Football Recap: Opelousas Catholic Vikings vs. Catholic of Pointe Coupee Hornets
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Opelousas Catholic). Everything went their way against the Catholic of Pointe Coupee Hornets on Friday as the Opelousas Catholic Vikings made off with a 56-32 victory. Considering the Vikings have won six games by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Despite the loss, Catholic of Pointe Coupee still got an impressive performance from Parker Jewell, who rushed for 77 yards on only five carries, and also caught a touchdown. Jewell's longest rush was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Carter Devillier made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Opelousas Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40.3 points. As for Catholic of Pointe Coupee, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-1.
Opelousas Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Catholic of Pointe Coupee, they will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Ouachita Christian at 7:00 p.m. on November 22nd.
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