VC Lady Eagles have scare with player passing out after parish tournament

The Vermilion Catholic Lady Eagles had a scare Wednesday when one of their teammates passed out not long after playing in a basketball game at the Vermilion Parish Tournament.
JaChristany “Jay” Demouchet is a freshman basketball player, who is making a name for herself in her first season at VC. She is averaging 12 points a game and is considered the best female freshman in the parish and also ranks as one of the top 10 female players in the parish.
The Lady Eagles had beaten Gueydan in the semifinals. Earlier in the game VC head coach Kim Guidry decided to pull Demouchet out of the game in the second half for a couple of reasons. The Lady Eagles were far ahead and something did not seem right with her star freshman when she was on the court.
After the game, Guidry gave her team their talk in the locker room and then released them.
Demouchet and her mother walked to their car, and Demouchet was on the passenger side about to get in the car. Her mom waited for her daughter to open the door. It did not happen. She eventually saw her laying on the ground next to the door.
Demouchet had passed out. Emergency personnel from the Delcambre Fire Department and Acadian Ambulance were called.
Her heart rate was low and she was unconscious.
En route to Abbeville General, Demouchet came through. She did not remember what happened.
The VC team and coaches met her at the hospital and stayed with her until she was released that night.
Demouchet did not play in the finals on Thursday and won’t play until she gets checked out by a cardiologist in two weeks.
Before the finals against Erath, Vermilion Catholic head coach Kim Guidry talked to her players about the scare and how to handle it.
“We talked about priorities, what is important and what values are,” said Guidry. “She told some girls during the game she could not feel her legs but no one ever told the coaches. I told the girls if that happens again, you have to let us know.”
After seeing what happened to Demouchet, Guidry thought about the 14-year old Lafayette student who died on the basketball court last week and was buried on Wednesday.
“I think it was a reality check for us,” said Guidry. “Winning is not everything. That was my talk before the game. I told them I wanted 110 percent from them and I wanted them to get better.”