RESERVE — East St. John High football coach Aldon Foster is frustrated.

On the one hand, he’s happy that his team, down 34 points to John Ehret in the third quarter, managed to rally for three touchdowns before losing 41-21.

He’s happy his quarterback, Marquise Darensbourg, is settling into his starting role and players are stepping up around them.

Foster just can’t get over all the dropped passes — and there were several in the first half — and a defense that gave up too many big plays.

“We left too many points on the field,” the second-year coach of the Wildcats said. “We’ve got to stop making those same mistakes. We moved the ball up and down the field on them.”

Darensbourg, the former Destrehan starter who missed all of last September after his transfer to East St. John, has to be frustrated too.

He passed for 217 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 92 yards and two more scores, but he was intercepted once and sacked three times. He also saw several wide open receivers simply drop passes.

Said Foster: “I told the offensive line, ‘If y’all just give him some time, it’s scary how good we can be.’ We are blessed to have him, I’ll tell you that.”

The Wildcats, now 1-1, will get another stern test Friday when they host Madison Prep. A Class 2A school, Madison Prep (2-0) is only in its fourth year of varsity football, but has already advanced to the semifinals once and the quarterfinals twice. The Chargers defeated Livonia 26-22, and White Castle 34-0.

“They’re not a 2A school in talent,” Foster said.

He hopes his team gets its kinks worked out in this final tune-up before starting district play next week.

“It’s just a matter of fine tuning,” he said. “We’ve got to stop hurting ourselves.”

Hahnville at Riverside Academy

Last year the little Class 2A Rebels not only stunned the 5A Tigers, 10-7, they dominated them. Coach Bill Stubbs was most impressed with his team’s 90-yard drive that ended in a field goal, and the defense, which all but stopped Hahnville’s offense.

This year the Rebels (1-1) get to host the Tigers (2-0), but it’s a different Hahnville team. Hahnville is on a roll with the return of quarterback Austin Perrin, who sat out all of 2015 to concentrate on baseball.

The Tigers rushed for more than 200 yards against Woodlawn, and gained nearly 400 yards on a rainy night against Patterson. The defense held the Lumberjacks to 106 yards.

This isn’t the same Riverside team either. Quarterback Jordan Loving, who also sat out all of last regular season with an injury, was 14 of 22 for 176 yards in a 33-28 win last week over Parkview Baptist.

West St. John at Southern Lab

After a game that saw 89 points scored, the Rams might need a breather. They don’t get one this week.

West St. John escaped with a 49-40 win over Donaldsonville last week while Southern Lab let a lead slip away in a 28-26 loss to University High.

The Kittens were hurt by 95 yards in penalties and four turnovers.

The Rams, meanwhile, played turnover-free ball Friday. They had eight against St. James the week prior.

St. Charles Catholic at Vandebilt Catholic

The young Comets continue to grow up quickly. Friday night they came through with a solid 35-6 win over Thomas Jefferson. St. Charles outgained the Jaguars 341 to 75, with 51 of those yards coming on Thomas Jefferson’s final drive. The Comets rushed for 229 yards.

Breaking out were running backs Philip Tran and Joe Chiarella, who handled most of the ground game and scoring.

Those young Comets face a big test this week against the Terriers, who combined with Central Lafourche for 918 yards before taking a 42-35 win.

Sophomore quarterback Andrew Robinson passed for 323 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 92 yards.