VC gets impressive win over Breaux Bridge

The Vermilion Catholic Eagles made Friday night look easy against the Class 3A Breaux Bridge Tigers.
The No. 2 Eagles jumped out to a 14-0 lead and cruised to a 45-0 win on Friday.
On VC’s first drive, the Eagles marched 53 yards in four plays to score their first touchdown. The drive took only 90 seconds. The big play of the drive was a 45-yard Jonathan Dartez pass to Hudson Hebert that set up the score.
Two plays later, Dartez scored from the two, making it 7-0 after Alex Broussard’s extra-point kick.
With three minutes to play in the first period,  Dartez darted 34 yards for a touchdown. Broussard nailed the extra point, and a blowout was underway.
VC head coach Broc Prejean enjoyed his team’s being in the lead this week. Last week, VC got behind 10-0 against Catholic High and stormed back for a 14-10 win.
“It is nice to be on the other end of that,” said Prejean about jumping out to a two-touchdown lead. “That was the message all week. Fast start. Fast start.  We can win from behind, but let’s win from in front. Lets try that. I was pleased with how we started the game.”
Not all of the news was positive for VC. On the opening kickoff, Jyrin Bessard, VC’s starting cornerback and tailback, injured his elbow and missed the rest of the game. As of Friday night, it was not known how bad the injury was.
The offense and defense adjusted with Bessard on the sideline in a sling.
The Eagles finished with 374 of total yards.
Dartez, who rushed for 223 yards in Week 1, finished with 104 yards  and three touchdowns.
The Eagles’ third touchdown in the first half began at their own 45-yard line, 55 yards away from the end zone.
The big play on the scoring drive was Jonathan Dartez completing a 30-yard pass to Ross Dartez, who, by-the-way, is not related to Jonathan.
 Jonathan also completed a 13-yard pass to Allen McLain, moving his team down to the 8. Two plays later, Joe Langlinais scored from the 4.
Ross had three catches for 115 yards and a score on the night. He longest was a 75-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter.
The Eagles scored their fourth touchdown of the first half with a one-yard TD run by Jonathan.
At halftime, Jonathan rushed for 68 yards on 11 carries, and he scored three times. 
The field goal kicker, Alex Broussard, was 4-for-4 in kicking extra points in the first half and 6-for-6 in the game.
The Eagles will prepare for  Class 2A Loreauville on Friday.
While the Eagles’ final score and all of their statistics were impressive, Coach Prejean will review the film to find ways to improve VC.
“We will look at the film on Saturday. We have to improve on some things,” he said.  “We will look at the film and make adjustments.”

Stat leaders for VC:

Rushing:
Jonathan Dartez - 14-103 3 TDs
Luke McLain - 6-33 yards, 1 TD;
Caleb Guidry - 8-10

Passing:
Jonathan Dartez: 8-19, 218 yards, TD;

Receiving:
Ross Dartez - 3-115 - 1 TD;
Hudson Hebert 2-68
Matthew Mollere 1-19
Allen McLain III - 1-13
William Simon 1-3