Abbeville's Tavion Menard (left) runs away from a Welsh defender.
The Abbeville Wildcats (0-3) showed promise in the first half but for the third game in a row, had trouble in the second half.
The VC defense swarms Elijah Mitchell on this play. But the Erath senior had his way agains that VC defense, rushing for 316 yards and scoring five touchdowns.
Rain showers greeted the Erath Bobcats when they arrived at Vermilion Catholic on Friday – a dreary sign for an EHS program that had not grounded the Eagles since 2010.
CHURCH POINT - The Kaplan Pirates, with its one-two running back punch, beat the Church Point Bears in impressive fashion 30-13 on Friday.
VC linebacker Peyton Theriot (left) wraps his arms around Kaplan running back Mac Thibeaux on Friday.
Vermilion Catholic senior linebacker Peyton Theriot and the Eagles have played against two good teams with an outstanding running game.
Quarterback Randy Leprete Jr. connected on 8 out of 13 passes for 63 yards for Gueydan.
For a while, it looked like it was going to be a shoot-out for the Gueydan Bears and Ascension Christian
When when the game was over, the Bears fell 47-28.