It was a good run, but North Iberville unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak dating back to last season on Friday. They and the White Castle Bulldogs were almost perfectly matched up, but the North Iberville Bears suffered a 44-43 defeat. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (32), the Bears still had to take the loss.
Several Bears players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jeremy Favorite, who rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. Bra'Jon Melancon also helped out with an impressive 93 receiving yards.
Having lost for the first time this season, North Iberville fell to 6-1. As for White Castle, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 3-5 record this season.
North Iberville will head out to face off against Ascension Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ascension Catholic is on a three-game streak of home wins, North Iberville a four-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for White Castle, they will welcome Ascension Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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