Abbeville falls short on the road

On Friday, the Abbeville Wildcats dropped a close road game to St. Mary’s of Natchitoches, 21-18.
This was the third meeting between the teams and St. Mary’s first win against Abbeville.
Going into Friday’s game, AHS head coach Roderick Moy was worried about St. Mary’s quarterback Mixon Bankston.
Bankston did what Moy thought he would do. He scored three touchdowns with his legs and had two interceptions playing at free safety.
One of those interceptions was a game-killer for AHS. With less than 30 seconds in the game, Abbeville got the ball back and needed to go around 80 yards for a game-winner. However, Bankston killed the threat with his second interception of the game at around the AHS 40-yard line.
The game was back and forth behind a solid AHS running game.
St. Mary went up 7-0 after the first period, and AHS cut it to 7-6 with a six-yard Zaylun Williams TD run. Williams finished the game with four rushes for 28 yards.
Behind the legs of Bankston, St. Mary’s got the ball back and, marched down field and extended the lead, 14-6, going into halftime.
The Wildcats kept the ball on the ground all four quarters. They finished the game with 251 yards rushing.
Edmar Simon led with 17 carries for 148 yards and scored twice.
His longest run of the night was in the third quarter when he broke one for 48 yards. The extra point was no good, and AHS was down 14-12.
The Wildcats went ahead for the first time at the start of the fourth quarter.
Simon punched it in from the 8-yard, and AHS went ahead, 18-14.
Back came St. Mary’s to retake the lead 21-18 in the fourth quarter.
Other rushers for Abbeville were Justin Montgomery (12-51), Williams (4-28) and Tyrin Doucet (4-18).
The Wildcats threw for 72 yards.
DaZavien Maze completed two passes for 27 yards.
Tahj Judge had one completion for 45 yards.
Receivers for AHS were Artis Latson (2-27) and Brian Gordon (1-45).
The Wildcats (0-1) will be home this Friday to battle against Central Catholic.

Centerville....34
Delcambre.......0

The Delcambre Panthers opened the 2023 season with a 34-0 loss to Centerville on Thursday.
The Panthers kept the ball on the ground behind the running of Kadyn Bourgeois, who had 128 yards on 28 carries. His longest run of the night was for 15 yards.
Hugo Morales had five carries for 36 yards for DHS.
Bourgeois had Delcambre’s two catches for eight yards.
DHS quarterback Rix Robin was two-for-three for eight yards.
Eli LeBlanc led the Panthers in tackles on defense with seven solos and 10 assists.