Noah Broussard of Catholic High School, the Haik, Minvielle & Grubbs Law Firm/Daily Iberian Defensive Player of the Week for Week 3.

Fans of Teche Area high school football teams made one race a runaway and decided the other by the slimmest of margins in online polling for Daily Iberian Player of the Week honors sponsored by the law firm of Haik, Minvielle & Grubbs.

Highland Baptist Christian School quarterback Myles Liggans won his second Offensive Player of the Week honors in a landslide, beating his next closest competitor in the online poll at www.iberianet.com/sports by more than 45 percentage points after a record-setting performance in the Bears’ 47-39 District 7-A win over Hanson Memorial School.

The defensive honors were another matter as Catholic High School’s Noah Broussard edged Matthew Napier of Highland Baptist by a single vote, amounting to approximately a tenth of a percentage point.

Fans nominate players from Teche Area schools following each week’s games and then vote for their favorites from among those listed in the poll by the sports staff of The Daily Iberian. Nominations are made beginning each Friday by posting a comment to the story at www.iberianet.com/sports asking for nominations. Nominations conclude on Monday and voting begins Monday afternoon at www.iberianet.com, ending on Thursday afternoon. Results are published each Friday in the newspaper and its online site.

The top vote-getter on offense and the top vote-getter on defense are named Players of the Week and receive a special T-shirt and certificate for their efforts.

Liggans completed 12 of 27 pass attempts for a school-record 247 yards with a school-record six touchdown passes. He had 65.5 percent of the fan vote. Liggans also was voted Offensive Player of the Week for the fifth week of the season.

Catholic High running back JaDan Stokes finished with 19.9 percent of the vote after rushing for 159 yards and three touchdowns in a 63-14 win over District 7-2A rival Loreauville High School. Stokes won the honor for the opening week of the season. Assembly Christian running back Brock LeBlanc, a two-time winner of the award this season, had 6.2 percent of the fan vote after rushing for 188 yards and three touchdowns on eight carries.

West St. Mary High School quarterback Taylun Druilhet netted 5 percent of the fan vote after an outstanding 13-for-15 passing night for 308 yards and two touchdowns, one rushing and one passing, in a 36-24 win over District 7-2A rival Jeanerette High School. WSM running back Desmon Washington had 3.4 percent of the fan vote after gaining 216 all-purpose yards (137 rushing, 79 receiving) with three touchdowns in the win over Jeanerette.

Broussard, who also won the fan vote for Week 3, had 48.1 percent of the fan vote after his interception for a touchdown that sparked a 35-point third quarter in the Panthers’ win over Loreauville. He also had several tackles for loss.

Napier, who also set school receiving records for the Bears in their win over Hanson, had 48 percent of the fan vote after his game-saving interception in the fourth quarter along with several tackles. Napier had five catches for a school-record 178 yards and a school-record four touchdowns on offense in addition to playing the entire game on defense.

Brant Young of Assembly Christian, who won the defensive award in week 4, had 3.9 percent of the fan vote after making eight tackles in the Lions’ 58-32 win over Northeast.