21-9) in the opening round, with the winner facing the winner of the 10 seed Grant and the 23rd seed Caldwell Parish.
In Class 2A, Delcambre (18-13) advanced to the playoffs as the 26th seed and will travel to No. 7 seed Rosepine (26-7) in the first round, with the winner facing the winner of 10th seed French Settlement and 23rd seed Mangham in the second round.