Jace Dore' engineered
Delcambre's 22-20 upset of second-ranked Central Catholic (Morgan City) Friday, as he tied the game with a 33-yard run and then added the all-important 2-point conversion run with 1:12 to play.
It was the first loss for Central Catholic, which fell to 1-1 in District 7-1A play. Delcambre improved to 3-4 and 2-0, respectively.
Delcambre weathered the production of Central Catholic quarterback
Joshua Singleton, who completed 13 of 18 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns.
Dontrell Brown caught eight passes for 156 yards and a score, while
Lamar Grogan rushed 14 times for 72 yards and a touchdown.
Delcambre quarterback
Dylan Bourque completed 4 of 9 passes for 81 yards.
WEST MONROE KEEPS ROLLINGWest Monroe showed why it is the state's top-ranked Class 5A football
team, as it roared to a 45-13 victory over previously undefeated
Ouachita (Monroe) Oct. 8 then thumped Southwood 56-0.
In bolting to a 31-0 halftime lead, the Rebels held Ouachita to 58 yards total offense. Quarterback
Paul Turner continued his recovery from a high ankle sprain by completing all six of his first-half passes for 115 yards.
Turner was back in action for the second consecutive game after missing
two games with his injury. Turner finished with 13 carries for 92 yards
and a touchdown and completed 9 of 13 passes for 147 yards and two
scores.
Ouachita quarterback Quentin Wheeler was continually harassed by
West Monroe’s linemen, who batted down several of his passes. Wheeler
finished 12 of 31 for 179 yards and two touchdowns with two
interceptions.
LIGGINS LIGHTS IT UPLeesville's Levander Liggins became the first player in school history to have more than 200 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game, as Leesville outlasted Alexandria, 69-48, in an offensive explosion that featured a combined 1,087 yards total offense and 17 touchdowns.
Liggins rushed 13 times for 226 yards and two touchdowns and caught five passes for 103 yards and two more scores. Leesville outscored Alexandria 29-7 in the fourth quarter to take over first place in District 3-4A.
Liggins' teammate,
Diontay Thurman, added five touchdowns by rushing 17 times for 190 yards and four scores and catching three passes for 48 yards and a touchdown. Alexandria quarterback
Cameron Firnberg completed 31 of 50 passes for 353 yards and four touchdowns.
MVP RECOGNITION BRINGS WHITE REWARDNot only did wide receiver Tre’Davious White help
Green Oaks (Shreveport) beat Booker T. Washington, 12-6, in a Shreveport rivalry known as the Soul Bowl, but White earned Most Valuable Player honors and the $1,000 scholarship that went with it.
White scored the game's first touchdown on a 46-yard catch and moved Green Oaks into position for the winning score with an 8-yard reception to the BTW 1-yard line. From there, quarterback Christopher Williams snuck into the end zone at 11:20 of the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.
White finished with four catches for 92 yards, while Williams threw for 141 yards despite two interceptions.
RICE WINS WITH PERSONAL BESTIn winning the boys competition at the Varsity Sports Walker Shootout, Matthew Rice of
Runnels (Baton Rouge) turned in what is believed to be the fastest cross country time for a Louisiana high school boy since 2003. Rice covered the three-mile course at Walker's Sidney Hutchinson Park in 14 minutes, 57.69 seconds. Rice's personal best came a week after he ran a personal-best time of 15:39.6 in placing fifth in the 5,000-meter run at the Nike South Invitational at The Woodlands, Texas. That would have converted to a three-mile time of 15:06.
Cole Stafford of
Catholic (Baton Rouge) and Philip Aucoin of
Jesuit (New Orleans) placed second and third, respectively, with times of 15:05.26 and 15:06.16.
Anna Katherine Devitt of
Christian Life (Baton Rouge) won the girls competition with a time of 17:54.48. Gabrielle Jennings of
First Baptist Christian (Slidell) took second in 17:59.78 with Abby Ter Haar of
Episcopal (Baton Rouge) finishing third in 18:01.82.
While Baton Rouge controlled the individual results, the New Orleans area dominated the team competition.
Mt. Carmel (New Orleans) led a four-team New Orleans-area contingent atop the girls standings with 49 points.
Fontainebleau (Mandeville) followed with 83.
St. Scholastica (Covington) was next at 94 with Dominican (New Orleans) taking fourth with 143 points. Episcopal finally disrupted the New Orleans-area cavalcade at fifth with 174 points in finishing ahead of three New Orleans teams in the 26-team field.
Jesuit was the boys winner with 72 points as it edged Catholic by four points. St. Paul’s (Covington) finished third in the 37-team field with 117 points. Episcopal was next with 142 points.
