Comeaux leads the Patriots

The North Vermilion Patriots baseball team has been having an outstanding season so far this season.

The Patriots baseball team, before the game against West St. Mary last night which was still in progress at the time the paper was printed, were 17-2 overall and 2-0 in district play.

Their record is also good enough to have them ranked third in the Class 3A power rankings.

One reason the Patriots are having the success they are having is because of Donald Comeaux.

You may know Comeaux from the Patriots basketball team, but it’s his prowess on the baseball diamond that makes him special.

Comeaux is the Patriots teams ace and starting second basemen.

Comeaux has a perfect 6-0 record on the mound, for the season.

To go along with his perfect record he also leads the team with 44 strikeouts, and he is sporting a ridiculously low earned run average (ERA) of 0.49.

Comeaux is also batting a team high .365 batting average, and is tied with Ryan Thompson with most RBIs, 15.

“We know exactly what we are going to get when he (Comeaux) is on the mound,” Patriots Head Coach Jeremy Trahan said. “He isn’t going to walk anyone, and he is going to pound the strike zone.

“He has been with us since eighth grade and he has gotten better each and every year. The fact that he is so solid almost every time he takes the mound is one reason he and we are so successful.”

Comeaux has been playing baseball since he was in elementary school, and his parents were a big reason he got into sports in the first place.

“My parents were a big factor in me playing sports,” Comeaux said. “They were always competitive, and wanted me to try different things. So I tried baseball and have loved it ever since.”

It’s that love for baseball and his will to win that makes him the dominant force on the mound and at the plate for the Patriots.

“I want to win,” Comeaux said. “That’s the only thing that matters. Getting through the long basketball and baseball season, and all the practices that come with it, it’s my will to win that drives me to try and get better and better.”

As a junior Comeaux is already verbally committed to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Comeaux and the Patriots main goal for the season is to win the State Championship this year.

“We want to win the state title,” Comeaux said. “I think we have the team and the skill to do just that. We have a really solid team, and hopefully we can fulfill that goal in May.”

The Patriots are one of the best teams in Class 3A and they are on track to achieve their goal.

So if you get a chance go out and watch Comeaux and his Patriots team do what they do best, play baseball.

Andy Bullard
Sports Editor