Homecoming games, road wins for area football teams

Three Teche Area teams celebrated homecoming on Friday, but only one team's fans were able to celebrate a win as the other two suffered setbacks at home.

Westgate, Franklin and West St. Mary each held homecoming ceremonies for their students, alumni and fans Friday, but only Franklin came away with a win, beating nearby rival Jeanerette 34-6. Westgate turned the ball over five times in suffering a 28-14 loss to its former district rival Sulphur, while West St. Mary was on the short end of a 63-13 score at the hands of a strong Donaldsonville squad.

In other games involving area teams Friday, Church Point beat Erath 20-12, New Iberia picked up a big 27-3 win at Comeaux, Catholic High suffered a narrow 21-17 loss at St. Louis, St. Martinville fell to in-parish and district rival Breaux Bridge 27-7, and Hanson fell to Class 3A in-parish rival Berwick 23-22 on a failed 2-point conversion attempt.

On Thursday, Delcambre pounded North Central 40-14 and Loreauville lost to former district rival Vermilion Catholic 27-7.

Following the game summaries below is a list of prep football scores gathered from around the state by The Associated Press.

SULPHUR 28, WESTGATE 14

NEW IBERIA - Four interceptions, three coming in the second half and one returned 85 yards for a touchdown, shot down Westgate's chances to beat fifth-ranked Sulphur Friday at Lloyd G. Porter Memorial Stadium.

Sulphur scored three first-half touchdowns, utilizing an option attack that at first befuddled the Tigers, to break off big chunks of real estate for a 21-7 halftime lead.

Westgate scored on passes of 49 yards to Lellande Davis and 48 yards to Justin Williams, but quarterback Deon Anthony was hobbled by an injury suffered the week before and could not contribute to the running game. Anthony is the second-leading rusher on the team but did not attempt a run on Friday.

A third-quarter interception off a tipped pass was returned for a Sulphur touchdown after Westgate had advanced the ball to the Tors' 19-yard line put the game out of reach.

WHS fell to 2-3, while Sulphur improved to 4-1.

FRANKLIN 34, JEANERETTE 6

FRANKLIN - Harold Defils recovered a blocked punt in the end zone, Gerian Lightfoot had an interception and a fumble recoverey and Franklin defense smothered Jeanerette offense as the Hornets rolled to its non-district win Friday agains FSH coach Zeb Simon's former team.

Franklin held Jeanerette to minus-17 (-17) yards rushing in the game and only 109 total yards of offense while forcing a fumble and intercepting two passes.

Ryan Sorrell had two touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving, Chase Boykins threw for 134 yards and two touchdowns and Lightfoot added a touchdown reception on offense as FSH improved to 3-2 overall.

Jeanerette fell to 0-5 on the year.

DONALDSONVILLE 63, WEST ST. MARY 13

BALDWIN - West St. Mary's Wolfpack ran into Donaldsonville's defending Class 2A 200-meter relay state championship foursome on the football field Friday night.

Or, more appropriately, the relay team ran past the Wolfpack to pace the Tigers to a 63-13 romp over West St. Mary, which saw its homecoming game spoiled by speed. There was the senior quarterback with two first names, Roy Sam, with his running mates Champlain Babin, Bryant Dunn and Terrance Jackson.

Now you see 'em, now you don't. That was the story of the night defensively for West St. Mary, which skidded to 1-4 with its second straight lopsided loss.

Sam ran for two touchdowns and threw for another while calling most of the plays himself. Dunn had a field day while rushing for 203 of his team's 407 yards on the ground and scoring two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion. Babin scored on a 43-yard pass from Sam and on a 68-yard return of an intercepted JuanKeith Shearron pass in the first quarter as the visitors went up 22-0. Jackson got into the scoring act on a 6-yard run in the third quarter.

Donaldsonville never had to punt while West St. Mary's Carlos Alvarez, a freshman, punted seven times for a 34.0-yard average.

The Wolfpack, held to less than 100 yards rushing by the swarming Tigers, got touchdown runs of 5 and 62 yards from Shearron in the second quarter.

CHURCH POINT 20, ERATH 12

ERATH - The Bobcats looked sharp early, taking a 6-0 lead on a game-opening drive that took only two plays and a minute and five seconds, but Erath managed only 171 total yards on the night in dropping a non-district decision.

Church Point tailback Von Duplechain ran for 125 yards on 23 carries to lead the Bears, while three players - Duplechain, Bruce Citizen and Blake Boudreaux - had touchdown runs for CPHS.

Shane Hebert and Tyler Hernandez each made interceptions for Erath, which fell to 1-4.

STATE PREP SCORES

By The Associated Press

Acadiana 41, Lafayette 21

Amite 28, St. Helena Central 0

Barbe 35, Washington-Marion 6

Bastrop 42, Rayville 36

Beau Chene 17, Abbeville 6

Belle Chasse 41, E.D. White Catholic 13

Ben Franklin 31, Ridgewood 28

Berwick 23, Hanson Memorial 22

Bossier 31, Fair Park 7

Breaux Bridge 27, St. Martinville 7

Brother Martin 33, Denham Springs 15

BTW-Shreveport 34, Carroll 8

Bunkie 41, Episcopal-BR 24

Byrd 35, Ruston 14

Calvary Baptist 61, Homer 35

Capitol 39, Glen Oaks 20

Catholic-BR 23, Dutchtown 13

Cedar Creek 41, Many 28

Central 24, West Feliciana 0

Central Catholic 47, Metairie Park Country Day 16

Central Lafourche 28, Assumption 27, OT

Church Point 20, Erath 12

Covington 28, Ponchatoula 7

Delhi 38, Bernice 14

Desire Streeet 52, Christian Life 28

Destrehan 30, Ehret 14

Donaldsonville 63, West St. Mary 13

Dunham 31, Catholic-Pointe Coupee 28, OT

East Ascension 53, Walker 6

East St. John 29, Carencro 8

Eunice 31, Pineville 17

Evangel 41, Loyola 6

Farmerville 48, Lakeside 6

Fisher 46, Crescent City 20

Fontainebleau 17, Northshore 14, OT

Franklin 34, Jeanerette 6

Franklin Parish 31, Ridgewood 28

Franklinton 33, Pine 0

Grace King 34, Chalmette 14

H.L. Bourgeois 49, South Terrebonne 21

Hahnville 55, McDonogh 14

Hamilton Christian 28, Rosepine 7

Haughton 13, Minden 6

Haynesville 35, North DeSoto 14

Holy Cross 20, Jesuit 9

Huntington 46, Natchitoches Central 13

Independence 20, Franklin Parish 6

Istrouma 26, McKinley 14

Jennings 22, Sam Houston 17

Jonesboro-Hodge 44, Grant 26

Karr 26, Helen Cox 20

Kentwood 32, Southern Lab 14

Kinder 39, E. Beauregard 0

King 34, Chalmette 14

Lake Arthur 28, Pickering 14

Leesville 43, DeRidder 13

Live Oak 59, Riverdale 7

Livonia 49, Ascension Catholic 22

Logansport 53, Mansfield 29

Loranger 27, St. Thomas Aquinas 24

Lutcher 47, Broadmoor 7

Mandeville 31, Slidell 20

Marksville 41, Alexandria 26

McMain 12, Cohen 6

Merryville 35, Lakeview 6

Morgan City 56, St. Martin's 21

Neville 35, Wossman 6

New Iberia 27, Comeaux 3

Newman 26, De La Salle 14

North Iberville 40, False River Academy 12

North Vermilion 10, Iota 6

Northlake Christian 27, Pope John Paul II 25

Northside 30, Scotlandvile 22

Notre Dame 21, Iowa 6

Oak Forest Academy 21, Central Private 14

Oakdale 35, Ringgold 0

Oberlin 6, St. Mary's 0

Opelousas Catholic 38, Pine Prairie 0

Parkview Baptist 29, Cecilia 28, OT

Parkway 50, Northwood-Shreveport 36

Patterson 27, Crowley 20

Peabody 22, University Lab 6

Pearl River 34, Albany 8

Ponchatoula 28, Covington 7

Port Allen 33, Lee 0

Rayne 14, Kaplan 7

Redemptorist 24, Clinton 13

Richwood 43, Jackson 14

Rummel 48, Clark 6

Russell Christian (Miss.) at Ben's Ford, ppd, power failure

South Beauregard 39, Elton 0

South Plaquemines 60, E. Jefferson 33

Salmen 56, Reed 6

Silliman Institute 42, Amite School Center 6

South Plaquemines 60, East Jefferson 33

Springfield 15, Jewel Sumner 0

Springhill 40, North Caddo 19

St. Amant 24, Woodlawn-BR 3

St. Charles 21, West St. John 12

St. Edmund 36, Basile 0

St. James 32, Higgins 14

St. John 47, Riverside Academy 26

St. Louis 21, Catholic-New Iberia 17

St. Michael 34, Brusly 12

St. Paul's 42, Hammond 24

St. Thomas More 28, Zachary 7

Sterlington 35, Ouachita Christin 21

Sulphur 28, Westgate 14

Tara 25, Plaquemine 19

Tensas 54, Cenla Christian 20

Thibodaux 43, South Lafourche 6

Tioga 30, W. Ouachita 27

UCP 33, Grambling 6

Vandebilt Catholic 65, Terrebonne 28

Vinton 31, DeQuincy 29

Welsh 20, S. Cameron 13

West Monroe 49, Airline 6

Westlake 40, LaGrange 11

Westminster 16, Port Barre 6

White Castle 52, Tensas Parish 6

Winnfield 28, Bolton 0