The Erath players were about to run on the field and they heard gun shots and they headed for the exits.
When the Erath cheerleaders and players returned to Erath High, they said a group prayer in the gym.
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Agents recovered a drugs, a firearm and paraphernalia.
According to Sheriff Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests for narcotics related offenses within Vermilion Parish.
Abbeville High Principal Phillip Freeman
Abbeville High Principal Phillip Freeman explained why the football game between Abbeville High and Franklinton was stopped with 7:30 to play in the fourth quarter.
The WIldcats were losing 50-12 when the homecoming game was stopped.
The Abbeville Meridional first reported that the game was stopped because an Abbeville fan, who was being escorted out of the football stadium by the police, made the threat that he would return to the game with a gun.
Francis LeBlanc will be missed by many.
Francis LeBlanc was a soft-spoken man who significantly impacted Abbeville High School and J.H. Williams Middle School. He passed away over the weekend of a short illness.
He was the chorus director at Abbeville High School and J.H. Williams Middle School for 27 years. He retired this past May.
As of Monday, the Meridional had not received any funeral arrangements for LeBlanc.
Abbeville High players walk off the field when the game was stopped.
The Abbeville High/Franklinton football game was halted with 7:33 remaining in the fourth quarter after Abbeville High assistant coaches overheard a spectator behind the AHS players threatening to get a gun.
Abbeville was losing 50-12 when the game was stopped.
The young man who allegedly made that statement had just been in a pushing match with another person sitting in the first row of the AHS stadium.
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