The 2016 high school football season has reached the halfway mark and the District 5-4A campaign begins Friday for the league’s five teams.
And the top match up of the opening round will be the showdown between parish rivals Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville in The ’Ville Friday.
St. Martinville’s Lady Tigers volleyball team suffered a 3-0 loss to the defending Division III state champion Teurlings High in The ’Ville’s second district match last week.
SM RECEIVER Deantre James tries to shake off a couple of Ellender defenders after taking in a long pass from QB Markavon Williams. James had eight receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown but the Tigers suffered a 41-27 homecoming loss to the Patriots.(Robby Bishop)
The Ellender Patriots used a big-play passing attack and a ball-hawking defensive secondary in rolling to a 41-27 victory over St. Martinville last Friday to disappoint a Tiger homecoming crowd.
CECILIA’S Devin Briscoe (20) follows blocker Kaleb Carter for a nice gain as Bulldog Seth Stoute (11) trails the play. Briscoe rushed for 81 yards on 17 totes as the Bulldogs rolled to a 25-3 victory over Lafayette last Friday.(Meagan Andrepont)
Lafayette – Cecilia got its offense humming again and used a balanced attack to notch a 24-3 on the road victory over Lafayette’s Mighty Lions here last Friday.
Breaux Bridge – The undefeated Carencro Bears jumped out to an early lead on their way to a 35-14 victory over Breaux Bridge last Friday.
Relying primarily on a bruising running attack that chewed up 266 yards, Carencro scored in every quarter. Treylon Barnaba got the first of his two touchdowns on a 6-yard run to open the scoring.