The Bayou Academy Colts will stay at home for another week and welcome the Silliman Institute Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bayou Academy will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Bayou Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They had just enough and edged Heritage Academy out 42-40.
John Howard Gilbert continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 239 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also throwing for 69 yards and a touchdown on only five passes. Those 239 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Ryan Dawson Mallette made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Bayou Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 354 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Silliman Institute unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 38-30 to Oak Forest Academy.
Bayou Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Silliman Institute, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-3.
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