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December 21, 1940 - September 9, 2023

ABBEVILLE – A private memorial service will be held a later date honoring the life of Margaret Primeaux Broussard, 82, who died Saturday, September 9, 2023 at Maison du Monde Living Center, peacefully surrounded by her family.
Margaret and her late husband Lester enjoyed gardening and selling their abundant vegetables to the public for over 20 years at their home in Lydia. They enjoyed spending their weekends dancing to Cajun French Music especially at their favorite place Smiley’s Bayou Club. Bingo, Arts and Crafts, and listening to the band, became her favorite past time while at Maison du Monde. “Enjoy each day as if it’s your last and always be kind to one another,” ~ Margaret.
She is survived by her three daughters, Anita and her husband, Kim Brasseaux of Kaplan, Lisa Tassin and her companion, Glenn of Erath, Marie and her husband, Eddie Simon of Erath; one son, Mark Broussard and his wife, Sheron of Lydia; three brothers, Alvin, Robert, and Daniel Primeaux; 16 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild; one goddaughter, Jacky Jones; numerous nieces and nephews; and Glenda Williams whom she looked at like a daughter.
She was preceded in death by her second husband, Lester Broussard and her first husband Wilton “Joe” Desormeaux who was the father of her children; her son, Robert “Joey” Desormeaux; her parents, Wildie Primeaux Sr. and the former Lydia Dudoit; four brothers, Wildie Jr., Donald, Norman and Douglas Primeaux; and a nephew Matthew James Primeaux.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the entire Staff at Maison du Monde Living Center especially her granddaughter Jessica Desormeaux Sherman and all the staff at Traditions Hospice who provided exceptional care.
Louisiana Funeral Services and Crematory 108 Hardware Road Broussard, LA 70518 are in charge of all funeral arrangements.

With wins over a pair of Class 2A schools in the first two weeks of the season, the Vermilion Catholic Eagles moved up a spot in the Week 3 poll for Class A football teams in Louisiana.
VC (2-0) opened the season with a 26-14 win over Catholic High of New Iberia, which is receiving votes in the 2A poll, and followed that with a 30-28 win over Ascension Episcopal in Week 2.
The Eagles moved up a spot to No. 3 in the most recent statewide poll taken by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, up from No. 4 in the first two Class A polls.
VC is the lone Vermilion Parish team receiving votes thus far in the season.
The Eagles travel to Loreauville on Friday. The Tigers are 2-0 and are ranked ninth in the Class 2A poll.

LSWA Prep Football Polls

Class 5A
School (1st) Rec
1. John Curtis (8) 1-0
2. Destrehan (3) 2-0
3. Edna Karr (1) 2-0
4. Zachary 1-0
5. Catholic-BR 1-1
6. Ruston 1-1
7. St. Augustine 2-0
8. Carencro 2-0
9. West Monroe 2-0
10. Acadiana 1-1

Others receiving votes: Brother Martin 19, Airline 18, Southside 17, East St. John 8, Mandeville 2, Archbishop Rummel 1, Dutchtown 1.

Class 4A
School (1st) Rec
1. St. Thomas More (9) 2-0
2. LCA (3) 2-0
3. Warren Easton 2-0
4. Neville 2-0
5. Westgate 2-0
6. North DeSoto 1-1
7. Teurlings Catholic 2-0
8. Lutcher 1-1
9. West Feliciana 1-1
10. Evangel Christian 1-1

Others receiving votes: De La Salle 16, Leesville 13, Archbishop Shaw 8, Cecilia 7, Vandebilt Catholic 5, Opelousas 3, Huntington 2, Pearl River 1, Tioga 1.

Class 3A
School (1st) Rec
1. University (5) 1-1
2. St. James (6) 1-1
3. E.D. White (1) 2-0
4. Sterlington 1-1
5. Madison Prep 1-1
6. Union Parish 1-1
7. John F. Kennedy 2-0
8. St. Louis 2-0
9. Lake Charles Prep 1-1
10. Iowa 1-1

Others receiving votes: Jena 28, Parkview Baptist 23, Amite 18, Bogalusa 5, Plaquemine 2, Carroll 1, Iota 1.

Class 2A
School (1st) Rec
1. Calvary Baptist (10) 2-0
2. St. Charles (2) 2-0
3. Newman 2-0
4. Oak Grove 1-1
5. Notre Dame 1-1
6. Dunham 1-1
7. Many 1-1
8. Episcopal-BR 1-1
9. Loreauville 2-0
10. Northlake Christian 2-0

Others receiving votes: Mangham 19, Rosepine 18, East Feliciana 15, South Plaquemines 9, Ascension Episcopal 4, Catholic-New Iberia 4, Grand Lake 2, Oakdale 2.

Class A
1. Ouachita Chr. (12) 2-0 2. Kentwood 2-0
3. VC 2-0
4. Southern Lab 1-1
5. Homer 1-1
6. St. Martin’s 2-0
7. Riverside Academy 1-1
8. Haynesville 2-0
9. Ascension Catholic 2-0
10. St. Frederick 1-1

Others receiving votes: St. Mary’s 30, Glenbrook Academy 19, Logansport 8.

ERATH — After suffering a tough triple-overtime loss to North Vermilion this past Friday, the Erath High football team is looking to be more disciplined when they travel to New Iberia on Friday to play Catholic High.
The Bobcats cut back on their turnovers, with only one interception and no fumbles lost, and had only four penalties for 27 yards against North Vermilion, improvements from the previous week’s six turnovers and eight penalties.
But on a wet field that got progressively muddier after an afternoon of rain and another shower at halftime, Erath also fumbled the ball once, muffed a punt reception and had trouble with a snap on what could have been the game-winning field goal at the end of regulation.
“It was a shame somebody had to lose the other night because that was a great game,” head coach Eric LeBlanc said. “Two of the overtime drives we didn’t score.
“We had a holding penalty that brought us back. It’s the little discipline things that come back to bite you at the end that you don’t realize until it’s too late. I think without those, we had a great chance to get it done. We had an opportunity for a field goal as time expired that didn’t come through. That’s the good thing about a team sport. It’s all about us. I think yesterday was a good day for us, and I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of the same improvements when we get out there today.
“I think all the corrections are more physical than mental.”
LeBlanc said he thought Mason Hebert had a great game on both sides of the ball. The senior is a running back and linebacker.
“He was as big a leader as anybody else out there on Friday,” LeBlanc said.
Catholic High is 1-1 after beating Parkview Baptist 14-10 last week.
“They’ve got some great athletes,” LeBlanc said. “They’re well-coached. You can see that on film.
“They beat a pretty good Parkview Baptist team on Friday. I’m sure they’re going to be out for revenge because we beat them last year. I expect them to give us a great game.”
The coach said his players are still giving a great effort.
“That hasn’t been an issue,” he said.
“We’ve got a lot of guys playing both ways. We’re just looking to clean up some of those mistakes, because I think everybody’s going to give us their best game each week.

The Abbeville Wildcats played the kind of game they wanted to play against a talented Central Catholic football squad this past Thursday, and it all started up front for the Wildcats.
“I thought we were much more aggressive on the offensive line this week than we were in week 1,” AHS head coach Roderick Moy said. “This week I thought was more indicative of who we want to be, and I thought the guys up front really went out and did a good job.
“That’s the brand of ball that we want to play, and until somebody makes us do something different, that’s what it’s going to be.”
Abbeville played well defensively, he said, in a game that was cut short because of lightning. The Wildcats earned the 20-14 win in three quarters.
“To hold a team with those kind of weapons to under 100 yards, albeit it in three quarters, the game wasn’t changing. If anything, we were starting to wear them down a little bit, I thought, with our having a few more numbers (of players) than them. I thought the fourth quarter was going to be good to us if that weather hadn’t hit.”
Abbeville plays host to North Vermilion on Friday.
Moy was impressed with North Vermilion holding a strong Erath offense to one touchdown in regulation.
“That’s a scary football team,” Moy said. “Very aggressive on defense. Hopefully we can do some things and put some things together to use that aggression against them.
“But I think we’re going to have to be more multiple and not allow them to stack the box.”
Because the North Vermilion coaches are familiar with what the Wildcats like to do on offense, Moy said Abbeville will have to open things up on offense.
“We’ve got to be able to make them cover the entire field, both north and south, east and west,” Moy said. “We only had two pass attempts last week, and I think to keep them from just teeing off on us, we’re going to have to throw the ball a little better and threaten them down the field, and make them cover more area.”
Moy said Abbeville is confident in its receivers and in quarterbacks Tahj Judge and Da’Zavian Maze.
“We just haven’t been faced with having to do that yet,” Moy said. “We thought we had an advantage in the box the first two weeks playing those guys that we had a size advantage over. We expect a packed box this week and we want to be able to go out and showcase what we were able to work on over the summertime.”
On defense, he’d like to see the defense make the same strides from last week to this week that it made from week 1 to week 2. Freshman Zaylun Hopkins earned a share of Gulf Coast Bank Defensive Player of the Week honors this past week after he had eight tackles, including four tackles for loss, with two sacks and forced a fumble this past week.
“We’ve got some young guys playing out there,” Moy said. “Any time you’ve got young guys out there, they have to get better each week, and not just say, ‘oh, we played well in week.’ We’ve got to continue to make strides, continue to learn, and continue to get better week to week if we’re going to be the football team we want to be.
“With the number of freshmen and sophomores we have on the fied, we have to continue to keep getting better if we’re going to improve to 2-1.”