North Vermilion scores 21 points for jamboree win

CROWLEY — The North Vermilion Patriots had an impressive first half, leading the Crowley Gents 21-0 at halftime. However, the second half saw some sloppiness in their play.
Despite this, the Patriots secured a 21-0 victory over the Gents on Thursday night in the second game of the Acadiana-Vermilion Parish Jamboree.
This Thursday, the Patriots will kick off the season with an away game against the Church Point Bears, who finished last year’s regular season with a 7-2 record.
NV head coach Roderick Moy stated that the coaching staff will focus on correcting the mistakes made in the second half during practice this week.
“We got sloppy in the second half,” said Moy. “We made too many mistakes. We are not good enough to shoot ourselves in the foot.  If we do not make mistakes, and be us, like we did in the first half, we are good. 
  “I thought we came out and played well in the first half. We were hungry and wanted to play better than we did last week against Mamou.
“We answered the bell this week because this is our last dress rehearsal.”
Things went the Patriots’ way in the first half. On an attempted punt,  the snap was bad, and Justin Romero alertly recovered a fumble.
On the Patriots’ first play after the fumble recovery, Kole Seibold had a 25-yard run that set up the Patriots’ first touchdown. Avery Stutes had two runs for 15 yards and then Gage Wise darted  17 yards for a touchdown with 8 minutes left in the first half.
Kicker Logan Blanchard nailed all three of his extra points in the first half.
The Patriots cashed in Crowley’s three special teams miscues for three touchdowns.
The Patriots regained possession after holding the Gents on four downs, and it would be another mishandling of the ball on a punt attempt by Crowley.  Jaiden Payne tackled the punter to prevent the kick.
Four plays later, then, Stutes trotted up the middle from 10 yards out to score NV’s second touchdown of the night that made it 14-0.
Crowley had another misfortune with special team’s play, and NV’s Tucker Faulk recovered a fumble, giving the Patriots the ball 38 yards from the end zone.
Stutes hauled in a 38-yard pass for a touchdown with 3:02 left before half time.
“We got better from last week to this week. Now we have to take the next step,” said Moy.
NV had 139 total yards. The Patriots rushed for 101 yards.
Leading the Patriots’ rushing was Avery Stutes, who had seven carries for 32 yards. He also scored a running touchdown and a 38-yard reception touchdown.
Gage Wise had four carries for 30 and quarterback Eli Dubois rushed for 16 yards on four carries.