On Thursday, Erath High senior Joel Allen officially signed with Arkansas Little Rock University. Joel will be competing on the collegiate cross country and track team. Joel is the son of Nita and Kendall Allen and is a four-year member of the EHS track team. Arkansas Little Rock competes in the Sun Belt Conference.
Claire Meyers’ name sits on top of the leader board at the Texas Relays. She won the meet with a throw of 163-9.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Senior Claire Meyers, a 2016 North Vermilion graduate, broke a 28-year-old Louisiana Ragin’ Cajun Track and Field record in the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Thursday at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Meyers claimed the individual title in the B section of the women’s javelin after she threw 163-feet, 9 inches on her second attempt eclipsed the Ragin’ Cajuns school record of 160-1 set by Dorsey Steamer in 1993.
Before the meet began, Meyers said she had a feeling it was going to be a good day. She did not think it was going to be a great day.
Luke Pacetti (31) for Delcambre slides safely between the legs of Abbeville third baseman Evan Caillouet on Monday. Pacetti had a good day stealing four bases for Delcambre. The Delcambre team stole 14 bases against the Wildcats.
The Delcambre Panthers knocked in 17 runs in the fourth inning on their way to a 21-1 victory over the Abbeville Wildcats on Monday at Theriot Field in Abbeville.
It was a close game for the first three innings.
Delcambre scored two runs in the first inning, two runs in the second inning and then was retired 1-2-3 in the top of the third frame to make it a 4-0 game heading into the top of the fourth inning.
The Panthers had 20 at-bats in the fourth frame. Delcambre managed only four hits in the inning, but they took advantage of three AHS errors.
The wind was blowing out of Patriot Field which meant only one thing, the baseballs had great chance to fly out of the park.
Against LaGrange, in a district opener, North Vermilion cruised to a 21-1 win.
North Vermilion (14-2) is now on a 12-game winning streak and ranked at No. 4 in the Class 4A power ranking.
NV has scored 60 runs in its last four games.
In the five-inning game on Monday, three Patriots smashed home runs.
Tyson LeBlanc, Dale Martin and Dylan Naquin each had a home run.
Martin knocked in four runs and LeBlanc had three.
North Vermilion’s Ethan Guidry was named the Outstanding Performer at the René Trahan Memorial Track and Meet on Friday. Guidry won the long jump (20-7) and was second in the 100 meter dash.
Results of Abbeville’s Rene Trahan Memorial Track Meet held Friday at JH Williams Middle.
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TEAM SCORES: 1, Northwest, 98. 2, Ascension Episcopal, 93. 3, Erath, 59. 4, Northside, 53½. 5, Abbeville, 53. 6, Highland Baptist, 52. 7, North Vermilion, 40. 8, Kaplan, 35½. 9, Catholic-NI, 32. 10,Vermilion Catholic, 28. 11, Loreauville, 23. 12, Delcambre, 21.
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