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After about a 45-minute lightning delay, the Vermilion Catholic Eagles decided to create a little thunder and lightning of their own Friday night.
The Eagles (3-0) were down 8-6 after the first quarter, but then they exploded for 36-second quarter points and cruised to a 56-8 win over Hanson.
Hanson was leading 8-0 for the first 10 minutes of the game. Eight points was not going to be enough against the No. 7th ranked Eagles.
As the field began to dry, VC’s passing game began to take off.

KAPLAN - The Kaplan Pirates used their best defense to keep the Erath Bobcats from scoring more points in the fourth period.
The Pirates’ best defense was its offense.
The Bobcats scored a touchdown with 1:17 to play in the game and closed the Pirates’ lead 30-25.
The Bobcats needed to stop Kaplan to get the ball back for a chance to win the game.
But things did not go too well for the Bobcats. Instead, Erath got three penalties, including two back-to-back 15-yard penalties that allowed Kaplan to run out the clock and secure the victory.

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced during a press briefing on Thursday that he will allow high school football stadiums to have 50 percent capacity that went into effect this past Friday.
That is great news for area high school football programs because it meant twice as many people will be allowed into the stadiums.
Edwards announced he will amend his current Phase 3 order Thursday to allow outdoor high school football stadiums to move to 50 percent capacity, rather than 25 percent in parishes with positivity rates of 5 percent or less for two consecutive weeks.