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The Jennings Bulldogs picked up their first win of the season last Friday night by squeezing out a nail-biter over the Eunice Bobcats 22-16 at Jerry Simmons Stadium. Jennings upped their record to 1-1 overall, while the Cats fell to an identical 1-1. The Dogs dominated most of the first half, including a pair of scoring drives on their opening possessions, but the Bobcats found a way to fight back and took control of the contest late in the second period and all through the third frame. The Dogs would ultimately score a late defensive TD with just under two minutes left in the game when senior safety Humphrey Ned recovered a fumble and raced 30 yards to the house to give the Dogs a 22-16 lead. The “Maroon Wall” stood tall in a last-ditch effort by the Bobcats and shut the door on the big rivalry win. With the victory, Jennings has now beaten the Bobcats three times in a row.

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After a tough showing in their week one opener against the Iowa Yellow Jackets, the Jennings Bulldogs are eyeing a bounce-back game against long- standing rival Eunice. The Dogs dropped their first contest by a count of 35-6 to an elite Iowa team that shone on both sides of the football. Jennings’ defense played an outstanding first half, but wore out in the second half, and Iowa took advantage with three big scores. The Dogs had trouble moving the football in the contest with the Yellow Jackets, racking up only 122 total yards in the game. The Bulldogs ran the football for only 71 yards and quarterback Chris Ned threw for 51. Jennings Head Coach Bret Fuselier discussed the offense and said the Dogs have some things to clean up. “We have got to focus on ourselves and fix a lot of those things on the offensive side of the football,” said Fuselier. “We have a lot of guys up front that are young kids and are getting used to playing on Friday nights. But we can’t worry about who our opponent is this week; we just have to play better and get ourselves right.”

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ELTON — The Elton Indians are looking to bounce back after a season-opening defeat at the hands of the St. Edmund Blue Jays last Friday night. The Indians actually had the lead until the third period when fatigue and cramps did them in. “It’s a numbers thing and we just don’t have enough numbers to have the depth that would allow our better players to only play on one side of the football,” commented Elton Head Coach Marcus LeJeune. “But I really liked our attitude. We never quit, and there was no complaining. We played as hard as we could until we really tired out.”

WELSH — The Welsh Greyhounds will be looking to improve in key areas tonight, as they prepare to face off with the Oakdale Warriors in a non-district battle. Welsh dropped a hardfought 36-32 decision to the Kinder Yellow Jackets last week in their regular season opener.

The Jennings Bulldogs opened their season Friday night against an extremely tough Iowa Yellow Jackets squad led by head coach Tommy Johns. The game was a close one at the half, largely in part to a pair of fine defensive performances from both squads. However, the Jackets erupted in the second half to ultimately take a 35-6 win over the Bulldogs. Iowa led just 14-6 at the break but put up 21 unanswered points on a plethora of big plays in the second half to stroll to the win.

KINDER — The Welsh Greyhounds and the Kinder Yellow Jackets locked up in the classic duel that both teams and their fans have come to expect here Friday night, and it was the home standing team that finally came away with an exciting 36-32 win in the seasonopener for both teams.