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ERATH - Landon Toups may be the unsung hero of the Erath football team.
Need an offensive player who will get the job done? Call on Landon Toups.
Need a defensive stalwart who will make a stop when needed? Call Landon Toups.
Need someone who will do anything possible to help Erath win football games? Call Landon Toups.
Whatever your needs are for Erath football, Landon Toups will do what he can, when he can, to the best of his abilities.
And at the same time, remain humble about it.
“I just do whatever my coaches ask of me,” Toups said.

If last week was the “joint practices” or scrimmages as they are more commonly known, this week’s jamborees are more like “dress rehearsals” for the 2021 prep football season.
For the most part, the jamborees will consist of two 12 minute halves of football, usually running time, and there will be no coaches on the field watching every play.
As Abbeville coach Roderick Moy put it, half a football game, teams put the finishing touches in preparation for the prep football season, which begins next week.

The football scrimmage Thursday night between the Class 4A North Vermilion Patriots and the Class 3A Abbeville Wildcats turned out to be a showcase for two “rookie” quarterbacks.
Both squads were starting two quarterbacks who had little or no varsity experience.
North Vermilion found itself down to one quarterback heading into the scrimmage. Projected starter Isaiah Whitlock for NV was out due to an illness.