Abbeville gets ninth win after whipping Erath

The 2021 Abbeville Wildcats finished the regular season with nine wins, which has not been done since 2002, under former AHS head coach Brent Indest.
Impressively, the Wildcats got their ninth win, whipping the Erath Bobcats 38-14 to close out the regular season 9-1. The last time Abbeville beat Erath in football dates back to 2010.
On Friday, for 3 1/2 quarters, AHS dominated the game. In the final 1/2 of a quarter, the Wildcats had their junior varsity team going up against Erath’s first team. The Erath first team scored two touchdowns in the final six minutes of the game.
“I am pleased 200 percent,” said Abbeville head coach Roderick Moy. “I do not have a bad word to say. We came out and took care of business.
“We showed for a half that Abbeville can be a team to be deal with.”
The Wildcats and Erath will find out Sunday who they play in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs, which begins Friday.
Abbeville will be a top-four seed team and will play host in the first round. Erath is also expected to play at home in the first round.
The Wildcats dominated on both sides of the football.
At halftime, the Wildcats led 31-0.
While the offense was scoring points, Abbeville’s defense was shutting down Erath’s throwing game in the first half.
The Bobcats had only 29 yards of total offense in the first half. EHS sophomore quarterback Lynkon Romero had a rough first half. He completed 2 of 12 passes for 39 yards in the first half.
The Bobcats did worse running the football. They had minus 10 yards rushing in the first half.
The Wildcats played a complete game on offense.
They were successfully running and passing the football.
Blake Saddler had 85 yards rushing at half time. He finished with 112 yards. Where the Wildcats differed was in the passing game.
Sophomore quarterback Taj Judge was on fire throwing the football in the first half. He was 6-for-8 for 179 yards. He finished the game 6-for-10 for 179 yards.
Darrian Washington had two catches for 76 yards.
Saddler had a 79 yard reception for a touchdown.