On Friday, the Vermilion Catholic Eagles racked up 479 yards of offense and cruised to a 56-20 district win over the Hanson Tigers (4-2).
It was a district opener for both clubs.
Hanson came into the game with four wins and one loss. But, despite their record, they could not stop the Eagles’ running game.
For the first time in years, the Eagles had two players rush for more than 150 yards.
The North Vermilion Patriots exploded for 42 points and 544 yards of offense to get their first win of the season.
The Patriots (1-5) beat LaGrange 42-14 in a non-district game on Friday.
Benny Freeman had a career night by rushing for 224 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown.
Tucker Denais also had a big night carrying the football for 130 yards on 16 carries.
NV threw the football, as well.
Logan Thompson completed nine of 25 passes for 175 yards and three touchdowns,
Ashley Cormier
Barbara LeMaire
David Suire
The Abbeville High Hall of Fame Committee has selected three people to this year’s Abbeville High Hall of Fame class.
Two members are former AHS athletes, while the other is an honorary inductee.
The two athletes are David Suire and Ashley Cormier, while the honorary inductee is Barbara Gayle LeMaire, who helped create the AHS Hall of Fame.
They will be honored Thursday at a special ceremony at Magdalen Place in Abbeville and for the football game on Friday at halftime.
David Suire
Coach Charlie Cryer runs onto the field at the Superdome after VC just beat Kentwood in the Class 1A state finals in 2002.
A former head football coach at Vermilion Catholic for three years, Charlie Cryer, passed away Tuesday morning in Houma.
He was 59.
Cryer coached at VC from 2002 to 2004. He was the head coach when the VC Eagles beat Kentwood in the Class 1A finals to win the school’s first football state title.
At the time of his death, he was an assistant football coach at Vandebilt Catholic in Houma.
Cryer was a high school coach for 31 years and grew up in Shreveport, where he was a stand-out high school football player at Woodlawn High School.
Abbeville linebacker Jason Alverez (29) tackles a Northside runner in the second half. The AHS defense held Northside to under 100 yards of offense.
LAFAYETTE - The Abbeville Wildcats improved to 4-0 after whipping the Class 4A Northside Vikings 25-0 on Friday.
While the offense has been scoring points and hogging the limelight, the Wildcats’ defense is looking for some love.
When the game ended, the defense celebrated probably more than the offense because it meant the defense pitched its second straight shutout. For the last eight quarters, no one has scored on Abbeville’s defense.
For a defender, that is like a pitcher throwing a no-hitter in baseball.
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