WELSH — The Welsh Greyhounds will look to get back on the winning track tonight when they take the long trip to face the Class 4-A Loranger Wolves. Loranger sports a 3-2 overall mark and defeated St. Helena 14-12 last week. “They have the same tailback from last season, and he is very good,” noted Welsh Head Coach Ronnie Courville. “Everything they do revolves around their tailback. We will have our hands full trying to slow him down. He mainly runs between the tackles out of their spread offense, but he can also take it around the ends if he has to. We have to do a good job containing him.”
ELTON — The Elton Indians vs. Oberlin Tigers game scheduled for tonight has been cancelled due to a forfeiture by Oberlin. The Tigers couldn’t field a team for tonight’s districtopening game after reporting multiple injuries to players and informing the LHSAA of their decision. The Indians will move to 5-1 overall, 1-0 in league play with the win. The Indians have reeled off five straight victories since dropping their first contest to St. Edmund. The Indians will be back in action next Friday when they take on the Hamilton Christian Warriors in a huge 4-1A battle on the road.
LAKE ARTHUR — The Lake Arthur Tigers kept up their winning ways Friday night by blasting the Rosepine Eagles on Homecoming by a final of 47-8 at Jack Doland Memorial Stadium. With the win, the Tigers improve to a perfect 5-0 on the season and will now open district play against the powerful Notre Dame Pioneers in a Thursday night contest at home.
WELSH — Following a tough 32-29 loss to the Eunice Bobcats, Welsh Head Coach Ronnie Courville commented, “It was just the little things that hurt us tonight,” as the Greyhounds drop to 2-3 for the season with the loss.
LAKE ARTHUR — The Lake Arthur Tigers have rolled up five consecutive wins to open the non-district slate so far this season by toppling Basile, DeQuincy, Bolton, Oakdale and Rosepine. However, with district play starting, the talented Notre Dame Pioneers will stroll into town with one of the best football teams in Southwest Louisiana. The Pios are rated in the top five in all of Class 2A and have defeated some of the premier teams in all of Acadiana. Longtime Notre Dame Head Coach Louis Cook has the Pios playing their brand of football once again, with only one blemish to their record against arguably the best team in all of 4A in the Teurlings Rebels. The Pios have wins over 5A Southside (35-28), Ville Platte (42-7), Division IV defending state champion Catholic of New Iberia (35-34) and Division IV defending state champion Cecilia (45 35). Lake Arthur Head Coach Tarius Davis had extremely high praise for the Pios and said there aren’t many weaknesses on their football team. “They are a traditional Notre Dame football team that just finds a way to do everything the right way,” said Davis. “They are good in all three phases of the game and have players all over the field that just do their job very well. You can tell by the schedule they have played and the wins they have just how good they are. Coach (Louis) Cook does such a phenomenal job with them and their program.”
The Jennings Bulldogs hosted the DeRidder Dragons in a longtime rivalry match-up from Jerry Simmons Stadium Thursday night. The Dogs played a tale of two halves in the contest, falling behind 14-6 at the end of the first two quarters. However, Jennings would rally in the second half and score 21 unanswered points to take a 37-21 victory over the Dragons. The Dogs improved to 4-1 overall, while DeRidder fell to 2-3. Chris Ned accounted for another four TDs in the contest, rushing for three and tossing another. Gerald Watson also recorded a scoring run in the game for the Dogs, while Humphrey Ned caught his TD pass in the second half. The Jennings defense came up with big stops when they needed them against the potent Dragon ground game and completely shut them out in the second half before a late score got them back on the board.
WELSH — The Welsh Greyhounds will look to build upon their success from last Thurs d a y night when they host the Class 4-A Eunice Bobcats in a nondistrict clash a t Greyhound Stadium tonight. Welsh moved to 2-2 for the season with a 54-13 thrashing of the South Beauregard Knights last Thursday. It was a record-setting night for the Hounds, as junior tailback Ja’Kyrin Woodard established a single-game record for Welsh High with 302 yards rushing and four touchdowns.
LAKE ARTHUR — The Lake Arthur Tigers remained undefeated last Friday night by taking down the Oakdale Warriors by a final count of 26-0. The win moved the Tigers to 4-0 on the season, and they now turn their attention to a Homecoming showdown with the Rosepine Eagles. In their last contest, the Tigers pitched their second shutout of the season on defense and rode the hard running of junior tailback Jaydon Prudhomme. Prudhomme had over 200 yards for the second time this year and is now the fifth leading rusher in all of Southwest Louisiana. Tiger Head Coach Tarius Davis discussed his squad’s victory over Oakdale and said he was excited about the way they played in the second half after a slow start to the contest.
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