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BALDWIN - Abbeville senior inside linebacker Zaylun Williams admitted that he and the rest of the Wildcats were looking ahead to next week in preparing for Thursday night’s road trip to winless West St. Mary.
But in the end, it didn’t matter as Abbeville’s defense pitched a shutout, and the offense came around in the second half as the Wildcats won their fourth straight game of the season in a 41-0 rout of the Wolfpack as the team looks towards Friday’s road game at St. Charles Catholic.
“I’m not going to talk down about an opponent, but we weren’t worried about this team; we were looking forward to next week,” Williams said after the win in which the defense recorded six sacks, three interceptions, including a pick 6 for a touchdown and held WSM to negative yards rushing in the contest.
“We were looking ahead, but it didn’t hurt us tonight.”
While the offense struggled in the first half and only led 12-0 at the break, the defense completely shut down West St. Mary (0-5), giving the offense time to get going and start producing yards and points.
“That was just us executing the plan we had all week,” Williams said. “That was us being coached well, executing the coach’s plan for the game, and not letting them have any positive yards.
“They may have had some positive yards here and there, but when it came time to lock down, we locked down.”
Justin Montgomery had a 3-yard TD run for the game’s first score.
The second touchdown went in the air. Quarterback Tahj Judge connected with Artis Latson for a 30-yard touchdown. It was 12-0 at halftime.
The Wolfpack had more negative plays than positive ones in the game.
West St. Mary finished with negative five yards rushing and at one time was negative 30 yards rushing. WSM quarterback Tyshon Jackson was sacked six times, including, appropriately enough, the game’s last play. He was picked off three times, including a 38-yard interception return for a score in the fourth quarter from sophomore Deylon Joseph.
“Our defense held us in while we figured some things out offensively,” Abbeville (4-1) coach Roderick Moy said. “We weren’t very sound on offense, but the defense held it together until we got over the hump in the second half.
“I’m very proud of the effort defensively.”
Moy was very complimentary of Williams’ performance.
“He was our only healthy inside linebacker. We had to make up some things and do some differently,” the AHS coach said. “We lost two kids in the past two days, and Williams was the senior leader we needed him to be tonight.”
The defense needed to be stout because the Wildcats struggled on offense in the first half.
Only two drives ended in touchdowns as Montgomery scored on a three-yard run in the first quarter, and Judge threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Artis Latson in the second quarter.
But Moy didn’t hit the panic button.
“At the end of the day, we stayed true to who we are,” Moy said. “We didn’t make anything up. We hit a couple of passes at the end of the second and third quarters, and in the fourth quarter, we could play power football and still hung 41 on them.”
Abbeville scored 23 points in the second half against WSM, including a nice bit of trickeration with a double-pass that ended up in the hands of Brian Gordon to complete the 30-yard pass play for the score.
Now, the Wildcats turn their attention to St. Charles, the reigning Select Division III state champions.
“Hopefully, we are going to play the ball style next week where no one scores 41 points,” Moy said.” It’s going to be a clash of two excellent football teams in the state of Louisiana.
“Our goal is to put the state on notice that we are here and we are going to be here for a long time in November and into December.”
Abbeville finished with 240 yards rushing and 79 passing yards for a total of 319 yards.
Montgomery had 13 carries for 79 yards rushing, while Tazavian Andrews also had 13 carries for 80 yards.
Edmar Simon III had nine carries for 45 yards.
The Wildcats used two quarterbacks. DaZavien Maze completed 2 for 4 passes for 49 yards and a touchdown. Judge completed one out of two passes for 30 yards and a touchdown.
With receptions for Abbeville were Artis Latson (2 catches for 41 yards and a TD) and Brian Gordon (1 catch for 38 yards and a TD).

This week North Vermilion High School will be celebrating homecoming.
The annual homecoming parade will be Thursday, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The Patriots will take on the LaGrange Gators on Friday at 7 p.m.

After a three-week investigation of a bomb threat at Abbeville High School, the Abbeville Police arrested an Erath teen for allegedly making the threats.
The police department did not release the teen’s name because he is a minor.
Much teamwork went into finding the person who allegedly made the bomb threats.
With assistance from the Abbeville Police Department Patrol Division, Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Investigations Division, Erath Police, as well as Abbeville and Erath high schools, the suspect was identified.
“I am tired of people calling in bomb threats,” said Abbeville Police Chief Mike Hardy. “I want people to know we are going to track you down and arrest you.”
On Sept. 4, at 8:52 p.m., the Abbeville Police Department Patrol Division took a phone complaint from an anonymous male subject advising that he would bomb Abbeville High School on Sept. 5 at around 9 a.m.
The male subject explained that he was a 16-year-old student who attended Abbeville High and was bullied in school and online. The male subject refused to give any further information.
At approximately 9:02 p.m., the male subject called the police department, stating that the previous threat of blowing up the school was not a joke and should be taken seriously.
The caller further explained that he had a book sack full of bombs, enough to blow up the whole school.
The caller said he knew officers would evacuate the school or cancel school, but he would still go through with his plan.
The caller’s voice was low, deep, and had an accent. It was also apparent that the caller was using a voice-changing/distorting app.
It was later determined that the subject used a text now/text-free app to generate non-traceable numbers.
Through the investigation, detectives could subpoena records from the company that runs the before-mentioned apps and obtain IP addresses.
Once the IP addresses were obtained, it was determined that the most-used IP address was a Cox internet/Wi-Fi user.
Records from Cox were subpoenaed and obtained, giving a specific address.
The subject’s electronic devices were obtained as evidence, and charges are being filed within the jurisdiction of the Abbeville Police Department. There is a possibility of other charges in other jurisdictions as well.

The Vermilion Catholic Eagles climbed a spot to No. 2 in the latest Class A high school football poll conducted by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
VC beat Erath 38-14 this past week to remain unbeaten at 4-0.
The Eagles are the lone Vermilion Parish football team receiving votes in the statewide poll of a panel of LSWA members.
Vermilion Catholic opens District 7-A play on Friday at home against Highland Baptist.

LSWA Statewide Prep Football Polls
Class 5A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
School (1st) Rec
1. John Curtis (9) 3-0 149 1
2. Edna Karr (4) 4-0 143 2
3. Destrehan 4-0 131 3
4. Zachary 3-0 116 4
5. Ruston 4-0 111 5
6. Carencro 4-0 85 6
7. West Monroe 4-0 61 8
8. Acadiana 3-1 59 9
9. Airline 4-0 43 NR
10. East St. John 4-0 35 NR

Others receiving votes: St. Augustine 30, Catholic-Baton Rouge 27, Brother Martin 9, Southside 8, Dutchtown 4, Sam Houston 3, Holy Cross 3, Parkway 1.

Class 4A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. St. Thomas More (13) 4-0 156 1
2. Neville 4-0 136 3
3. Lafayette Christian 3-1 130 2
4. Westgate 4-0 121 4
5. North DeSoto 3-1 95 6
6. Warren Easton 1-3 88 5
7. Lutcher 2-1 73 7
8. West Feliciana 3-1 64 8
9. Teurlings Catholic 3-1 57 9
10. Archbishop Shaw 2-2 21 NR

Others receiving votes: Cecilia 19, Tioga 17, Evangel Christian 14, Opelousas 9, Franklin Parish 7, Plaquemine 5, Morgan City 1, Vandebilt Catholic 1.

Class 3A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. University (10) 3-1 153 1
2. E.D. White (3) 4-0 138 3
3. St. James 3-1 134 2
4. Sterlington 3-1 120 4
5. Jena 4-0 91 6
6. Union Parish 2-2 83 7
7. Parkview Baptist 3-1 80 8
8. Madison Prep 2-2 50 5
9. John F. Kennedy 3-1 47 9
10. St. Louis 3-1 39 10

Others receiving votes: Amite 24, Wossman 11, Iota 10, North Webster 7, Bogalusa 6, Lake Charles Prep 6, Bunkie 4, Carroll 4, Pine 3, South Beauregard 1.

Class 2A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. Calvary Baptist (9) 4-0 152 1
2. St. Charles (4) 4-0 147 2
3. Newman 4-0 129 3
4. Dunham 3-1 110 5
5. Oak Grove 2-2 101 6
6. Notre Dame 2-2 91 4
7. Episcopal-Baton Rouge 3-1 69 8
8. Northlake Christian 4-0 52 9
9. Many 2-2 48 7
10. Loreauville 3-1 43 10

Others receiving votes: Catholic-New Iberia 39, Oakdale 26, Ascension Episcopal 3, South Plaquemine 3.

Class A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. Ouachita Christian (13) 4-0 157 1
2. Vermilion Catholic 4-0 142 3
3. Southern Lab 2-1 122 4
4. Homer 3-1 108 5
5. Kentwood 3-1 106 2
6. St. Martin’s 3-0 86 6
7. Riverside Academy 3-1 82 7
8. Haynesville 4-0 77 8
9. St. Mary’s 4-0 52 10
10. Ascension Catholic 3-1 39 9

Others receiving votes: Logansport 31, Glenbrook Academy 9, Jeanerette 6, St. Frederick 6, White Castle 2, Centerville 1.