Sports

MAURICE — Kaplan High head football coach Cory Brodie found many things to like in his team’s performance against Crowley in the Acadia-Vermilion Jamboree on Friday at North Vermilion High School.
The Pirates cruised to a 38-14 win over the Gents, moved the ball steadily on offense and rallied on defense after giving up a few big plays early to talented Crowley running back Omar Butler.

BATON ROUGE – A pair of North Vermilion High School softball players were among the 14 added to the Baton Rouge Community College freshman class this year.
The Class of 2023 has the potential to be exceptional for the BRCC softball program, according to head coach Mark Suire, a native of Abbeville who coached the Lady Wildcats for six seasons and won a state championship in 2008 during a 12-year stint as head coach at Delcambre.
Pitcher Ashton Duhon and infielder Kenndey Kelly are two of the players in that freshman class.

MAURICE — The North Vermilion Patriots made a surprise run to the non-select Division II state quarterfinals in 2022, and senior Tucker Denais hopes to help the Patriots match or exceed that outcome in 2023.
Denais is moving from fullback to the wing in North Vermilion’s wing-T offense under first-year head coach Joe Heintz. That move brings a shift in his role with the offense, Denais said.
“Last year I played fullback, and my main role was to get three to four yards a play,” he said. “I was more of a power guy.