Erath Bobcats off to a great start

Things are going according to the plan for the Erath Bobcats.
Heading into the Eunice Bobcat (1-1) game on Friday, the EHS Bobcats are 2-0, just like a year ago.
In 2024, Erath entertained Eunice and came away with a 28-21 victory.
This year, Erath would love start the year 3-0 with a win over Eunice. However, Erath head coach Eric LeBlanc is not taking Eunice too lightly. The 2024 Eunice Bobcats finished 2-8. Already, the 2025 Eunice team is 1-1. They lost this past Friday to Jennings 22-16, but beat Northwest 16-14 to open the season.
“Playing Eunice has been really close games,” said EHS head coach Eric LeBlanc. “I expect it to be a really tight game.”
One game that was not tight was this past Friday’s game against the Class 4A North Vermilion Patriots.
Erath cruised to a 48-8 win over the Patriots.
It is the most points scored by an EHS team since the 2023-2024 season when the Bobcats put up 68 points in a win over Donaldsonville.
“This score is not what I expected,” said LeBlanc. “We challenged the guys each week and try to get better fron last Friday.
“Heading into this game, I wanted us to execute the game plan. We did not do that last week. I thought from the first snap, we executed.”
The Patriots were in the game in the first quarter, down only 7-0.
Then the Bobcats used ball control in the second quarter and blew the game open by scoring 21 points.
Erath drove 80 yards in six plays. Running back Aiden scored his second touchdown of the game with a 12 yard run. He finished the game with 116 yards and he scored three touchdowns.
The Bobcats scored again on their next possession, They took four minutes off the clock and marched 45 yards, capped off by a 9-yard TD run by Landon Lemaire.
That made it 21-0.
The EHS defense even got involved in scoring in the first half. EHS linebacker Jahlil Charles picked up a fumble and ran it back 27 yards for a touchdown.
In the second half, Charles scored a touchdown on offense on a 31-yard pass from quarterback Jack Landry.
Charles had two catches for 33 yards and a touchdown, plus on defense, he had nine tackles, four of them for loss yards. He had a forced fumble and a pass break up.
Landry, who completed eight out of 10 passes for 148 yards and a score, comes into the Eunice game.
On the year, Landry has completed 50 percent of his passe (15 out of 31 for 239 yards).
He has spread the wealth around. Not one EHS receiver has more than two catches and there six with one or two catches.
Running the ball, the Bobcats have shared the duties between Charles and Bourque. Both have around 23 carries for just over 202 yards. Bourque has scored five rushing touchdowns, including a 61-yard run in the third quarter against NVHS.
Charles has scored three times, three different ways. He has a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown and a fumble recovery returned 27 yards for a touchdown.