Faces of Football 2011

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Prep Table of Contents

Abbeville Wildcats: page 3

Vermilion Catholic Eagles: page 4

Erath Bobcats: page 5

Delcambre Panthers: page 6

North Vermilion: page 8

Kaplan Pirates: page 9

Geuydan Bears: page 11

Faces can do many things.Faces can inspire. From

the fresh one to a seasoned one, faces can tell a story. The face can tell a story of where someone has been, as well as where someone is going.

The Faces of Vermilion Parish Football can do all of those things and more. Go to any game this fall and you will see just that, even if you can't see the faces under the helmet. Those faces will be ones of pure joy and and sometimes agony. But the faces will tell a story.

The story most of the faces will want to tell in 2011 is suc-cessful ones. The faces mak-ing up the Abbeville Wildcats, Delcambre Panthers, Kaplan

Pirates, North Vermilion Pa-triots and Vermilion Catholic Eagles will want to see them-selves reach the postseason in back-to-back seasons. The faces of the Erath Bobcats and Gueydan Bears will try to be push forward and get back to the postseason.

There will be some new faces, including dozens of freshman. Most of the coach-es are familiar faces, but VC has a new face on the side-line, fi rst-year head coach Trev Faulk.

There will be plenty of faces watching the Faces of Football this fall. Every face will tell a story. And every one of those stories will be worth the read.

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Members of the Abbeville offense (L-R): Dustin Broussard (74), Patrick Landry(6),Ross Duhon (14), Cole LaPoint (53)

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After going 4-6 in regular season play with one of the toughest schedules of any team in class 3A, the Abbev-ille Wildcats ended the 2010-2011 season with a 49-14 loss to Patterson in round one of the playoffs.

Abbeville Head Coach Larry Breaux said last year’s schedule may have been a little too tough.

“To be honest, I may have over done it,” he said. “Last year we were number two in the state as far as strength (of schedule) goes.

“What I tried to do with our non-district opponents is set it up where it isn’t quite as tough.”

Now, with a new district (9-3A) to contend with, one that includes the team that knocked them out of postsea-son play a year ago, the Wild-cats face a whole new set of challenges.

“You are kind of nervous at this point,” said Breaux, “about whether you’re ready or not... but I feel that way every year at this time.”

Gone are last year’s start-ing quarterback in the wily R.J. Frederick, tight end/de-fensive Alonzo Williams, re-ceivers Delontra Fields and Brett Meaux and right tackle JJ Davenport.

The rebuilding begins with a team that fi elds over 30 freshman.

“It’s not that I’m really scared any more than I nor-mally would be because we’re young,” said Breaux. “It’s just that time of year. Everybody’s kind of nervous.”

Though they are fi elding a team of 53 players, the Wild-cats have only three return-

ing starters, all offensive line-men: 6-foot, 225 pound senior right guard Cole LaPoint; 6-foot, 260 pound right tackle Dustin Broussard and 5-foot-10-inch, 240 pound center Matthew Lege.

Those experienced line-men will be protecting the blind side of new junior left-handed starting quarterback Ross Duhon (6 feet 1 inch, 175 pounds).

On the left side of the line, Abbeville will have 5-foot-11-inch, 240-pound guard Jorge Felipe and 5-foot-10 -inch ju-nior tackle Bret Stelly.

Duhon said he is not wor-ried about the changes as he


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The Vermilion Catholic Eagles started out 0-6 last season, but ended the regu-lar season by winning four-straight games to make the playoffs for the second year in a row.

This year, a new head coach is at the controls and VC returns 13 starters, the majority of which are seniors.

VC Head Coach Trev Faulk, who is a former line-backer for the LSU Tigers and a former NFL player, is taking the team in a new di-rection offensively.

Returning senior quar-terback Aaron David will be tasked with keeping things under control and hitting his receivers in what Faulk says will be a fast-paced attack.

“Our quarterbacks coach has done a really good job of working with Aaron through-out the spring, all sum-mer and now into fall,” said Faulk. “We’re feeling pretty confi dent in Aaron’s ability to throw the football. I think everyone knows he can throw it.”

Faulk suggested David’s task is much like that of a talented recruit.

“We just have to get him focused on making the proper reads and executing in this offense,” said Faulk. “I think the same could be said for any young quarterback com-ing into a new system.

“He’s done well and we’ve seen a lot of improvements from Aaron from spring prac-tice up until where we are now.”

Aaron David may be learning a new system, but his comfort level should be

high with his receivers and backs, as most of them retain their starting roles from last season.

Senior Ryan David re-mains at his wide receiver position. He is joined there by junior Dustin Desormeaux, who is moving from the run-ning back position he held last year. The other two re-ceivers are slated to be Beaux Primeaux and Emile Chias-son.

Faulk said the chemistry between those receivers and their quarterback is appar-ent.

“There defi nitely is (chem-istry), being that we have quite a few upper classmen,” said Faulk. “But, there’s still the adjustment period, be-cause they’re also running a new system and learning new routes that maybe senior

Faulk brings spread offense to VC Eagles

Members of the VC offense: Aaron David (14), Jacoby Davis (31), Emile Chiasson (10), Ben Primeaux (1), Caleb Zaunbrecher (55).

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ERATH - The Erath Bob-cats had a respectable 4-6 overall record in 2010, but a disappointing 1-5 district re-cord conspired to keep them out of the playoffs. This year they want to change that.

The Bobcats started out 3-0 last year, but dropped the next fi ve-straight games.

“(We) made signifi cant of-fensive improvements last football season,” said third-year Erath Head Coach Destin Dietrich, “despite losing standout (senior) run-ning back Aaron Darby to a season-ending foot injury in week four.”

That offense will boast fi ve retuning starters, including 5-foot-8-inch, 240-pound se-

nior center Jerret Dooley and 5-foot-10-inch, 194-pound se-nior right tackle Beau Dugas on the line.

In the backfi eld, the Bob-cats will have 5-foot-8-inch, 190-pound junior Coy Clostio; 5-foot-9-inch, 155-pound junior Wayne Scalisi and 5-foot-9-inch, 165-pound se-nior speedster Cole Bourque.

Erath lost one of its team leaders when quarterback Mikey Seymour, who threw for 906 yards in the run-heavy triple option offensive formation that Dietrich runs, graduated last year. There is somewhat of a position battle to fi ll his shoes between ju-nior Jimmy Jordan (5 feet 7 inches, 150 pounds) and sophomore Ty Barres (6 feet,

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DELCAMBRE - The Del-cambre Panthers are enter-ing a new class, 2A, and with it a new district for 2011-12.

Last year, the Panthers made it to the playoffs in their fi nal season in Dis-trict 7-1A, though they lost a heartbreaker to St. Edmunds in the fi rst round of the play-offs.

“We had a good game, we just didn’t do the things we should have done to contin-ue playing,” said Delcambre Head Coach Darcy Delcam-bre, who is entering his 11th year in that role. “That’s one of those humps that we have to get over: how are we going to overcome some adversity?”

Coach Delcambre said he felt his players that are re-turning from last year will have gained from last year’s experience.

“Hopefully they will have picked up some things from last year,” he said. “Somebody will score a touchdown. You will fumble. We don’t want to let that happen, but if it does happen, how are we going to bounce back from that? We have to bounce back.

“We’re not going to push the panic button when some-body scores two quick ones on us; we’re going to come back and fi ght.”

The Panthers ended the season with a 5-6 record, hav-ing tied for fi rst place in Dis-trict 7-1A.

This season, the Panthers will be in District 6-2A with Jeanerette, Loreauville, West St. Mary and Catholic High of New Iberia.

Those last two teams were in class 3A last season.

“It’s going to be a chal-lenge, without a doubt,” said Delcambre. “Any time you move up a level like that,

there’s a change.“In the mid-80s, we were

in 2A, so, it’s like I told the kids, ‘New district, new teams, new challenge,’ and now we’ve just got to work on that.”

The only team in the new district that Delcambre has not played in recent years is West St. Mary, so Coach Del-cambre said he feels that his team will be ready for those new challenges.

Coach Delcambre said his biggest concern was the “mental aspect” of his players going into the larger class, but that he felt the Panthers could handle it.

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LEROY - In his fi rst year as skipper of the North Ver-milion football team, Head Coach Tommy Byler took the Patriots to the playoffs.

NV went into the postsea-son as the 27 seed and lost in the fi rst round to number 6 Holy Cross out of New Or-leans.

That was the Pats’ second-consecutive trip to the post-season.

Entering his second sea-son with the Patriots, Byler will look to improve on that record.

“We’re going to be really young this year,” said Byler. “(We have) lots of question marks to answer (as only) eight starters return.”

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160 pound second-year start-er Joe Duhon at quarterback.

Duhon made 53 comple-tions on 105 attempts for 839 yards last year. He had 10 touchdown tosses versus eight interceptions.

“He’s really stepped up since he became the starting quarterback last year. We know he can do the job,” By-ler said of Duhon,. “We don’t have any concerns about that. The problem is that we don’t have anyone to back him up.”

By that, Byler said he meant that the backup quar-terbacks he had in mind ear-lier in the year are no longer with the team.

“His backup is a wide re-ceiver,” Byler said.

That receiver is a familiar target for Duhon: 5-foot-7-inch, 160-pound second-year

Members of the Patriots offense: (59), Jeremy James (20), Joe Duhon (11), Dane Briggs (45), Chris Fauntleroy (54), Landon Dupuy (6), Trevor Johnson(56)

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The Kaplan Pirates were the only Vermilion Parish high school football team to get past the fi rst round of the playoffs last season after go-ing 8-2 in the regular season and 4-1 in district play.

Kaplan fi nished second in District 5-3A to Notre Dame, which is no longer in the same district as the Pirates after this year’s redistricting.

The 10th-seeded Pirates beat Eunice number 23 Eu-nice 21-14 for their fi rst playoff victory in 14 years to advance to the second round where they lost 48-38 to even-tual state runner up, number 7 Patterson.

“(That result) has the Pi-rates thinking they can do better,” said Kaplan Head Coach Stephen Lotief who is entering his second year at Kaplan High. “The kids are starting to realize that time is running out and every play is important.”

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Senior quarterback Ka-meron Abshire (6 feet, 200 pounds) is entering his sec-ond season at the helm of the offense.

Abshire’s targets will be fi rst-year starters junior tight end Mah LaVergne (6 feet 1 inch, 200 pounds) and senior

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starter Landon Dupuis.Dupuis wracked up 434

yards on 20 receptions for four touchdowns a year ago.

Byler said that being so thin at the quarterback posi-tion will dictate a lot of the play calling he employs this season.

“We’re just going to have be careful with what we do with him,” he said. “We’re not going to want to do things that put him at risk of getting hurt out there.”

That being the case, the Pats will likely lean heavily on their tailback, returning senior Jeremy James (6 feet, 175 pounds), as NV lost last year’s leading rusher when Zach Bourque graduated.

Bourque had 185 carries for 933 yards and a 5.04 av-erage in 2010, but as a junior James had 252 yards on 69 carries for a respectable 3.65 average.

“He’s a heck of an athlete,” said Byler of James, “and he can do some great things on the fi eld when he wants to. The challenge is going to be to get him to go 100 percent all the time.

“Because that’s what we’re going to need him to do.”

The Pats also retain se-nior Chris Fauntleroy (5 foot 10 inches, 180 pounds) at right guard, though he is the only other returning offen-sive starter from last year’s playoff squad.

New offensive starters in-clude junior Riley Maturin at wide receiver and junior Chad Beraud at split end.

The entire left side of the line is also new. It consists of senior Dillon Romero at tackle, junior Brylan Suire

at guard and junior Jordan Bruno at center.

Joining James in the backfi eld will be senior Tim Baudoin at fullback.

In 2010, Baudoin gained 26 yards on eight touches. He also had seven receptions for 108 yards and four touch-downs, so he seems primed for a solid year in the back-fi eld.

Defensively, NV returns corner backs Dupuy and Fauntleroy.

“We’ve got several offen-sive starters penciled in as defensive starters,” said By-ler, “but we’re going to have to try different things with our younger players to help give those guys a break.

“We’re going to need some kids to step up and show that they can play.”

Byler pointed to his run-ning back, James, as a prime example of why he wanted to utilize as few players on both sides of the ball as possible.

“I can’t see using him on defense,” Byler said. “By

the time the fourth quarter comes around, he won’t have anything left. It won’t matter if he wants to (go full out) or not.”

Returning starters Bau-doin and Marturin at the linebacker position in the Pats’ 4-2-5 basic set should help keep the confusion down for the young defense.

The lone returning defen-sive lineman for NV, though, is Dane Briggs.

All three safeties - Mitch Bares, Chad Beraud and Kenneth Johnson are new.

The three new linemen are Castle Drummer, Brylan Suire and Daelin Brasseaux.

“None of those guys are very big,” said Byler, “but they’re very athletic...The hope is that they’ll be able to use their speed to counter the size difference we’re likely to have with a team like (new district foe) Patterson. If we can do that, we could have a pretty good season.”

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Last year, the Gueydan Bears went 1-9, a complete reversal of fortunes as com-pared to the year before, when they were 9-1 in the regular season.

Gueydan’s only losses that year came to class 3A South Beauregard in mid-season and to Delhi Charter in the second round of the playoffs.

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experienced team that I’ve had as a head coach and that we’ve had in recent years,” said Gueydan Head Coach Jay Landry.

He said the last couple of years have just happened to coincide with a time when the rural community of Guey-dans does not have many boys in 11th and 12th grade.

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LEROY - North Vermilion tail back Jeremy James has a lot going on these days, so much so that he says when he has time off from sports, all he wants to do is relax.

When asked for a good time to reach her son for an interview, James’ mother, Vallerie, quipped, “after a nap.”

And when asked when that might be, she re-plied, “all the time.”

But don’t take that to mean that the laid back James is lazy.

James plays three sports for the Patriots.He is a point guard on the NV basketball team,

and he is also a big part of the Patriots’ track team.In track, James runs on the relay squads,

sprints, and throws the shot.He said he prefers to play football, though.“Football is my passion,” he said.James said all he did over the summer was

work out and run.“I’ve be training,” he said, “getting ready for

the season.“I work out twice a day, lifting weights, and I

run a lot of sprints.”James said he runs sprints to help develop the

quick-burst speed that he feels should help him break away from secondary defenders.

If he has improved that speed over last season, then 2011 should be a banner year for James.

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Dore was Delcambre’s leading rusher last year, chalking up 1,016 yards.

Delcambre said that hav-ing a back break the 1,000 yard plateau is a priority.

“The last few years,” said Delcambre, “we’ve had a run-ning back that has rushed for over 1,000 yards.

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Those linemen, all seniors, include last year’s starting tackles senior Dillan Falgout (5 feet 11 inches, 230 pounds)and 6-foot-4-inch, 260 pound senior Clayce Heyer.

In the middle, Delcambre is fi elding three new starters in senior guards Mark Ro-drigue (5 feet 11 inches, 185 pounds) and Tyler Comeaux (6 feet 1 inch, 220 pounds), as well as senior center Nick Melancon (6 feet, 270 pounds).

The Panthers are also fi elding a new quarterback for 2011 in junior Robert Primeaux.

At 5 foot 7 inches tall and 150 pounds, some might consider Primeaux to be un-dersized at the quarterback position, but Delcambre says Primeaux can fi ll the role.

“If he’s a competitor, that’s what I want,” said Delcam-bre. “I want a guy that can lead the team.

“You give me a quarter-back that’s got a lot of heart and that’s a competitor, and we’ll take that. That’s what we hope Robert’s going to be.”

Still, Delcambre said he is more of a running coach than a passing one, saying that the time of possession battle is key.

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takes over the offense for the scrambling Frederick.

“We may be smaller up front than we were last year,” he said, “but we have more speed.

“(I’m) more of a pocket passer, but will scramble as needed to help move the ball.”

Breaux said he feels Duhon should have no prob-lems fi lling Fredericks shoes.

“I think they’re actually very similar,” said Breaux. “Ross is a great athlete too. He’s got a good arm and can run the ball.

The targets for the strong-armed Duhon will all be new starters as well: 6-foot-1-inch, 190 pound tight end Brock Clark; 5-foot-10-inch,

170-pound split end Desmond Trahan,

Again, Duhon seemed con-fi dent the players in the skill positions would gel.

“We don’t have a lot of ex-perience together, but we are developing experience each day at practice,” he said.

In the backfi eld, the Wild-cats have 5-foot-11-inch, 180-pound junior Patrick Landry and 5-foot-9-inch 165-pound sophomore Keye-shawn Bessard.

Breaux said he thinks those backs could provide more in the way of production than last year.

“Not to take anything

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split end Brady Thibodeaux (6 feet, 170 pounds).

Five-foot-8-inch, 165 pound senior Michael Hen-ry returns at fullback and 5-foot-8-inch, 170-pound se-nior Jante Rutland returns at tail back.

Sophomore Tyson Brous-sard (5 feet 8 inches, 175 pounds) will be the starting wing back.

Junior right guard An-drew Champagne (5 feet 10 inches, 210 pounds) is the only returning offensive line-man.

Junior left tackle Lorenz Zaunbrecher (5 feet 9 inch-es, 190 pounds), senior left guard Blaine Guidry (5 feet 9 inches, 180 pounds) and se-nior center Brody Primeaux (5 feet 9 inches, 190 pounds) will round out the starting of-fensive line.

“Primeaux got a lot of playing time at center last year,” said Lotief.

Tyson Trahan (5 feet 10 inches, 200 pounds) will split time with senior Sam Hoff-pauir (6 feet, 240 pounds), who missed most of last sea-son with a broken collar bone, at starting right tackle.

“Tyson and Sam started last year at tight end and full-back respectively,” said Lo-tief, “and moved to offensive tackle for the team without a blink of an eye.”

Abshire will also get the kicking duties for the Pirates this season. In that role last year, he was 20-for-23 in PATs and 4-for-5 on fi eld goal attempts.

On defense, Kaplan has six starters returning.

Last year’s interception leader Trey Choate (six in-terceptions, one for a touch-

down) returns to start at cor-ner back for his senior season.

The Pirates also return both linebackers in their 4-2-5 set in senior Jacques Lavio-lette (6 feet, 185 pounds) and Trahan.

On the defensive line, seniors Joseph Fuselier (6 feet, 230 pounds), Jonathon Breaux (5 feet 10 inches, 215 pounds) and Hoffpauir all re-turn from last year.

In the secondary, Kaplan will be fi elding new starters in senior corner back Brice Trahan (5 feet 8 inches, 170 pounds), sophomore free safe-ty A.J. Perro (5 feet 10 inch-es, 185 pounds) and senior strong safeties John Trahan (5 feet 11 inches, 175 pounds) and Hunter Miller (5 feet 8 inches, 170 pounds).

On the line, sophomore Slade Bouillion (6 feet, 210 pounds) will be the only new starter.

Lotief said there was every chance the Pirates would con-tend again in 2011, but there were matters of concern.

“We have a chance to be pretty good,” he said. “At the same time, we have a chance to be pretty bad.”

He said the little things would be big.

“We have some athletic ability,” Lotief continued. “We just have to pay more at-tention to detail.”

Lotief suggested that the main question would be whether his players could re-main healthy for all 10 regu-lar-season games.

“We have some competi-tion at various positions,” he said. “At other positions, one injury could devastate the team.

“So, we are going to say a lot of prayers.”

KaplanFrom Page 9

Hoffpauir brings emotion to gridiron

Last season was a long one for Kaplan’s Sam Hoff-pauir.

After starting the sea-son in his usual full back position on offense and linebacker on defense, Hoffpauir suffered a sea-son-ending collar bone break in the second play of week two.

“I didn’t cry at all when I broke (it),” Hoffpauir said. “But when the trainer told me I had to go to the hospital, I just broke down, because all I could think about was, ‘I’m supposed to be playing this year.’


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“Most of the other triple option offensive pieces, in-cluding offensive tackle An-tonio Willis, will remain in-tact,” said Dietrich.

The 6-foot-2-inch Willis is moving over to left tackle this season. He will be joined on the line by new starting ju-nior left guard Hunter Darby (6-foot-1-inch, 225 pounds) and new starting sophomore left guard Cameron Hebert (6-foot-3-inches, 285 pounds).

Junior Austin Domingues (5-foot-8-inch, 155 pounds) and senior Taylor Carlin (5-foot-7-inches, 140 pounds) are expected to do the receiv-ing.

Dietrich said he expected to see a better defense this year than the one the Bobcats put together a year ago.

“(We) did not show the same improvements from year one of the new coaching staff’s era,” he said. “(But) we know year three will fi nd the Bobcats back on top defen-sively.”

Senior Antonio Willis (6-foot-2-inches, 225 pounds)

is returning at defensive tackle and is the only return-ing starter on the defensive line.

Willis will be joined on the line by junior defensive end Austin Touchet (5-foot-10-inches, 185 pounds), senior defensive end Jarrod Lange (6-foot, 220 pound) and junior defensive tackle Hunter Dar-by (6-foot-1-inch, 225 pound), all fi rst-year starters.

“(Touchet and Darby) will be solid up the front,” said Di-etrich.

At linebacker, the Bobcats are returning 5-foot-8-inch, 190 pound junior Coy Clostio and 5-foot-7-inch, 165-pound senior David Vincent.

“(Darby) got signifi cant reps last season,” said Diet-rich. “(He) has put on some necessary muscle mass and is expected to be quite a contrib-

utor on both sides of the ball.” The Bobcats are fi elding

fi rst-year starter junior Kev-in Guilbeaux (5-foot-7-inch, 170 pounds) at the third line-backer spot in their 4-3 basic defensive set.

At defensive back, Erath will be quick with the return of Scalisi and Bourque, the latter of which won the class 3A state championship in the 400 meter dash.

Both backs boast a sub-fi ve second 40-yard dash time.

Scalisi will also take over the kicking duties from Sey-mour, who averaged 33 yards per punt last year.

F ive - foot - seven- inch , 140-pound senior Taylor Car-lin and 5-foot-8-inch junior Austin Domingues will be starting at defensive back for the fi rst time.

ErathFrom Page 5

Members of the Erath offense. Beau Dugas (62), Hunter Darb (77), Jerret Dooley (68), Antonio Willis (73), Austin Touchet (51).

Cole Bourque enters his senior year.

Erath senior Cole Bourque has been playing football since he was 9 years old.

He has played running back and safety for that en-tire time.

As for high school,

Bourque earned a startingposition quite early.

“My sophomore year Istarted as a running back,” he said. “I played a little bit of defense (that year) andthen my junior year I start-ed on both sides of the ball.”

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they haven’t run in the past. They’re playing a little bit different spots on the fi eld than maybe they have in the past.”

Sophomore tail back Ja-coby Davis also returns as a starter. He will share the running duties with senior Mark LaPorte. LaPorte is moving to the backfi eld from the starting wide receiver po-sition he was utilized in last season.

“Jacoby rushed for 1200 - 1300 yards last year as a ninth grader,” said Faulk. “He’s an explosive player. We’re going to fi nd a few dif-ferent ways to get the ball into his hands and try to give him a little bit of space to run.

“I think when you look at his ability as a runner to go along with the ability that we have on the outside, we have an opportunity to be pretty decent on offense.”

On the offensive line, VC is expected to have returning starters senior Eric Patout sharing time with Kyle Zenon at left tackle and JJ Cote at right tackle, senior Andrew Bernard at left guard, senior Ryan Domingue at center and senior Caleb Zaunbrecher at right guard.

Defensively, Faulk said his team would run a 3-4 base set.

“Sometimes we’ll do more 3-3 stuff,” he said, “but we’re basically going with a three-man front.”

Those three lineman are set to be Tristen Kelley and Drake Broussard at the

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and through the air.He had 69 carries as a

backup for then-senior Zach Bourque and also had 11 re-ceptions, adding up 372 all-purpose yards.

This season James will be tasked with more regular running and receiving duties, so those numbers will surely go up.

James is also listed as a linebacker on the NV roster, but he did not hesitate when asked which he preferred.

“I like offense,” he said. “I mean, defense is cool because you get to hit people, but I like to run with it because you get to create as you go.”

James should get plenty of chances to do that this year, as he is expected to be the featured back in the Patriots’ offense.

“Jeremy’s a pure athlete,” said NV Head Football Coach Tommy Byler. “He plays mul-tiple sports and he has the ability to be good at all of them.”

James, who is going into his senior year at NV, said his one goal this season is to make a return trip to the playoffs.

“I’ve been there two times,” he said. “I’d like to go again and maybe go a little further (than the fi rst round).”

James said after high school, he’d like to go to col-lege.

He said he’d go anywhere if he could get a scholarship, but his dream is to go to the University of Miami.

When asked why Miami, he was typically low-key.

“I’ve just always liked them,” he said, “plus I really like the (Miami) Heat.”

And when asked if that was because of the fl ashy Lebron James, he replied, “No, I like Dwayne Wade.”

JamesFrom Page 12

The Central Catholic Pan-thers, coming off an 11-2 record, return plenty.

The Panthers fell to Oberlin in the quarterfi nals behind the arms and legs of junior quarter-back Josh Singleton. Singleton ran for 600 yards and threw for 934 yards. Well, he’s back and ready to do it again, said CC head coach David Fuhrer.

“Josh is a more agile kind of quarterback than what we have had in the past,” said Fuhrer. “Central Catholic has had drop- back quarterbacks, but he is more of an option quarterback.”

Behind the legs and arms of Singleton, Fuhrer is expecting positive things from his football team.

The Panthers return all but one player on offense and seven on defense.

“We have a lot of expectations this year,” Fuhrer added. “We return many starters and have

guys behind them who can back them up.”

When Singleton is not run-ning, look for him to throw to tight end, 6-2, 185-pound Conner LeBlanc or his 6-3, 190-pound split end Dontrell Brown.

On defense, Lloyd Grogan, the district MVP last year, is back at linebacker. Grogan had 111 combined tackles in 2010.

Ascension Episcopal Blue Ga-tors is hoping to build in a suc-cessful 2010.

The Gators fi nished 6-5 in 2010 and lost to Westminster Christian in the fi rst round.

The Gators are only in their third year of existence and are improving each year. Under the guidance of head coach Randy Johnson, the Gators won two games in 2009 with only 16 play-ers.

Last year with 23 players,

they went 6-5. This year with 31 players, Johnson is hoping to im-prove on a year ago.

“Our biggest weakness is go-ing to be our size and inexperi-ence because this is only their third year of football,” said John-son. “This is made up for, how-ever, with their enthusiasm and the fact that they have had some success.”

A huge reason for their suc-cess is because of Myles Lee. Lee, a 6-0, 185 pound running back, had 135 carries for 1,094 yards last season. He averaged 8 yards a carry and scored 18 touchdowns. When he was not crossing the end zone, Lee was kicking it through the uprights. He also made 31 out of 33 point-after-attempts and nailed two fi eld goals.

On defense, the Gators return their leading tackler, Parker Parra, who is a 5-11, 180-pound defensive tackle.

“It should be an interesting year for our third year of foot-ball,” Johnson said.

The Hanson Tigers have most of their returns back from a yearago. Hanson, coming off a 3-7year, has nine back on offense and 10 on defense.

“The numbers are there, butwe have to stay healthy,” said Hanson head coach RichardStandusky.

Getting the starting nod at quarterback is Drake Rodriguez,who started the fi nal fi ve gamesfor Hanson. He had just over500 yards rushing at QB.

On defense, 10 out of 11 start-ers began or fi nished the year as a starter for Hanson.

Leading the defense last sea-son in tackles is linebacker Zach-ary Uzéy, who returns for hissenior year.

“With 13 seniors, we are look-ing to improve on last year’s re-cord,” he added.

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“That’s what we tell our kids,” said Delcambre, “as long as we have the ball, the other team can’t score.”

Defensively, Delcambre said he is hoping to see im-provement this year.

“(We) concentrated and worked on that this spring and summer,” he said. “Our defense has to get better. (It) has to be able to control the game just as much as the of-fense.

“We felt like in the past, our offense controlled more of the game tempo.”

Delcambre said that de-fensive effort will start with his two returning, All-Dis-trict players in Rodrigue, who led the team with 53 tackles

last year and senior lineback-er Ashton Eastin.

“We feel confi dent that, around those two guys and (returning senior tackle) Ty-ler Comeaux (6 feet 1 inch, 220 pounds)...we can build a solid defense,” said Del-cambre, elaborating that he hoped to force other teams into passing situations.

The remaining pieces of that puzzle are fi rst-year starting linemen senior Clar-ence Farrier at defensive end and junior Toby Duhon at tackle.

Also getting their fi rst stars are seniors Hilto Teze-no, Christian Umphries and Jesse Mayfi eld safety..

“We feel our secondary is good and solid and that if we can get teams to do some-thing that they’re not com-fortable doing, then we’ve accomplished our task,” Del-cambre said.

DHSFrom Page 14

Rodrigue leading by example

Delcambre defensive end Mark Rodrigue


Mark Rodrigue wears many hats for the Delcam-bre football team, and go-ing into his fi nal season as a Panther, he will have to put forth a lot of effort to top his 2010-2011All-Dis-trict season.

Rodrigue’s team-leading tackle total of 53 bettered the tally of the previous team leader (Jorey Renard - 36) by 17. He also bet-tered Renard’s assist total (23) by a long shot (68).

Rodrigue, 18, was a linebacker last season, but he should still do a lot of damage from his new de-fense end position.

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2011 High School 2011 High School Football ScheduleFootball Schedule

2011 Abbeville WildcatSchedule

2011 Delcambre PantherSchedule

2011 Erath BobcatSchedule

2011 Gueydan BearSchedule

Fri. 9 - 2 - Iowa (Away) Fri. 9 - 2 - Erath (Home) Fri. 9 - 2 - Delcambre (Away) Fri. 9 - 2 - To Be Determined (Away)Fri. 9 -9 - Westlake (Home) Fri. 9 -9 - Lake Arthur (Home) Fri. 9 -9 - Catholic (NI) (Home) Fri. 9 - 9 - Sophie B. Wright (Home)Fri. 9 -16 - Rayne (Away) Fri. 9 -16 - Elton (Away) Fri. 9 -16 - V. Catholic (Home) Fri. 9 - 16 - North Central (Home)Fri. 9 - 23 - Franklin (Away) Thur. 9 - 22 - Hanson (Home) Fri. 9 - 23 - Berwick (Home) Fri. 10 -23 - South Cameron (Home)Fri. 9 - 30 - Kaplan (Home) Fri. 9 - 30 - Ascension (Home) Fri. 9 - 30 - Church Point (Away) Fri. 9 - 30 - OPEN DATE Fri.10- 7 - Erath (Away) Fri. 10 - 7 - Jeanerette (Away) Fri. 10 - 7 - Abbeville (Home) Fri. 10 - 7 - A. Episcopal (Away)Fri. 10 - 14 - Patterson (Home) Fri. 10 - 14 - Loreauville (Away) Fri. 10 - 14 - N. Vermilion (Away) Fri. 10 - 14 - V. Catholic (Home)Fri. 10 - 21 - North Verm. (Away) Fri. 10 - 21 - W. St. Mary (Home) Fri. 10 - 21 - Franklin (Home) Fri. 10 - 21 - C. Catholic (Home)Fri. 10 - 28 - Berwick (Home) Thur. 10 - 27 - Catholic - N.I. (Home) Fri. 10 - 28 - Kaplan (Away) Fri. 10 - 28 - LaSalle (Away)Fri. 11 - 4 - S. Terrebonne (Home) Fri. 11 - 4 - OPEN DATE (Home) Fri. 11 - 4 - Patterson (Away) Fri. 11 - 4 - Hanson (Away)

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2011 Kaplan PirateSchedule

2011 North Vermilion PatriotSchedule

2011 Vermilion CatholicSchedule

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away from the backs that we had,” he said, “but we really didn’t have a break-away speed type running back. Gerald Minnick did a great job for us, but he was more of a power back.”

Defensively, Breaux said he is reluctant to have his few upper class-men wear out playing of-fense and defense.

To that effect, Breaux said the entirety of the de-fensive starting positions are up for grabs.

“We’re trying to set it up where we have as few guys going both ways as we can,” said Breaux. “But, in order to do that it means we’re going to have to have quite a few fresh-men step up and start (games).”

He described a sort of musical chairs situation at virtually every position on defense.

“We’re just kind of try-ing different people in dif-ferent places right now and seeing who’s going to be the best at each spot,” said Breaux.

“Even though we don’t want to, we may have to have some of the guys who are starting on offense get into a rotation on defense.”

Breaux said the line-men will likely be the ones to bear the load of playing both sides.

“I think we’ve found a couple of the young guys that are ready to get into (a) rotation,” he said. “I think we’ll be okay.”

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Abbeville senior right tackle Dustin Broussard has taken it upon himself to pro-vide leadership to what has turned out to be a youthful squad of Wildcats football players this season.

“I think every team needs some kind of leadership,” said Broussard. “They need somebody to push them harder, get the team through when we’re losing. We just need that emotional speaker to get everybody pumped up before the game and during the game, to keep their heads high and never get down on themselves.”

Broussard said he feels that the younger players need the support of the older ones.

“Especially the freshmen,” he said. “I’ve been giving a lot of freshmen some compli-ments, saying if they came to practice and they worked hard, they would be some-thing by the time their senior year comes.”

Broussard said he tries to help all the younger players, but he especially focuses on the younger linemen.

“I try to help them out as much as I can,” he said. “I don’t try to beat them up at practice and make them quit.”

Boussard said things are coming together between him and his fellow returning starters on the line: senior Cole Lapoint and junior Mat-thew Lege.

“We’ve been working on a lot of drills,” he said, “(but)

some of the younger backs sometimes don’t follow...their lead blocks. But practicing, I told the running backs, ‘If you have to, just grab my jersey. I’ll lead you there, just follow me.’”

Broussard is in his sec-ond year as a starter with the Wildcats, though he saw playing time as a sophomore.

The 6-foot, 260- pound Broussard will be a two-sport athlete for the fi rst time this season, as he will be playing baseball for the Wildcats for the fi rst time.

Broussard actually made the squad last year, but he had to leave the team when the need arose to help his mother, Roxanne, a single mom, make ends meet.

Broussard did what he could at the time to earn

money, including baby sittingin the evening and mowing lawns.

He said that this year,things are better in his home.

“We’ve been (better),” hesaid, “and she said if I wantto play sports, to have at it.”

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St. Mary head coach Ryan Antoine should have a lot to smile about this football season. Antoine, beginning his second year as the head man, is coming off a tough 3-7 year in Class 3A.

There are a handful of teams in District 6-2A who may not be too excited to see the West St. Mary Wolves in their district.

“We have the numbers but we still have to fi nd a way to put it all together,” said Antoine.

On paper, West St. Mary is loaded with talent.

For starters, Jerald Hawkins, (6-6, 290, Sr.) has already committed to play for the LSU Tigers as an offensive lineman. He plays tight end for West St. Mary.

Then there is “Mr. Do It All” Jontrey Tillman, who is the Tigers’ returning tailback. Tillman (5-9, 180, Sr.) had 2,200 all purpose yards and 19 touchdowns at tailback. He rushed for 1,400 yards and had 800 yards receiving.

With an ACT score of 25 and a 4.0 grade point aver-age, Tillman will be car-rying the football for the Stanford Cardinals after he graduates.

Most teams would love to have two Division I players, but West St. Mary is blessed with three. Dai-Juan Stewart (5-10, 165, Sr.) committed to play for Southern Methodist Uni-

versity at wide receiver. Stewart started last year at quarterback but then moved to wideout at the midway point of the sea-son. He caught for more than 400 yards and eight touchdowns in six games.

The Tigers have nine returners on offense and seven on defense.

“While we have return-ers, for us to be successful, we have to stay healthy,” Antoine added.

Trent Delahoussaye, the son of former St. Mar-tinville head coach Carroll Delahoussaye, is mak-ing a name for himself in Loreauville. After fi ve sea-sons, he has compiled up a 33-19 record. Last year his squad went 11-2 and lost to Evangel 41-0 in the third round of the Class 2A playoffs.

On offense, the Tigers have six returning start-ers and return eight on de-fense.

The Tigers still have speed in the backfi eld with the skills of tailback Nick Julien, who rushed for 1,400 yards and scored 15 touchdowns.

Delahoussaye said he is counting on his defense to carry the team.

Si Theriot (6-0, 180, Sr.) returns at linebacker. He had 88 solo tackles and 60 assists in 2010.

Catholic High’s Pan-thers are looking to im-prove on its 4-7 record in 2010. Under the guidance of head coach Keith Me-nard, the Panthers have eight returners on offense and six on defense.

The backfi eld stays in place for the second year in a row with Joe Lissard (6-2, 203, Jr.) at quarterback and D’Shawn Etienne (5-10, 180, Jr.) at running back.

The defense is anchored by linebackers Jared Bull-ock (5-9, 200, Jr.) and Hunt Simon (5-9, 160, Jr.)

The Jeanerette Tigers

are coming off a 5-6 year where they lost to St. Charles in the fi rst round of the playoffs. Head coach Terry Lewis is looking to replace 4,000 yard rusher Anthony Williams, who signed with Alcorn Univer-sity in Mississippi.

“You can not replace Anthony,” Lewis said. “He

was a great kid.”The Tigers, who fi n-

ished with only 19 players when the season was over, will be looking not only for Williams’ replacements but as many bodies as pos-sible.

“Numbers is our prob-lem,” Lewis said.

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Teams in playoffs in 2010: Loreauville, Catholic High, Jeanerette, Delcambre (in Class A)

LoreauvilleMascot: Tigers. Head coach: Trent Delahoussaye. (5th year, 33-19). 2010 record 11-2. Last time in the playoffs: 2010: Lost to Evangel in the third round. Returning starters: 14 (6 on of-fense, 8 on defense).Offense (Spread)• SE Charles Francois (6-1, 200, Jr) and Jermaine Antoine (5-11, 17, Jr); • LT Ashton Knatt (5-9, 215, Sr), • LG Dustin Anthony (6-0, 260, Sr.), •C Archie Joseph (5-10, 250, Sr.), RG Andrew Bell (5-10, 230, Jr.), RT Brock Romero (6-1, 240, Jr) , QB Raymond Bonnett (5-10, So.), TB John Reed (6-0, 175, Sr.), FB Demarkus Fontnette (5-10, 170, Sr.), • TB Nick Julien (6-0, 185, Sr.)

Defense (4-2-5)• DE Ian Neville (6-0, 190, Sr.) and Kyle Francois (6-4, 210, Sr.); • DT Quincy Wiltz (6-0, 250, Sr.) James Francois (6-2, 300 Jr.); • LB Si Theriot (6-0, 190, Sr.), • LB Harley Mitchell (5-11, 185, Sr), LB Alex Knatt (5-9, 200, Sr.), LB Josh Albert (6-1, 210, Sr.); • DB Jermaine Antoine (5-11, 175, Jr.), DB Ray-mond Bonnette (5-10, 230, So.), • DB Kaleb Lee (6-1, 185, Sr.)• Denotes starters returning

Catholic HighMascot: Panthers. Head coach: Keith Menard. (second year at school, overall 116-120); 2010 record 4-7; Last time in the playoffs: 2010: Lost in the fi rst round. Returning starters: 14 (8 on offense, 6 on defense) Offense (Multiple, Pro)• TE Gabe Brumm (6-0, 185, Sr.), Rhett Gonsoulin (5-9, 170,

Sr.), • OT Kolby LeBlanc (6-1, 215, Sr.), • OG Jaret Livingston (5-8, 225, Sr.), C Tevin Wilson (5-10, 246, Sr.), • OG Walter Forsythe (5-7, 210, Sr.), OT Josh Childers (6-0, 285, Jr.), •QB Joe Lissard (6-2, 205, Jr), •RB D’Shawn Etienne (5-10, 180, Sr.), • WR Blake Byrom (6-1, 175, Sr.), • WR Gabe Fusilier 5-10, 160, So.)Defense (3-4)• DE Andrew Hebert (6-1, 251, Sr), DE Nick Simon (5-7, 160, So), NG Shaq Champ (5-7, 175, Sr.); • LB Elliot Broussard (6-2, 175, Jr), • LB Hunt Simon (5-9, 160, Jr.); DB Devin Verret (5-5, 155, So); • DB Joe Dworaczyk (6-1, 170, So.), • DB Tyler Ol-ivier (5-8, 170, Sr.), • DB Ryan Menard (5-10, 155, Sr.)• Denotes starters returning

JeaneretteMascot: Tigers. Head coach: Terry Lewis (second year at school); 2010 record 5-6; Last time in playoffs: 2010. Lost to St. Charles in the fi rst round. Returning starters: 17 (8 on of-fense, 9 on defense);Offense (Pro-I) • TE Jermaine Eugene (6-3, 195, Jr.), • WR Jeffrey Marks (5-7, 165, Sr.), Denzell Gilliam (5-10, 180, Sr.), LT Javonte Davis (6-0, 220, Fr.), • LG Or-rin Gibson (5-10, 230, Jr.), • C Ladante Weber (5-8, 215, Jr), • RG David Nicholas (5-9, 285, Jr.); RT Unknown, • QB Juandre Gilliam (6-1, 185, Sr). • TB Abdul Tate (5-9, 185, Jr), FB Kyser Sereal (6-0, 185, Fr). Defense (Multiple)• DE Denzell Gilliam (5-10, 180, Sr.), • DE Randall Bouie (5-11, 200, So.); • DL Orinn Gibson (5-10, 230, Jr); • DL David Nicholas (5-9, 285, Jr.); • LB Antonio Gage (6-0, 180, Jr.); LB Charles Johnson (6-0, 200, Jr.); DB Kameron Derouen (5-7, 160, Sr.), • DB Jonathan Dozier (5-10, 170, Jr.); • DB Jermaine Eugene (5-9, 160, Jr.); • DB Abdul Tate (5-9, 185, Jr.)• Denotes starters returning

West Mary Mascot: Wolves. Head coach: Ryan Antoine (second year at

school) 2010 record 3-7; Return-ing starters: 17 (9 on offense, 8 on defense); Offense (Multiple)• TE Jerald Hawkins (6-6, 290, Sr); • WR Nick Anderson (5-10, 155, Sr.), • WR DaiJuan Stew-art (5-10, 165, Sr.); • WR Kelly Bowers (5-8, 155, Sr.); • LG Blane Tabb (5-10, 220, Jr.); • LT Shawn Robinson (5-11, 210, Sr.); • C Austin Carlin (5-11, 230, Sr.); RG Tremar Connor (5-10, 240, Jr.); RT Caleb Loveless (5-10, 240, Jr); • QB Trovell Dixon (6-2, 195, Jr.); • TB Jontrey Till-man (5-9, 180, Sr.).

Defense (4-3)DE Mason Robertson (6-4, 215, So.), • DE Jarvis Tillman (6-0, 190, Sr.). • DT Jerald Hawkins (6-6, 290, Sr.), DT Nino Soprane (5-8, 240, So.), • LB Robert Mar-tin (5-10, 180. Sr.), • LB Kyler Jackson (5-9, 185, So.), • LB Mukisa Valier (5-9, 185, Sr.), • DB Kylon Brown (5-8, 160, So.), • DB Glenn Marsh (5-9, 175, So.), • DB Tamon Lockett (5-8, 165 So.), DB Otis Harris (45-10, Jr. 175)• Denotes starters returning

Delcambre Mascot: Panthers. Head coach Darcy Delcambre (11th year as head coach) 2010 record: 5-6; Last time in the playoffs: 2010 Lost in the fi rst round of the playoffs. Returning starters: 16 (8 on offense, 8 on defense)Offense: (Multiple)• TE Clarence Farrier (6-1, 195, Sr.); • SE Jesse Jules (5-9, 150, Sr.); • LT Dillon Falgout (5-11, 185, Sr.); • LG Mark Rodrigues (6-0, 195, Sr.); C Justin Men-ard (5-9, 180, Sr.); • RT Clayce Heyer (6-4, 255, Sr.); QB Robert Primeaux (5-7, 145, Jr.); • FB Ashton Eastin (5-9, 175, Jr.); • TB Jace Dore (5-10, 175, Jr.), • TB Christian Humphries (5-11, 185, Sr.);

Defense (Split 40)• DE Clarence Farrier (6-1, 195, Sr.); • DE Mark Rodrigues (6-0, 195, Sr.), • DT Tyler Comeaux; DT Nick Melancon (5-11, 285, Sr.); • LB Ashton Eastin (5-9, 175, Jr.), • LB Justin Menard

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When asked if he preferred to play linebacker or defensive end, Rodrigue showed the “team player” aspect of his nature that Delcambre Head Coach Darcy Delcambre said made him such a joy to coach.

“Defensive end,” he said, “because that’s my po-sition.”

Delcambre has a simple explanation for Ro-drigue’s answer to that question.

“Mark’s one of those kids,” said Delcambre. “He understands the word team.

“He understands that word and he has a really good work ethic.”

And when asked if he thought he could repeat as the team’s leading tackler, Rodrigue’s simple re-sponse belied his unassuming nature.

“That’s my goal,” he said, “to do that again.”Still, to repeat as the team’s leading tackler af-

ter moving from linebacker to end is not a likely scenario, and Rodrigue surely gets that.

Delcambre had an explanation for that as well.“He understands that, ‘If I do my job at defen-

sive end, the linebacker will make the tackles most of the time,’” said Delcambre. “He’s one of those kids that understands the team concept.

“If you ask Mark to do something, or tell him how to do something, or show him how it needs to be done, he will do it. He will try his damnedest to do it the way you ask him to do it.”

Delcambre said it is in Rodrigue’s nature to do everything he can for his team.

“He swarms at the ball,” said Delcambre. “He has a good nose for the ball. We had him working at the linebacker position, but we decided that it would be better for the team if we moved him to an end, so that we could get more pressure from him.”

Rodrique is also slated to play left guard this season, but Delcambre said he hopes to avoid using his top tackler that much.

“Hopefully one of our younger guys will be able to come around, so we can rest Mark a little bit on offense. So he can have fresher legs on defense. But right now, he’s one of our seniors and he has some experience on offensive line, so he’s in there right now,” Delcambre said.

Rodrigue said his coach’s respect for him is mu-tual.

“Coach Darcy is always there for us, even when we’re not on the fi eld,” he said. “He teaches us that

it takes dedication to obtain your goals in life.”Rodrigue has been playing football since he was

nine years old. He is also part of the Panthers’ trackand fi eld team.

As Delcambre moves back up to class 2A, Ro-drigue said he has faith in his coach and his team-mates that they will still succeed.

“I know our team can do it,” he said. “It is youagainst your opponent, bottom line.”

Rodrigue said that he does feel some pressure,though, to perform in his fi nal high school footballseason.

“There is always pressure to make this year bet-ter than the year before,” he said. “Knowing thatthis is your last year to play footbal, all you canthink about is giving your all and being the bestyou can be. As seniors, we should step it up.”

For Delcambre, that sentiment is just par forthe course as far as Rodrigue is concerned

“He’s a solid kid,” Delcambre said, “and he’sone of the kids that we have to depend a lot on thisyear.”

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“It wasn’t that hard for me,” he said. “It was my fi rst year (and) I was good for change. It’s not like I had learned the offense three years in a row and had to come back and learn a new one.”

Bourque said over time he has adjusted to and grown to like Dietrich’s system.

“The fi rst two years he was here, we weren’t too suc-cessful,” he said. “(But) not every program in a fi rst year, starting from scratch, is go-ing to be on a high.”

Bourque said he felt the team has “a real good chance” of bettering last year’s 4-6, 1-4 record.

“We had a lot of games last year that we could have won,” he said. “They were re-ally close games and I guess we just didn’t have enough to fi nish it out.”

As the Dietrich era pro-gresses, Bourque said he is expecting to continue to build success, especially with the amount of returning starters the Bobcats will fi eld this sea-son.

“I mean, last year we some returning starters too,” he said. “I think that this year, it’s the third year, and I think that everybody that’s starting knows what they’re doing be-cause they’ve been in it since they got into high school.

“All the juniors, all the know is what coach D. has taught them.”

Bourque said he expected the shift to a new district to

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“We got rid of Notre Dame (from 5-3A), which is always a tough opponent,” he said, “but now they’re bringing in Patterson, which is also tough.”

Bourque is multi-sport athlete (baseball, football and track) and was the 3A state champion in the 400 meter dash last season.

He said that his speed helps in football, but that it is not all-important.

“It’s different in football,” he said. “You need to be able to do more than just run.

“When you break into the open fi eld, I guess it is a big help to be able to break away,” he said, but he stressed that he’s not always breaking out.

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“I think we’ll win most of our games,” said Zaunbrech-er, with a look of serious and determination in his eyes.

One gets the feeling that he will do his part to make that happen.

Zaunbrecher is in his sec-ond season of football and has been starting at his cur-rent position the entire time. He is expecting to play on the defensive line this season as well. He said he likes playing the line.

“You’ve got to be at the top of your game in order to play that position,” he said.

Zaunbrecher, 17, the son of Martin and Mary Zaun-

brecher of Gueydan, does not seem the type to mess around.

He has spent his past three summers working with his father and his uncle in the family diesel mechanic business in Gueydan. They mostly work on tractors, Za-unbrecher says.

When asked if he is a good mechanic, Zaunbrecher al-most laughed, almost.

“Not really,” he said, smil-ing, “but I try.”

Zaunbrecher also plays baseball for the Bears. He plays left fi eld and designat-ed hitter.

Zaunbrecher, who approx-imated his high school GPA at an impressive 3.9, said he intends on going to college af-ter graduation.

He said he would like to go to UL so that he can stay close to home. He said he wants to major in mechanical engineering.



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and Trey Ryder platooning with sophomore JJ Cote. Cote started on defense as a fresh-man last year.

Most of those players would be considered under-sized for their positions in larger classes, but Faulk seems unconcerned.

He said that, since he’s coming in from Northside High in Lafayette, he is not sure what his team will face at the 1A level size-wise.

“Really, my focus since I’ve taken the job here has just been trying to get our kids stronger and more explo-sive and faster, as well,” he said. “As long as we’re getting stronger and quicker, we’ll be able to make up for any size difference that we have.”

At defensive back, the Eagles are fi elding Rendrick Nunez, Stephen Guidry, Mark LaPorte (who moves from his previous starting defensive end position), and Ryan David.

Faulk said he expected the speed of those players to neu-tralize VC’s opponent’s pass-ing game, but that his focus was elsewhere.

“Since I played linebacker, my primary focus has been on stopping the opponent from running the football,” he said. “Most of the people that we’ll play on our schedule are go-ing to be power running type teams.”

Those linebackers will be senior Derek Broussard, ju-nior Joey Faulk (moving from defensive end), sophomore Shay LaPorte, and a platoon of Chris Stakes and Alex Clark.

“We really have to be able to stop the run and force people to throw the football,” said Faulk. “If we’re able to do that, I like our chances.

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1. (Abbeville Meridional) Please give your age, par-ents’ names, where you live and for how long.

(Ryan David): I’m 17 years old. My parents are Drew and Rachael David. I’ve lived in Abbeville for my entire life

2. How long have you played football and how long have you been a starter at VC? R.D: This will be my fourth year playing at VC and I have been starting for three years.

3. Have you always been a receiver? If not, when did you move to your current position and what did you think of the change at the

time? And now?

R.D: Yes, I have always been a receiver since I have got-ten to VC. I absolutely love it. There is nothing like catching a ball from Aaron.

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R.D.: Honestly, I think we were all scared the fi rst time we saw him. But he is amaz-ing, along with the rest of the coaching staff at VC. We are blessed to have such

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5. Coach Faulk says he in-tends to run a wide open offense. As a receiver, how do you feel about the Eagles possibly incorpo-rating more of a passing game?

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talented receivers and a great quarterback who trusts his receivers. I think it will work out great.

6. VC is heavy on the se-niors this season. Do you feel that there are more expectations this season?

R.D.: We want to do more than what is expected of us. We have a lot of talent on this football team and I believe, along with many others, that we are going to have a great season.

7. In the same regard, do you feel that you need to have a strong run in the playoffs this season, as your high school career is almost over?

R.D.: I think that our team will do whatever it takes in

the playoffs. We have the de-termination and drive to go a long way. A good run in the playoffs would be a great way to end my high school career

8. What do you think it will take for your team to improve on last season and advance to the second round of the playoffs?

R.D.: We just have to keep a positive attitude, no matter who it is we match up to.

9. VC quarterback Aaron David is your fi rst cousin. How long have you two played football together and do you feel like you have a special chemistry because of the family ties?

R.D.: Me and Aaron have been together since freshman year. I think this year is the

fi rst year that we really feel that connection, though. I trust him, and he trusts me. We have been together for our whole life so the basic trust is there.

10. Do you play any other sports and, if so, which is your favorite?

R.D: I play baseball and I run track. Baseball is my fa-vorite, but its football season right now so I am 100 percent focused on that.

11. When you’re not play-ing football or other sports, what do you like to do for fun? Any hobbies that people might not ex-pect?

R.D.:I like to hang out with my friends. They are all foot-ball players too. We just have

that family bond.

12. At VC’s Legacy Night,many of the speakers talk-ed about what they feel makes VC special. Whatdo you think makes VCstandout in the crowd?

R.D.: VC is a very small school which gives us that bond. It is like we are one big family. Not many schools have thattight bond like we do.

13. What are your plans af-ter high school? If college,have you selected one and what do you think youmight major in?

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Abbeville High graduate Jelani Smith will fi nally be a Ragin’ Cajun this upcoming football season.

He transferred from the University of Arkansas fol-lowing the 2009 Fall Semes-ter. The Meridional sat with Smith about the upcoming season.

1) You had a solid ca-reer at Abbeville High. Was high school a good experience for you and in what ways did it prepare you for life and college football?

(Jelani Smith) High school was a good experience for me. It prepared me in a lot of ways. When my coach came (I got a new coach named Coach Toomer), being that he was from the SEC, he knew all the roads to take to get me where I needed to be. So it did help me a lot to go towards college.

2) Can you describe what it was like coming back from a season-end-ing hand injury as a fresh-man?

(J.S.) Starting as a true freshman at Arkansas was my goal. It was a dream for me, but once I got hurt, it kind of set me back. I don’t want to say it pushed me down, but in coming back from it, I suc-ceeded, I guess.

3) Word is you moved back home to be closer to

family. Can you explain that and how it is being back?

(J.S.) Being back around family is great. That’s all I can say about it. It’s great, because I have all the support that I need. Being around my daughter every day gives me something to push for every day.

4) You had to sit out after transferring to UL from Arkansas. Are you looking forward to fi nally getting back and playing football?

(J.S.) I’m ready. That’s how I describe that. I’m ready to get back on the fi eld and do what God blessed me to do.

5) UL has a new coach in Mark Hudspeth. Do you

like what you’ve seen in the direction he is taking the team?

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Despite starting for the fi rst time, LSU senior linebacker Ryan Baker is widely considered one of the defensive leaders for the Tigers and takes over a critical spot as the team’s weakside linebacker. Baker sat down with Abbeville Meridio-nal correspondent William Weath-ers to talk about the 2011 season.

Q: How much did you change your body over the summer?

A: Me and (strength and condi-tioning) coach (Tommy) Moffi tt got together at the end of last spring. He thought I was a little light so I put a lot emphasis on building lean muscle and explosiveness. I’m around 240 (over 228 last year) and I feel good with it.”

Q: What are some of things you picked up from playing with former All-SEC lineback-er Kelvin Sheppard, now of the Buffalo Bills?

A: Leadership and communica-tion. Kelvin put a big emphasis on communicating play throughout and I want to implement those same characteristics into my game. Just really have an understanding of the defense and communicate that throughout the defense.”

Q: Have you set any goals for yourself?

A: We all want to win a nation-al championship. Individually, I think everything’s going to fall into place as long as we reach our goals as a team.”

Q: What linebacker have

you most patterned your game after?

A: I was a big time (current In-dianapolis Colt) Ernie Sims fan. Living in that (Florida) area, he was a big-time recruit coming out of high school and I watched him play. I tried to model my game af-ter him. He was a physical speci-men who is a fast, big guy.”

Q: Did you set out with any specifi c goals this summer?

A: I put a big emphasis on fi n-ishing plays. Last year I went through each play and I was kind of lackadaisical. I didn’t really play the play throughout and I think I put a big emphasis on that.”

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(J.S.) I say it’s more moti-vating, because people are go-ing to say what they say. But the team as a whole, we’re go-ing to take that and push for-ward with it. It’s not distract-ing for us because nobody’s out here putting out the time and effort like we’re doing. Nobody’s here with us.

7) Speaking of motiva-tion, UL opens the season against Oklahoma State on Sept. 3, a team that came to Cajun Field last season and beat the Cajuns 54-28. How do you feel about traveling to take them on this year and is there talk among the players about payback?

(J.S.) As for payback, we’ll leave that alone. But I feel like it’s good for us be-cause it’s going to be a good test. Once you play against the best, you know where your team is at.

8) UL has not had a win-ning season since 2005. What do you think it will take to turn that around this year?

(J.S.) If we just keep our hard work and our effort go-ing, I’m talking about our mo-tivation, how we’ve been (do-ing it), I think everything’s going to turn out okay for us. But we’ll just wait and see how everything turns out.

9) Did being away from south Louisiana make you homesick? What did you miss most?

(J.S.) The thing that I missed most was the food, the food down here and my fam-ily.

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on me because I’ve been in those situations before. I just want to be that vocal, uplifting guy when times get hard.”

Q: How excited are you for the season?

A: I’m very excited. Every-body’s on board and you can feel the atmosphere. You can feel how everything’s coming into place. I’m thankful for it and I’m hoping to see where it goes and hopefully it goes where we want it to go.”

Q: How much did waiting four years to start test your patience?

A: Like a lot of freshmen I came here with a lot of high expec-

tations. I watched the movement of the linebackers when I got here. Kelvin was a fi rst year linebacker when I got here and was kind of facing the same things I was going through. To see him go through that experience gave me hope.”

Q: Where do your leader-ship qualities come from?

A: Probably my parents. It’s more of a self-motivating thing for me. I feel like in order for the de-fense to work I have to make plays I can make and motivate myself.”

Q: You have two former teammates in Kelvin Shep-pard and Perry Riley both currently in the NFL. Do you have similar aspirations?

A: Oh yes, defi nitely. When you come here to play football, hope-fully this university will prepare you for the next level. That’s what we’re shooting for here at LSU.”

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Marcus Marquis is set to play quarterback. and Cade Da-vis will play wide receiver.

Senior Austin Zaunbrecher will play right tackle, but the rest of the line is open as of yet.

In the backfi eld, seniors Billy Bailey and Josh Hebert are set to run the ball, as is junior talent Trevor Derouen.

Landry said he would work out the rest of the positions “as guys prove themselves” in the fi rst few games.

“One thing we’re lucky about is physically our early season schedule is not as tough as it has been,” he said. “Hopefully that will give us a chance to not get so physically beat up and give us a good chance to learn along the way and not be out of players by the time we get to district.”

Landry said he expected the Bears to be competitive sooner rather than later.

“We’ve had some good success in the last 10 - 12 years,” he said, “and we’ve got a good looking group coming up.

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“I had to walk my girl-friend (Amber Lege) in a sling for homecoming.”

Hoffpauir said the break didn’t hurt until the next morning.

“That was the worst pain,” he said, “and then I had to go to the orthopedic surgeon, and Oh my God.”

Hoffpauir did not need surgery, but he was out for seven weeks to allow the bone to heal.

When Hoffpauir re-turned to the fi eld, Kaplan Head Coach Stephen Lotief moved him to offensive and defensive tackle.

“I really like it,” he said. “I like the move (and) I’m having a lot of fun.”

Kaplan fi nished 8-2 on the season, went into the playoffs and beat Eunice 21-14 for the fi rst Pirates’ playoff win in 14 years. They went on to lose to Patterson 48-38 in the next game. Pat-terson is now in the same district as Kaplan, and the Pirates will travel to play them in week fi ve.

“We don’t hate them be-cause we lost,” said Hoff-pauir. “We’re just looking for a rematch, that’s all I can say.

“We’re ready for a bat-tle. We have great coaches; we’ve been preparing.”

Hoffpauir said he drew inspiration last year against the bigger Patterson team from his friend and once-fellow linebacker Jay Schex-neider, who has since gradu-ated.

“He was a small guy, maybe 170 (pounds) on a good day,” said Hoffpauir. “(But) that kid would just hit you; he wasn’t scared. Any time I felt nervous or scared

I would just look at Jay and see how ready he was and I would just feed off him.”

Hoffpauir said this sea-son he would draw that same inspiration from the Kaplan coaches.

“Coach Lotief really does a great job of getting us psyched up and pumped up for the games,” he said.

Hoffpauir said that, de-spite Lotief’s intimidating reputation, he fi ts in just fi ne in Kaplan.

“As soon as he got to Kaplan everybody just em-braced him,” said Hoff-pauir. “I love him. He’s like a father to me. He’s a great coach and he doesn’t tolerate much. He’s basically like my dad.”

Hoffpauir, 17, has played football his whole life. His father, Darrell Hoffpauir of Gueydan, was his peewee coach. His mother, Gail Bau-doin lives there also.

Hoffpauir said he is healed up this year and is ready for a new season, sug-gesting he got a taste of suc-cess last season and is ready for more.

“We did something amaz-ing,” he said. “It’s been a long time since anybody in Kaplan history has gotten to the second round.

“After the Eunice game, I cried. I don’t know why. I mean, we won and I still cried. It was crazy.”

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as to their schedule.“Unfortunately, we lost

our fi rst game off the sched-ule,” said Landry. “Luther-an, who we were going to play, dropped football just prior to the season.

“You hate to lose that fi rst game, but we can’t worry about what we don’t have.”

Still, considering that rumors were fl oating over the summer that Gueydan would be out of football this year, the fact that the Bears will take the fi eld is

an accomplishment.“Our numbers were

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Harvest Time moves to eight-man football

Pictured above are the Harvest times backs and receivers. L-R: Chris Campbell(24), Cody Guidry (20), Colin LeBlanc (14), Christian Darby (6), Ty Gathers (10), T.J. Lafrance (23), Spencer Duhon (21), Peyton Durke (3).

Abbeville-based Har-vest Time Christian Acad-emy is moving to the eight-man football division of the Louisiana Christian School Athletic Association for the 2011-2012 school year.

Harvest Time Assistant Football Coach Steven Delino II said the reason is a reduction in the number of players this year as com-pared to years past.

“We lost six seniors,” said Delino. “That’s a big hit.”

Harvest Time is expect-ing to fi eld 15 players this season, though that num-ber may increase.

Delino said the eight-man game should not be so different from 11-man football.

“It’s fi ve men on the line of scrimmage instead of seven,” said Delino. “From there...we’re pretty blind. (It’s going to be) a learning experience.”

He said he expects the club to return to 11-man football either next year or the following year.

“We have a good group of eighth graders and a few ninth graders,” he said. “So, the future looks bright.

“We’ll be back in 11-man (football) soon.

Harvest Time is getting their season underway this weekend, as they travel to Lafayette for their Jambo-ree game.

Harvest Time begins play on Friday, Aug. 19 when they travel to play New Orleans Home School.

That game and the Li-

ons’ following game on Thursday, Aug. 25 against Acadiana Home School will be 11-man games.

“We’re still playing a few 11-man games,” said Delino, “but with 15 peo-ple, if a few guys go down it’d be bad.”

The Acadiana Home School game will be at Polomo Field in A.A. Co-meaux Park in Abbeville, where the Lions play their home games.

Their eight-man game is a home game on Thurs-day, Sep. 1 against Ashley Christian Academy. That game is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. start.

Harvest Time’s regular season starts on the road at Sacred Heart Home School on Thursday, Sept. 15.

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The Ragin' Cajuns were a dominate run team from 2005-08, but quickly transi-tioned to a spread offense in 2009 and 2010.

New offensive coordinator Jay Johnson was known for his powerful rushing offense at Southern Miss and for his wide open passing attack at Central Michigan. In deter-mining his offense with the Cajuns,

Johnson is leaving his op-tions open. Look for the team to – at least early in the sea-son – have a split attack of run and pass. With several newcomers expected to make an impact, the offense might be a constantly evolving force.

Once Johnson gets a feel for the personnel, the offense should mirror the team’s strengths. Ideally, Johnson wants his offense to remain as balanced as possible, thriv-ing off of play-action.

In the end, the offense will likely blend with what the starting quarterback does best.

Among the open position battles, the starting quarter-back will not be named until the fall. Nearly all of the of-fensive positions have open-ings, including running back, offensive guard and wide re-ceiver.

Due to injuries, the Cajuns started three different sig-nal callers in 2010 and each found success. A competitive spring battle left Chris Mas-son and Blaine Gautier in the hunt to earn the starting nod this fall.

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The offensive line lost three senior starters for the second straight season. The line is very young, with only fi ve players having FBS play-ing time, but inexperienced talent can be found.

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ning in 2009 when current Tennessee Titans defensive end Hall Davis would occasionally play upright at the snap.

New defensive coordinator Greg Stewart prefers to give multiple pre-snap looks.

Stewart’s hybrid 4-3 base can give a 3-4, 4-3, 5-2 or an eight-man front look without changing personnel. The goal is to confuse the quarterback pre-snap without sacrifi cing the ability to stop the run or get to the quarterback.

With pressure packed defensive schemes, the defensive line and line-backers are expected to work in ro-tation. Luckily the Cajuns have the depth up front to roll players without a drop in talent.

The team used spring practice to prepare for the new schemes. With little experience in the system, Stew-

art believes his players will develop a better feel for his defense with more practice reps.

The Cajuns have terrifi c depth along the defensive front, leaning on more than three deep during spring drills.

Eight linebackers should see play-ing time in a rotation. The Cajuns will move around their strong-side linebacker quite a bit, putting Devon Lewis-Buchanan, Brandon Nash and Andrew Hebert in position to make plays in the backfi eld.

Since the Cajuns will put more bodies in the box than the offense can block, the secondary will tested. Three experienced seniors in Dwight Bent-ley, Lionel Stokes and Melvin White have proven to be difference makers on the fi eld.

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