ROUNDUP: Rams, Rebels & Comets earn victories in dominant fashions
Published 10:28 pm Friday, October 5, 2018
HOUMA — It was never close, and it wasn’t supposed to be.
The West St. John High Rams put 61 points on the board Friday night to improve to 4-2 this season with a road shutout of Houma Christian.
WSJH took the mystery out of the game’s outcome with 28 points in the first quarter and 33 points in the second quarter.
The two teams played a scoreless second half.
RA — 47, South Plaquemines — 14
RESERVE — Rebels fans have been patiently waiting to celebrate a victory all season, and the home team delivered in a big way Friday.
Riverside Academy’s offense continued its three-game upward trajectory, rolling out touchdown after touchdown en route to a 47-14 victory.
Coach Kevin Dizer’s defense was also solid, holding the opposing team to it smallest output of 2018.
RA (1-4) returns to action in Week 7 with a home game against Newman.
SCC — 42, Lusher — 0
First, it was Joseph Chiarella’s turn.
The senior Comets running back came out firing for St. Charles Catholic on homecoming, scoring from 51-yards out just seconds into Friday night’s game against Lusher Charter.
The most consistent SCC offensive force this season kept the pressure up, notching two more touchdowns (2-yard score & 21-yard run) in the opening frame to effectively clinch the win for the Comets (3-3).
Then, it was Keenan Gauff’s turn.
The sophomore running back, who had five carries through his team’s first four games, scored from 25 yards out for SCC’s first touchdown of the second quarter.
Within minutes he scored two more times on runs of 14 and 59 yards to give St. Charles Catholic a 42-0 halftime lead.
The defense took care of things the rest of the way, pitching a shutout over the final two quarters to end the game with the same 42-0 score.