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NEW IBERIA _ The Centerville Bulldogs toppled the Highland Baptist Bears 48-14, earning a remarkable 8-2 overall record along with a 3-2 District 8-A mark Friday at the HBCHS Stadium.
Centerville’s Tyler Gunner scored four touchdowns on runs of 6, 9, 38 and 44 yards to help propel the Bulldogs to a history making season.
Gunner, who led the Bulldogs in rushing with 12 carries for 173 yards and four touchdowns, gave the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead with his six-yard burst at the 6:25 margin of the first quarter. Travyn Guilbeau connected on the PAT to lift Centerville to a 7-0 advantage.
With 1:59 blinking on the clock, Gunner made good on a nine-yard run before Guilbeau booted the extra point, giving the Bulldogs a 14-0 cushion.
Gunner later set sail on a 38-yard scoring journey and Guilbeau booted the extra-point to hand the Centerville Bulldogs a 21-0 lead over Highland at the 10:09 mark of the second quarter.
Morty Frederick scored on a 2-yard TD and Guilbeau connected on the PAT, sending the Bulldogs outfront by a 28-7 halftime score.
Centerville’s Braden Gaspard tossed a 5-yard scoring aerial to Trevyn Guilbeau in the third quarter prior to Guilbeau knocking the kick from placement through the uprights at the 5:31 mark of the third quarter.
Centerville’s Dravyn Guilbeau scored on a 25-yard TD before Travyn Guilbeau added the extra point in the third quarter, lifting the Bulldogs ahead by a 42-14 margin.
Gunner raced untouched for a 44-yard TD with 8:11 remaining in the game to polishing off Centerville’s 48-14 victory over HBCHS in the District 8-A finale.
Centerville quarterback Braden Gaspard went 2 for 3 for 13 yards and one touchdown.
Tyler Gunner finished with a jaw-dropping 12 carries for 173 yards and 4 TDs.
Drayvn Guilbeau rushed for an amazing 192 yards on 14 attempts and one TD.
Morty Frederick carried 11 times for 41 yards with one TD while Travis Billiot had two totes for 11 yards and Matt Sonnier picked up five yards on three attempts.
Trevyn Guilbeau caught two passes for 13 yards with one TD.
Leading tacklers for the Centerville defensive unit included: Trevyn Guilbeau, 6 total, 2 solo, 4 assist; Morty Frederick, 6 total, 4 solo, 2 assist; Matt Sonnier, 2 total, 1 solo, 1 assist; Tyler Gunner, 2 total, 1 solo, 1 assist; Maison Haydel, 1 total, 1 solo; Ben Simpson, 3 total, 3 assist; Ezra Armstrong, 4 total, 2 solo, 2 assist; Amarion Chatman, 2 total, 1 solo, 1 assist; Cameron Mayea, 1 total, 1 solo; Treveone Dauphin, 2 total, 1 solo, 1 assist and Milton Schexnayder, 1 total, 1 solo.
Centerville finished the regular season with an 8-2 overall mark which included a 3-2 District 8-A record.
Centerville received a first-round bye in the State Class 1-A playoffs after making a leap to the No. 5 seeded in the 2019 LHSAA pairings.
No. 5 Centerville will take on the winner of the No. 12 Homer- No. 21 Slaughter Community contest next week.

Franklin Health Care and Rehabilitation Center’s veterans were recognized Monday for their military service during a social for Veteran’s Day. FHCRC Admissions Coordinator Vicki Landry said, “Because of the dedication of our military, Americans can enjoy true freedom in this great land of the United States of America. God bless the U.S.A.!”

The American Angus Association celebrated innovators and visionaries by selecting individuals for induction into the Angus Heritage Foundation each year.
Over the past 130 years, the Angus breed has established itself as industry leader for quality and advancement. This reputation was built by innovators and visionaries who possess drive and wise decision-making skills to better the breed and the industry.
On Nov. 4, four Angus industry leaders were added to this prestigious group during the 2019 Angus Convention in Reno, Nevada. The 2019 inductees are Jarold Callahan, Oklahoma; Cannon Brothers, Charles and Jere Cannon, Kentucky; Jim Bradford, Iowa; and Paul St. Blanc, posthumously, Louisiana.
Paul St. Blanc (1941-1999) became a member of the American Angus Association in his youth and began purchasing Angus cattle for 4-H projects adding Angus to the family’s south Louisiana Brahman based herd. In 1953, St. Blanc along with his grandfather, father and brothers started Bar S Angus in Charenton.
St. Blanc attended Louisiana State University (LSU) and received a Bachelor of Science in animal husbandry and was a member of the LSU football team and Block and Bridle Club. He later received his teaching certificate from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and taught vocational agriculture in Franklin for 25 years while maintaining the Bar S Angus herd with his wife, Vicki, and children Anne, Casey and Melanie. After retiring from teaching, he went on to manage Del River Angus Farm in New Iberia and later Lena Farms in Lena, Mississippi.
Paul was a lifetime member of the American Angus Association and served on the board of directors of the Louisiana and Mississippi Angus Associations, serving as president of both organizations. He served as a delegate to the American Angus Association’s annual meeting for several years and worked with the American Angus Association to promote Angus whenever he was asked.
In 1984, during the World’s Fair in New Orleans, Paul and his family manned the American Angus Association booth for a week. Paul and Vicki served on the executive committee for the 1977 Eastern Regional Junior Angus Show in Shreveport, Louisiana, and chaired the National Junior Angus Louisiana Regional Preview Show in Baton Rouge in 1985.
Paul and Vicki were named National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) Advisors of the Year in 1982 and later received the Angus Foundation’s Honorary Angus Foundation award. Bar S Angus was recognized as a Historic Angus Herd during the American Angus Association’s centennial year in 1983. Paul was honored to serve as a judge for the 1995 National Junior Angus Showmanship Contest in Louisville, Kentucky.
By Rachel Robinson, Angus Communications

Governor John Bel Edwards made an appearance at Teche Action Clinic’s 45th anniversary celebration Friday at the Pavilion at Cypress Bayou Casino.
Edwards remarked that during his administration there have been more people able to afford health insurance in Louisiana than ever before due to his expansion of Medicaid, saying, “You know, that was the easiest big decision I have ever had to make.”
He lambasted former Governor Bobby Jindal for “refusing to expand Medicaid because he couldn’t afford to do it” and for “leaving me a $2 billion budget deficit.”
“Yet,” he continued, “I expanded Medicaid on my very first day.
“So, maybe he (Jindal) couldn’t afford to do it because he didn’t know what the hell he was doing.”
He said that there are more people in Louisiana with health insurance than ever in the state’s history.
“I have no doubt that as I stand before you tonight,” Edwards declared, “there are people in this state that wouldn’t be alive if we had not expanded Medicaid.”
He then went on to deride his gubernatorial opponent Eddie Rispone, and urged attendees to vote on Saturday.
The evening’s keynote speaker was Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health Dr. Rebekah Gee.
Gee began by lauding Edwards’ expansion of Medicaid, and said her department is looking to retool Medicaid, so that it may provide addiction treatment, disability services and maternity coverage.
“We cannot forget how important it is to vote,” Gee said, dovetailing with Edwards’ remarks. “Elections have consequences.
“We are improving lives. We are improving health. We are improving opportunity, and we are going to win.”
Following Gee, State Representative Sam Jones gave what he called, “maybe my last speech I’ll give in public office.”
He praised Gee for her courage and tenacity in reportedly facing down a House of Representatives vote to keep her from serving as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health due to her schedule being so whelmed with parental, practicing physicians, and management head responsibilities.
And to his constituents, Jones, choking up, said, “I just want to thank you for supporting me all these years. I have never forgotten you while I was up there (Baton Rouge), and I never will!”
Teche Action Clinic was founded in 1974 with a grant of $35,000.
They now operate with a budget of $22 million with 15 locations across six parishes, with a new location to be built soon in Gramercy.