Berwick's last-second bid falls short; Central Catholic wins homecoming game

Evan Crappell’s 44-yard field goal attempt with 3 seconds left was blocked, dooming Berwick to a 22-19 loss to Donaldsonville in prep football action Friday.
Central Catholic, 4-2, scored its third 7-District 1A victory in three tries Friday with a 35-14 win over Centerville, also 4-2.
Elsewhere in St. Mary, 6-0 E.D. White downed 2-4 Patterson 49-0 in District 8-3A, and 3-3 Vandebilt knocked off 3-3 Morgan City 56-7 in 7-4A.
Jeanerette handed Hanson Memorial its first loss of the year, 28-26 in overtime. Franklin hammered Delcambre 51-0, and Loreauville beat West St. Mary 47-20.
This Friday, Morgan City will be at home against South Lafourche; Central Catholic will be at Berwick; and Patterson will be at home against St. James.
Donaldsonville 22,
Berwick 19
When Donaldsonville blocked Crappell’s last-second field goal attempt, Berwick lost a game in which the Panthers jumped to a 12-0 lead and led 19-16 in the fourth quarter.
Running back Namon Bennett, who led Berwick with 141 rushing yards on 26 carries, broke loose for a 21-yard score with 8:39 left in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, with Donaldsonville driving to the Berwick 7-yard line, Bennett recovered a bad option pitch by the visitors. Bennett and backfield mate Cole Morris ran Berwick out to its own 34 to set up a 66-yard touchdown run by Gage Toups.
Both conversion attempts failed, and Berwick led 12-0 with 5:31 left in the first half. But Donaldsonville’s comeback started with the kickoff after the second Berwick touchdown, which was returned to Berwick’s 30-yard line.
Four plays later, quarterback Blake Turner scored the first of his two touchdowns from the 3-yard line. He threw a 7-yard scoring pass on the next Donaldsonville possession, and after 2-point runs by Donald Brown and Jaden Allen, the Tigers were ahead 16-12.
Berwick took the lead 6 minutes into the third quarter when Crappell hit Carter Whipple with a 6-yard TD strike. Crappell kicked the extra point to make it 19-16.
After both teams stalled through much of the second half, Donaldsonville launched a 14-play, 69-yard drive capped by Turner’s 2-yard TD run. The 2-point attempt failed, but Donaldsonville had the 22-19 lead and gave Berwick only 34 seconds to work with.
Morris finished with 79 rushing yards on 18 tries for Berwick. Crappell was 3-for-12 passing for 26 yards and the Whipple touchdown.
For Donaldsonville, Jyran Ferchaud was the big weapon, rushing for 89 yards on 17 trips.
Central Catholic 35,
Centerville 14
Quarterback Benjamin Case celebrated Central Catholic’s homecoming by throwing four touchdown passes. Along the way, he completed 11 of 16 passes for 193 yards.
Tylon Hollis caught two of those scoring passes, including a 23-yarder, among his four receptions for 54 yards.
Tate Fontenot had a TD reception for 50 yards and led the ground attack with 85 yards a TD on 21 carries. Cash Baker rushed three times for 20 yards.
Landon Ramagos also caught three passes for 48 yards. Landon Lipari’s single catch Friday was a 27-yard touchdown.