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Acadiana Kickoff Tour 2023: Breaux Bridge Tigers

Acadiana Kickoff Tour
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Posted at 8:22 PM, Jul 30, 2020
and last updated 2023-08-09 15:43:59-04

Head Coach: Zach Lochard
2022 Record: 6-7
District: 5-4A
Notes: Tigers reached the quarterfinals of the playoffs

The motto for Breaux Bridge in 20-22 was "Brick by brick" and that was all about trusting the process after a 4-7 record from the year before.

"Trusting the process" involved welcoming new head coach, Zach Lochard, who's goal was to lift the Tigers to new heights.

The Tigers would end the season 6-7 after falling in the quarterfinals of the playoffs and that was just motivation on what needed to be done heading into this season.

"I feel like everybody, we all had a lot of confidence", says junior defensive back Ja'Kylon Thomas. "Like we were really confident when we got into the playoffs and we just did what we had to do. The whole energy of the team, it all just changed."

"We learned a lot about ourselves throughout the year. A lot about our personnel and who we can trust in crunch time", says head coach Zach Lochard. "We learned from a lot of mistakes early in the season. We grew more and more confident with the schemes and the coaching staff so towards the playoff run we were playing our best football so my challenge to these guys coming into year two is to pick up where we left off."

The Tigers return 16 key starters, including their first team all district quarterback, Kelby Hypolite.

Last season, Hypolite got the job done in both ways, rushing for over 1,300 and 13 touchdowns, while airing out 1,100 plus yards and 9 touchdowns.

For the Tigers-, his versatility is no doubt a strength to their roster.

"He can do other things for us and college coaches have kept their eye on him at receiver, running back, defensive back and he's going to play all of those things as well in the return game among special teams for us this season."

"He can run, he can pass, he can pretty much do it all", says junior tight end Ethan Comb. "I think it fits our offense pretty well."