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KAPLAN — The interviews for the next head football coach at Kaplan High School have already begun, despite the job still being open until noon on Friday.
As of Thursday, six candidates had applied for the head football coaching job. The school district did not release the names of the six. Interviews began at 11 a.m. on Thursday. 
One of those six names who interviewed on Thursday is a parish native who has coached at Vermilion Catholic for many years.
VC assistant football coach John Thompson confirmed he applied for the head football job at Kaplan High School. 

    The Vermilion Catholic Eagles and the Erath Bobcats ventured into unchartered territory this Spring as both programs advanced to the state championship in Sulphur for the first time in school history.
For that reason, Erath head coach Jeremy Picard and VC head coach Ben Harrington are the Vermilion Parish Co-Coaches of the Year. At the same time, pitcher Seth Leger of Erath and pitcher Cole Albert of VC are the Vermilion Parish Co-MVPs.
 The Eagles (25-7) won their final 11 games en route to VC’s first baseball state championship. 

KAPLAN — The 2025 softball season started with little expectations for the Vermilion Parish softball teams, almost like their motto was “whatever happens, happens.”
For one team heading into the 2025 season, there was no heavy weight on their shoulders like the previous two years. The Lady Pirates were coming off a season in which they failed to defend their Division III, Non-Select state title despite returning most of their senior-strong lineup from the previous year.