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For the fourth week in a row, the No.1-ranked Jennings Bulldogs spotted their opponents a twotouchdown lead in the first quarter.

The 3-0 Jennings Bulldogs open the 2020 District 4-3A slate this week when they welcome in the St. Louis Saints from Lake Charles at Jerry Simmons Stadium. The Saints enter Friday night’s contest with an overall mark of 1-1, with a 10-7 win over Kinder in week one under their belt. Last Thursday, the Saints lost a shootout with the Church Point Bears by a final of 37-27. The Saints led that game 27-16 in the fourth quarter, however the Bears rallied to score 21 unanswered points to take the non-district clash.

start,” Coach Phelps “W need to get off to a fast told me in the pregame interview. “We can’t allow Eunice to score on us first like the last two games. They are too good of a football team.” Well, that did not work out. Just as Deridder and Cecilia did, Eunice scored two touchdowns with four minutes left in the first quarter and again the Bulldogs were behind the 8-ball. Again.

WELSH - The Welsh Greyhounds will enter the district wars this week when they travel to face the Notre Dame Pioneers in a District6- 2A battle.

LAKE ARTHUR – The Lake Arthur Tigers and Pickering Red Devils went back-and-forth at each other all Saturday afternoon at Jack Doland Stadium in a non-district clash. However, it was Pickering who was able to throw the last punch late in the fourth quarter to earn a 42-35 shootout victory over the Tigers. The win moved Pickering to 2-1 overall, while the Tigers dropped to 1-2 heading into the start of district play this week.

Foo Fact of the Game: In the 1st half, Eunice had 184 total yards, 8 first downs, and 14 points. In the 2nd half, the Dogs defense held Eunice to 57 total yards, 2 first downs and no points.

WELSH - For the first time this season, the Welsh Greyhounds enjoyed a lead, as a fumble recovery by junior Cohen Fontenot led to a 28-yard field goal by sophomore Gentry Pousson to give the Hounds a 3-0 advantage less than three minutes into the contest. The rest of the news wasn’t so good for the hosts, as the Class 4-A Vandebilt Catholic Terriers used their size and physical play to post a 35-3 win in the non-district clash. The score would remain that way through the first quarter even though Welsh played almost all of the period in Terrier territory. A lost fumble at the Vandebilt 14 killed a Greyhound march that looked to put points on the board. The visitors showed their speed when Bryden Roundtree went 51 yards to hand the lead to the Terriers with 9:43 remaining in the first half. Dakotah Purvis then booted the first of five extra points and the visitors had a lead they would never relinquish.