Week 10 Scores

EAST ST. JOHN — 48

CENTRAL LAFOURCHE – 29

The Trojans played fairly well for a lot of Friday night’s game – a game the team needed to win to make the Class 5A State Playoffs. But at the end of the day, the Trojans just couldn’t stop allowing big plays, which allowed the Wildcats to rally in the second half and take a multiscore victory.

H.L. BOURGEOIS – 44

TERREBONNE – 37

This was the game of the night in the Houma-Thibodaux area. With both teams needing a victory, it was H.L. Bourgeois who walked away the victor in this rivalry matchup, winning a shootout against their No. 1 rival. When the Braves get their downhill running attack going, they’re tough to beat.

HAHNVILLE – 44

THIBODAUX – 27

These two titans went back and forth for a lot of Friday night’s game. But after being tied at halftime, Hahnville pulled away in the second half, using an absolutely dominant performance at the line of scrimmage to gain big-time yardage in the running game.

VANDEBILT – 53

ELLENDER – 28

The Terriers get a lot of attention for their dominant, explosive passing attack. But on Friday night, Vandebilt bullied Ellender at the line of scrimmage and gashed the Patriots to the tune of more than 300 yards on the ground. Both teams are now heading toward dates on the postseason and both are threats to beat anyone on a given night.

SOUTH TERREBONNE – 31

SOUTH LAFOURCHE – 21

The Gators have had a very, very tough season – both on and off the field. But on Friday night, they finally put it all together and scored an emotional victory over South Lafourche. After the win, teammates were adamant that the victory was in honor of Louis Blanchard and Andraye Verdin. Congratulations to South Terrebonne for ending the year with a bang. We can only hope that the late-season momentum will carry into next season.

ERATH – 40

E.D. WHITE – 28

The Cardinals fell behind big against Erath on Friday night, but had enough to make the game close in the late stages. It’s been an awfully tough season for the Cardinals this year, but they are still in the Division II Playoffs and have an opportunity to right all of those wrongs on Friday night with their record back to 0-0.

CCA – 35

GRACE KING – 24

Grace King isn’t a very good football team. But that doesn’t much matter. The fact that they are a Class 5A school and the fact that CCA is a Class 1A school means that the game would be challenging for the Lions. But that didn’t stop CCA from getting a hard-fought win – one which seals the Lions place as a home team in the opening round of the Division IV State Playoffs. The Lions are the No. 2 seed in that bracket. With that at their disposal, they own as good of a shot as anyone to reach the Superdome for the State Finals. Congratulations to that program for its continued successes.

VARNADO – 26

HOUMA CHRISTIAN – 0

The Warriors have been an explosive offensive team throughout the season, but in the final two weeks of the season, that point-scoring ability has failed the team. The Warriors had a large senior class, and they’ll have some big shoes to fill next season. But they do have a talented bunch of players who will be back in 2017, and those players will have to carry the team. We have 100 percent faith in Coach Battaglia to get the job done and to lead the program into a successful, prosperous future with the Christian Warriors.

Next week’s schedule

Class 5A:

Terrebonne @ Destrehan

Mandeville @ Thibodaux

H.L. Bourgeois @ West Monroe

Class 4A:

Ellender @ Benton

Division II:

E.D. White @ Vandebilt

Division IV:

St. Martin’s @ CCA