Six of the seven Vermilion Parish high school football teams earned spots in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association playoffs, and the one team that didn’t would have earned a spot if the brackets had not been trimmed by four teams in the non-select divisions this season.
Travin Moore returned an interception for a touchdown against Hanson.
FRANKLIN - The Vermilion Catholic Eagles took care of business on Friday by crushing the Hanson Memorial Tigers 49-0.
The Eagles finished the regular season 10-0 and won the District 7-A title outright.
The LHSAA will release the playoff brackets at noon on Sunday.
The Eagles will be ranked No. 1 in the Division IV Select Playoffs, which means they get a first-round bye.
The Eagles’ first playoff game will be on Nov. 18.
VC outscored its opponents by 434 points to 37 in 10 games.
They completed the regular season with seven shutouts.
Abbeville defensive end Tezarron Stewert (left) and linebacker Jaysen Shelvin (right) sandwiched tackle KHS running back Caden Campisi (36) on the two point play with a minute left in the game. The stop prevented Kaplan from scoring two points and taking the lead.
KAPLAN - Everyone in Ed Douglas Memorial Stadium knew who would get the football on a two-point conversion play for the Kaplan Pirates.
Everyone, including the Abbeville High defense, knew.
Kaplan got within one point, 14-13, after a Caden Campisi 7-yard TD run with 1:01 to play in the game.
KHS head coach Cory Brodie had the decision to make. Rely on a freshman kicker, or go with your senior who has 1,700 rushing yards on the year?
He went with the better odds and gave Campisi the football.
Jaydeon Turner (9) and Jaysen Shelvin (8) of Abbeville bring down St. Martinville receiver Harvey Broussard on Thursday night. SMSH won the District 5-3A game 42-19.
Abbeville defenders Nalen St. Julien (6) and Derrian Washington (7) stop St. Martinville’s Cullen Charles on Thursday night.
The St. Martinville Tigers took advantage of a couple of short field situations to build a big halftime lead and held off a second-half comeback try by the Abbeville Wildcats to remain unbeaten in District 5-3A action Thursday night at Wildcat Stadium in Abbeville.
The Tigers (5-4 overall, 3-0 district) scored on all four of their first-half possessions to lead 28-7 at the break, then added TDs on their first two second-half possessions to go up 42-7 before Abbeville buckled down and outscored the visiting team 12-0 the rest of the way.
EHS teammates Balke Dautreuil (8) and Christen Migues (1) shake hands with Nate Touchet (12) after he scored a touchdown.
Blake Dautreuil (8) attempts to tackle a Crowley player.
Erath's Christian Migues (1) and other Bobcats tackle a Crowley runner.
Erath defensive end Chase Broussard (30) is able to bring down Crowley QB Omar Butler.
Erath freshman running back Landon Lemaire (10) runs down field. He had 10 carries for 65 yards in the second half.
CROWLEY - The Erath Bobcats got out of Crowley with a 39-28 district victory and finished district at 3-1.
At one time, Erath led 29-6 at halftime and 36-6 early in the third period. But somehow, the Bobcats managed to find themselves in a dogfight with the Gents in the second half.
The Gents outscored EHS 22-6 in the second half after falling behind 36-6.
“It was crazy at the end,” said EHS head coach Eric LeBlanc. “We got a big lead early. Then, the offense and defense played well.”
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