Local teams ranked in preseason polls

The 2014 baseball season is about to get kick started in Vermilion Parish, and the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association have come out with their 2014 Preseason Polls.

The highest ranking Vermilion Parish team is the Vermilion Catholic Eagles.

The Eagles are led by head coach Steven Adams, and according to the LBCA preseason polls find themselves ranked eighth in the 1A polls.

“Those rankings don’t mean much,” Adams said. “We have an entire season to play, and we have a lot of work to do. It is nice though to be up there, though.”

The North Vermilion Patriots were the only other team from the parish to be named inside the top 10.

The Patriots were ranked 10th in the 3A polls.

The Erath Bobcats were one of only seven teams to receive votes in the 3A poll.

As coach Adams mentioned, each of these teams listed and even the ones that were not, have a long season ahead of them, and anything can happen.

One thing is for sure though. It will be a fun season, and most of the teams in Vermilion Parish got their season underway last night.

2014 Class 3A Pre-Season Top 10 Poll

1. Parkview Baptist

2. Evangel

3. University High

4. E.D. White

5. Notre Dame

6. Brusly

7. St. Charles Catholic

8. Iowa

9. Livonia

10. North Vermilion

Also receiving votes: St Louis, South Beauregard, North Webster, John Curtis, Jennings, Port Barre, Erath

2014 Class 2A Pre-Season Top 10 Poll

1. Calvary

2. Kinder

3. Catholic, New Iberia

4. Dunham

5. Northlake Christian

6. Newman

6. St. Thomas Aquinas

8. Riverside

9. Episcopal

10. Sterlington

Also receiving votes: Menard, Loreauville, Opelousas Catholic, Rosepine, Lakeside

2014 Class 1A Pre-Season Top 10 Poll

1. Mangham

2. Ouachita Christian

3. Central Catholic

4. St. John

5. Cedar Creek

6. Sacred Heart

7. St. Frederick

8. Vermilion Catholic

9. Hanson Memorial

10. Country Day

Also receiving votes: Ascension Catholic, Covenant Christian, Archbishop Hannan, Catholic – P. C., St. Martin’s, St. Edmund

Andy Bullard
Sports Editor