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After running in for a touchdown, EHS quarterback Jack Landry celebrates with the student body.

Erath is off to a 5-0 start

ERATH – The Erath Bobcats gave up a touchdown on the game’s first play, then scored 43-straight points en route to a 43-15 shellacking of the Westlake Rams Friday at Robert 
 The Bobcats (5-0) are undefeated at the halfway point of the regular season and are ranked seventh in the latest Louisiana Sports Writers Association Top 10 poll.   Head coach Eric LeBlanc believes his team can be as good as they want to be.

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Hugo Morales has rushed for 489 yards in three games for Delcambre.

Delcambre off to 3-0 start for first time since 1999

DELCAMBRE - The Delcambre Panthers find themselves in a place they have not been in since the 1999 football season.
Delcambre, under new head coach Cory Brodie, is off to a 3-0 start. The last time a Delcambre team began the year 3-0 was in 1999 under former Delcambre head coach Mike Delcambre.
“It feels good to be 3-0,” said Brodie.
The 2025 Panthers will look for their fourth win on Thursday when they host Vinton (2-1). The game will be played on Thursday, starting at 7 p.m.

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Jeremy Roy runs around the corner for Kaplan.

Kaplan improves to 2-1 with win over North Vermilion

KAPLAN - The Kaplan Pirates ran for 362 yards en route to a 48-16 road victory over the North Vermilion Patriots at Ed Douglas Memorial Stadium on Friday.
The game was played in Kaplan because North Vermilion’s turf field was not yet ready.
The Pirates (2-1) scored 41 unanswered points to blow open a close game, doing most of the damage on the ground.  The three-headed monster emerging in the Kaplan backfield accounted for 341 yards and four touchdowns.

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Erath's Ayden Tallimore (13) is one of many receivers for the Bobcats.

Erath Bobcats crack Sports Writers Top 10 poll

The Erath Bobcats have cracked the top 10 in the Class 3A Lousiana Sportswriter’s Association Poll for the first time this season.
Last week the Bobcats were No. 11 but a win over the Eunice Bobcats moved them up to No. 10 in this week’s poll.
Jewel Sumner is No. 1 at 3-0 in Class 3A, while St. James (2-1) is No. 2.
In Class 1A, Vermilion Catholic is No. 7 for the second week in a row.
Haynesville (3-0) is No. 1 while Opelousas Catholic is No. 2.
Jeanerette (3-0) is No. 3 and Ascension Episcopal is No. 11.

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Braylon Himel outruns the Ascension defenders on a 81-yard touchdown reception.

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Abbeville's Alonzo Turner (11) makes a tackle.

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Deylon Joseph (5) heads up field after an interception.

Abbeville almost spoils Ascension's homecoming

YOUNGSVILLE  - The Abbeville Wildcats almost spoiled Ascension Episcopal’s homecoming on Friday. 
The Wildcats ran out of time and lost 39-34 in a shootout.
Abbeville racked up 485 yards, including 308 in the air.
AHS had a chance to win the game in the final 90 seconds, down by five points.
The Wildcats began what could have been the game-winning drive at midfield under the command of quarterback Dazavien Maze, who played most of the second half at quarterback.

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