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The Tri-City area’s four volleyball teams qualified for the Louisiana High School Athletic Association state volleyball playoffs in their respective brackets.
Morgan City and Berwick in Division III, Patterson in Division IV and Central Catholic in Division V each made the fields in their respective classes.
While Central Catholic (30-11) Division V’s No. 4 seed, received a first-round bye, Morgan City, Berwick and Patterson each will play Tuesday.
Patterson (10-10) is the No. 20 seed in Division IV and will travel to LaPlace to face No. 13 St. Charles Catholic (14-18) at 3:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, Morgan City (20-15), Division III’s No. 9 seed, will host No. 24 seed Iowa (16-18) Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Berwick (16-23), Division III’s No. 21 seed, will travel to the Lake Charles area to face No. 12 seed Westlake (22-13) Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
MCHS finishes 2-2 at Dunham tourney
Morgan City High School finished 2-2 this weekend at Dunham’s tournament.
Among the Lady Tigers’ wins was an upset against Ursuline Academy, which entered the game ranked No. 4 in the latest Division III power rankings.
The Lady Tigers also defeated Madison Prep and Westlake but fell to St. Michael the Archangel, Division III’s No. 3 team, and East Ascension, which is ranked No. 2 in Division I.
Morgan City defeated Ursuline Academy, Morgan City 2-1 (23-25, 25-21, 15-12), fell to St. Michael the Archangel 2-0 (25-18, 25-13), fell to East Ascension 2-0 (25-14, 25-20, defeated Madison Prep 2-0 (25-9, 25-13) and defeated Westlake 2-0 (25-20, 25-19).
No individual statistics were available.
Thursday, Morgan City fell to Vandebilt Catholic, Division III’s top-ranked squad, 3-0 (25-14, 25-8, 25-17).
Kennedy Hebert led Morgan City with nine kills, two digs and one solo block. Other top Morgan City contributors were Jolee Nini, 18 assists, one ace and two digs; Allie Vincent 12 digs; and Sh’diamond Holly, five kills and one solo block.
In junior varsity action, Morgan City fell 2-1 (25-23, 12-25, 8-15).
Vandebilt Catholic defeated Morgan City 2-0 (25-11, 25-15) in freshman action.
Berwick drops
two games
The Berwick Lady Panthers dropped their final two games of the regular season, losing to E.D. White in District 8-III play Tuesday and to Division I Thibodaux on Senior Night Thursday.
Against E.D. White, Berwick fell 3-0 (25-16, 25-5, 25-22).
Berwick had 84 digs, led by Maci Broussard’s 22.
Alyssa Gray led Berwick with three kills, four assists and 13 digs. Other top Berwick contributors included Brittany Roberie, one ace and 16 digs; Abby Sanford, one ace and 14 digs; Lauren Skinner, six kills and five digs; Hannah Henry, nine assists and five digs; Katie Conrad, three kills, one assist, two digs and one solo block; and Morgan Toups, two kills, four digs and one solo block.
In junior varsity action, Berwick fell 2-0 (25-6, 25-9).
Bronwyn Colbert led Berwick with two kills, two digs and one solo block. Other top Berwick contributors were Isabella Lodrigue, nine digs; Megan Lipari, six digs; Emily Lousteau, three assists and one digs; Lindsie Giroir, one ace and three digs; Arianna Jones, one kill, one solo block and one block assist; and Makaylin Carver, one block assist.
Against Thibodaux, Berwick fell 3-2 (25-22, 25-22, 24-26, 16-25, 6-15).
Berwick had 91 digs in the loss, led by 22 from Roberie. Roberie added one assist.
Gray led Berwick with five kills, 14 assists, one ace and 16 digs. Other top Berwick contributors included Henry, one kill, seven assists, one ace and nine digs; Sanford, one kill, three aces and 15 digs; Skinner, seven kills, four digs and one solo block; Hanna McCue, eight kills and two assists; Ryleigh Arnold, four kills, one assist and six digs; Broussard, 11 digs; Toups, two kills, three digs and three solo blocks; and Conrad, two kills, two aces and five digs
CCHS wins final two regular season games
The Central Catholic Lady Eagles won their final two regular season games, topping Division III Madison Prep Tuesday in Baton Rouge and Division II Ellender Wednesday on Senior Night in Morgan City.
Against Madison Prep, Central Catholic won 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-11).
Central Catholic had 12 aces, led by seven from Bailee Lipari. Lipari added one kill and one dig.
Yani Johnson led the Lady Eagles with 14 kills, one ace and three solo blocks. Other top Central Catholic contributors were Katie Hoffpauir, 16 assists, two aces and three digs; Taylor Picou, two kills, eight assists and one dig; and Quincee Wiggins, one assist and five digs
Against Ellender, Central Catholic won 3-0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-15).
Central Catholic had 41 kills, led by Johnson’s 12. She added one solo block.
Other top Central Catholic contributors were Picou, two kills, 16 assists, three aces and five digs; Hoffpauir, one kill, 13 assists, three aces and three digs; Sydney Williams, five kills, one assist, three digs and one solo block;
Caroline Green, seven kills and three solo blocks; Quincee Wiggins, one kill, one assist and 11 digs; and Bailee Lipari, three kills, one ace and five digs.
Patterson drops
regular-season finale
The Patterson High School Lumberjills dropped its regular season finale, a District 2-IV contest at Catholic High-New Iberia, 3-0 Tuesday.
Patterson fell by scores of 25-10, 25-21 and 25-20.
No individual stats were available.

After nine games, one would think the tide would be turning a different way for the Abbeville Wildcats football team.
But Friday, in an off-and-on-again rain, the Wildcats could not get a break against the Berwick Panthers, who defeated the home standing squad 21-0.
The Wildcats (2-7 overall, 2-4 in district) had two touchdowns called back because of a penalty. In nine games, the Wildcats had 11 touchdowns called back due to penalties.
‘It we don’t get runs called back, it is a 15-14 game,” Abbeville Head Coach Kevin Kern said. “We may be leading if I do not go for two points twice.
“When you get one called back, it takes the wind out of your sails, considering all year long, it has been happening,” Kern added. “We do not get calls when we should.”
Down 7-0 after Berwick (6-3, 2-2) scored first on a 75-yard pass from Collin Louviere to Travis Whitehead with 6:27 remaining in the first quarter, Abbeville’s Tavian Menard looked to get Wildcats back in the game with a 49-yard touchdown run. But not far from the line of scrimmage, a yellow flag sat on the wet field. The call? Illegal block in back, cancelling the touchdown.
Two plays later, Berwick intercepted Abbeville quarterback Chad Celestine. Berwick would go down and score on a Josh Jones 6-yard run with 10:48 remaining in the first half to make it 15-0 Berwick.
Still in the game at halftime, the Wildcats came out motivated and began moving the ball down field.
Abbeville tailback Braeden Williams broke one for what looked to a 65 yard run. He was tackled at the 2-yard line. But, what was a great run was called back because of another Abbeville High penalty.
On the next play, the Wildcats fumbled the football, and Berwick recovered it 26 yards from the end zone.
Berwick took only five plays to score via a Louviere 10-yard pass to Joshua Carver, which made it 21-0 Berwick with 8:53 remaining in the third period.
In the second half, Abbeville got five possessions, and the Wildcats fumbled twice, were intercepted once, punted once and were stopped on fourth down.
Berwick ran 32 second-half plays to Abbeville’s 19.
Abbeville’s leading rusher was Deion Williams with 70 yards on 14 carries. Celestine had eight carries for 29 yards.
Berwick, playing without starting quarterback Mitchell Sanford, relied on Louviere. Louviere got it done with his arm and his legs. He had 13 carries for 45 yards and completed 8 of 11 passes for 141 yards and two scores.
On his first-half touchdown pass to Whitehead, the senior receiver caught the ball 15 yards up field and outran Abbeville defenders the other 60 yards.
Jones had 11 carries for 84 yards for Berwick. He had 70 yards in the first half but only 14 in the second half.
Berwick will return to action Friday when it closes the regular season at home against North Vermilion.
Berwick High School Coach Eric Holden could not be reached for comment.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rosa is Managing Editor of The Abbeville Meridional

A parade of schools and the Zoo to Boo Family Fun Day in Morgan City on Saturday were among the weekend festivities that closed out Red Ribbon Week in St. Mary Parish.

Theresa Templet Simoneaux, 83, a resident of Morgan City, passed away Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, surrounded by her loving family.

Theresa was born Oct. 15, 1934, in Pierre Part, the daughter of Robert Paul Templet and Adeline Blanch Porshe Templet.

Theresa was a very nurturing mother; no matter what her children did, she stuck by their side. She enjoyed sitting outside on her swing, hunting and fishing, and going for long road trips with her daughters.

Theresa will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her companion, Aaron Hebert of Morgan City; three daughters, Brenda Johnson and husband Ted of Patterson, Donna Foreman of Morgan City, and Patricia Verret and husband Mark of Morgan City; one son, Thomas “Tommy” Simoneaux and significant other Cheryl Beneditto; four grandsons, Bruce Rock of Berwick, Bryan Rock and wife Julia of Bayou Vista, Brent Foreman and wife Jennifer of Patterson, and Jamie Verret and wife Caitlin of Bayou Vista; one granddaughter, Brooke Derouen and husband Lance of Morgan City; 11 great-grandchildren, Mikayla Rock of Patterson, Tania Vasquez of Patterson, Chance Vasquez of Patterson, Tristan Rock of Bayou Vista, Kaitlyn Rock of Bayou Vista, Gage Rock of Berwick, Peyton Rock of Berwick, Harlie Foreman of Patterson, Adalyn Foreman of Patterson, Grace Derouen of Morgan City, and Giulana Derouen of Morgan City; one brother, Charles Templet and wife Louise of Pierre Part; and one brother-in-law, Leo Simoneaux of Bayou L’Ourse.

Theresa was preceded in death by her husband Earl Andrew Simoneaux; her parents, Robert and Adeline Templet; one granddaughter, Tina Vasquez; two brothers, Alvin Templet and Gaulbert Templet; and one sister, Rita Metrejean.

Visitation will be held on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, from 9 a.m. until the time of the Mass at Sacred Heart Church, with Father Wilfredo Decal. Mass will begin at 11 a.m. After Mass Theresa will be laid to rest in Morgan City Cemetery.