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The Kaplan Pirates moved on to the second round of the Division III Non-Select Playoffs after surprising No. 12 Pine with a 34-18 win on Friday. Their next opponent will bring a different style of football.
The Pirates (6-5) travel to Kinder to battle the No. 4 Yellowjackets, who drew a bye in the first round.
The Yellowjackets are undefeated at 10-0, averaging 48 points per game on offense and allowing 21 points per game on defense.
They have scored 60 points in one game and topped 50 points five times this season.

ERATH — When people talk about powerhouse football programs, names like West Monroe, John Curtis, Catholic High of Baton Rouge, St. Thomas More and Karr usually come up. Union Parish’s Fighting Farmers deserve to be mentioned right alongside them.
Union Parish won state titles in 2001, 2013, and 2023. They also made it to the finals in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Last year, the Farmers lost in the Non-Select Division III semifinals.
From 2020 to 2023, they played in the state finals. Last year was the first time since 2019 that they didn’t make it that far.

  The No. 5 Erath Bobcats secured their first 10-0 season in school history, won the District 5-3A championship, and secured the No. 5-seed in the Division III non-select playoffs with a 40-12 victory over the No. 26 Abbeville Wildcats Friday night at Wildcat Stadium.
    Bobcats’ head coach Eric LeBlanc, an Erath High graduate, reflected on the impact a perfect season has on the players, the school, and the entire community.