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The North Vermilion Patriots built a lot of confidence in the final game of the regular season with a tough battle against Teurlings Catholic, enough so that they felt they had a legitimate shot at beating 10th-seeded Franklin Parish in the first round of the playoffs.
That confidence was warranted as the Patriots upset Franklin Parish 35-28 in double overtime to advance to a second-round Division II non-select playoff game at home this week against No. 7 seed Church Point.

ERATH — With the game and their season on the line Friday night in the first round of the Division II non-select football playoffs, the Erath Bobcats established their will on both offense and defense to pull out a 34-30 come-from-behind win over the Eunice Bobcats.
“We were down 30-20 in the third quarter, and the kids were able to battle back,” Erath head coach Eric LeBlanc said. “We scored a couple of touchdowns and held them out of the end zone. I thought the kids played great. They fought their butts off and represented the blue and white well.”

BRUSLY - The Abbeville Wildcats were down 14-0 but managed to tie it 14-14 at halftime and then blew the game open in the second half for a convincing 36-14 first-round playoff win over the Brusly Panthers on Friday.
One play sparked new life into Abbeville right before halftime.
The Wildcats were about to go into halftime down 14-6 against the Panthers. Brusly had the ball at the AHS 38-yard line and looked like they wanted to try and score. However, on fourth down, Brusly QB dropped back to attempt a long bomb down the field as time ticked away.