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RAYNE – The North Vermilion Patriots and the Erath Bobcats participated in the Acadia/Vermilion parish jamboree Thursday night and both fell short on the scoreboard.
  The Patriots took the field against the Eunice Bobcats.  On their second offensive possession, they claimed a 3-0 lead.  
Preston Bagwell led the Patriots down the field with 46 yards on three carries, including a 34-yard burst.  The drive stalled at the five-yard line, and kicker Logan Blanchard connected from 25 yards away to put NV on top with just over two minutes remaining before halftime.

Abbeville High School now has two world powerlifting champions.
Khandi Shuford from Cajun Prep Powerlifting won three medals at the IPF World Classic & Equipped Sub-Junior & Junior Powerlifting Championships in Malta.
Shuford secured a silver medal for bench press and gold medals for deadlift and total weight in the 57 KG Sub-Junior division. She won the world title on her mother, Katreet Shuford’s birthday.
Furthermore, Brylee Batiste from AHS won a world title in her weight class on Friday morning.

Abbeville High School senior wide receiver Derek Arclies worked for three and a half years to crack the starting lineup, and during last Friday’s scrimmage, he finally did it – at defensive end.
 Arclies measures at 6’5.  As a freshman, putting him at receiver was a no-brainer.  He’s tall, athletic, and has enormous hands.  But he never could get to first string.
  “I was in my head too much,” Arclies explained.  “On offense, you have to worry about so much.  On defense, you just run through people and attack the ball.”