Kaplan gets big win over St. Martinville in front of homecoming crowd

Leading up to the St. Martinville contest, Kaplan fans were questioning why they were playing St. Martinville for homecoming.
However, Kaplan head coach Cory Brodie knew his team always gets motivated to play a homecoming game, which was just what the Pirates needed to battle the St. Martinville Tigers this past Friday.
In an entertaining game for the homecoming crowd, the Pirates pulled off a minor upset, 36-32.
This win puts the Pirates in the driver’s seat of winning the district championship, with only one district game left to play. Kaplan is currently 3-0 in the district and will be facing Church Point (5-3) on the road in a non-district game.
Meanwhile, the Abbeville Wildcats (6-2) are 2-0 in the district and will be traveling to St. Martinville (2-6, 1-1) on Friday.
AHS and Kaplan end the regular season, playing against each other.
“It feels good,” said KHS head coach Cory Brodie about the win. “We got behind and had to find a way to win.”
The game was a back-and-forth one, with Kaplan leading 15-6 at the 3:47 mark in the second period.
Daylon Landry, Kaplan’s running back, scored the Pirates’ first two touchdowns with a 9-yard TD run and a 2-yard TD run.
Landry had a career game, finishing with 226 yards rushing on 34 carries, and he scored four times. Landry’s teammate, Jed Devoltz, also successfully ran the ball with 23 carries for 136 yards. At halftime, Kaplan was ahead 15-12.
Although St. Martinville went ahead 18-15 in the third quarter, Kaplan stormed back and led 29-25 with 4:29 to go in the game.
However, the Tigers did not quit and went with a halfback pass that covered 76 yards and put St. Martinville ahead 32-29 with just over three minutes to play in the game.
This time, Kaplan would answer the call with the game on the line. Landry scored on a 24-yard run with 50 seconds to play in the game, sending the Kaplan homecoming crowd into a celebration.
Kaplan defensive end Remy Broussard shut the door on St. Martinville by recovering a fumble with 25 seconds left in the game.
Kaplan kicker Gannon Smith went 4-for-4 kicking extra points, which was the difference in the game.
St. Martinville quarterback Kaden Zenon did his best to keep his team in the game, with nine carries for 97 yards and a score. He also completed 13-out-of-17 passes for 219 yards and three touchdowns.