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ERATH — With the game and their season on the line Friday night in the first round of the Division II non-select football playoffs, the Erath Bobcats established their will on both offense and defense to pull out a 34-30 come-from-behind win over the Eunice Bobcats.
“We were down 30-20 in the third quarter, and the kids were able to battle back,” Erath head coach Eric LeBlanc said. “We scored a couple of touchdowns and held them out of the end zone. I thought the kids played great. They fought their butts off and represented the blue and white well.”

BRUSLY - The Abbeville Wildcats were down 14-0 but managed to tie it 14-14 at halftime and then blew the game open in the second half for a convincing 36-14 first-round playoff win over the Brusly Panthers on Friday.
One play sparked new life into Abbeville right before halftime.
The Wildcats were about to go into halftime down 14-6 against the Panthers. Brusly had the ball at the AHS 38-yard line and looked like they wanted to try and score. However, on fourth down, Brusly QB dropped back to attempt a long bomb down the field as time ticked away.

The Abbeville Wildcats, the Erath Bobcats, and the North Vermilion Patriots are moving on to the second round of the Division II playoffs.
The No. 17 Wildcats beat No. 16 Brusly 36-14 on the road. It is the second straight year the Wildcats advanced to the second round.
The Wildcats (7-4) will have to go on the road to battle No. 1 ranked Iowa (9-1).
Iowa had a first-round bye and is on a seven-game winning streak.
The game is scheduled to be played on Friday in Iowa.