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Vermilion Catholic remains first in the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s latest Class A football poll after crushing Central Catholic 48-14 this past week, but defending Select Division IV state champion Ouachita Christian moved into a tie with the Screaming Eagles this week.
Each team had 148 points in the statewide poll of LSWA members, with VC (9-0) getting seven first-place votes and OCS (8-1) getting six first-place votes.
The Eagles remain the only Vermilion Parish team receiving votes in the polls.
None of the polls saw a new No. 1 team.

ERATH - The Erath Bobcats lost a high-scoring game at home on Friday night against the Crowley Gents in a District 5-3A match.
The game ended with a score of 47-46 in favor of Crowley, who scored the final touchdown.
The two teams played an exciting game with a total of 14 touchdowns and 913 yards of combined offense.
Crowley quarterback Omar Butler was the standout performer, rushing for over 200 yards and passing for 218 yards. His performance made the difference in the game. The Gents piled up a total of 538 yards of offense in the game.

ST. MARTINVILLE — The Abbeville High football coaching staff was confident that if the Wildcats stuck to their gameplan, they'd find a way to stay unbeaten in District 5-3A play, even after falling three touchdowns behind St. Martinville just a minute into the third quarter.
The Wildcats outscored SMSH 32-0 in the final 22 minutes of the game, including the game-winning touchdown on a diving catch by senior Brian Gordon of a 30-yard pass by Da'Zavien Maze with 10 seconds to go in the game.