Erath Lady Bobcats stun Notre Dame

ERATH - The Erath Lady Bobcats (10-9 overall) had a great week of basketball this past week.
First, they beat the Abbeville Lady Wildcats on Tuesday, a team they have only beaten once in four years. Then, on Friday, Erath stunned Notre Dame 50-49. Erath has not beaten Notre Dame in years.
With the win, Erath, North Vermilion and Notre Dame are in a three-way tie for first place in district at 3-1.
“We have never beaten Notre Dame,” said EHS head coach Andrea Bernard. “This is a team that deserves to beat them.”
Erath led by 10 at halftime but then watched it disappear in the second half because of Notre Dame’s Madelyn LeJeune, who scored 28 points in the game.
Notre Dame led 47-42 with 2:23 to play in the game.
Erath rallied behind point guard Monette Bolden. She got the rebound and drove the length of the court for a layup to cut it to 47-46 with 1:23 to play.
With 43 seconds to play in the game, Bolden drove the paint and scored to help Erath reclaim the lead 48-47 with 34 seconds to play. Notre Dame retook the lead 49-48 seconds later.
Then, Logan Goutierrez nailed a long jumper with her foot on the three-point line to give the Lady Bobcats the lead for good at the 14-second mark.
Goutierrez came off the bench in the first half and sparked the Lady Bobcats by hitting two big baskets. She finished the game with nine points.
Bolden had 14 and Alexis Lege added 13 for Erath. Other scorers for EHS were: Gabby Harrington (9), Olivia Blanchard (2), Ashlyn Lege (1) and Hannah Soileau (2).
Erath travels to Kaplan on Thursday.

Notre Dame boys...61
Erath........................46
The Erath Bobcats had three players foul out in their 61-46 loss to Notre Dame on Friday.
Scorers for Erath were Elijah Mitchell with 19 followed by Ross Bares (9), Bren Faulk (8), Jaylen Sinegal (5), Nick Suire (2), Zach Trangmar (1).
Clinton Johnson led ND with 25 points.
Erath boys travels to Kaplan on Monday, starting with a JV game at 5:15 p.m.