E.D. White defeats MCHS 49-20

E.D. White rolled past Morgan City 49-20 in District 7-4A action Friday.
While the Cardinals (4-1 overall, 2-0 in district) totaled 387 yards of offense, including 317 rushing and seven scores, they could have had more as a Brandon Legendre punt return for a score and a pick six were nullified via penalty in the first half. Legendre had another first-half punt return for a touchdown nullified via an inadvertent whistle.
Despite its adversity with flags, the Cardinals took a 28-0 halftime lead and led by as much as 42-6 on an Aaron Arcemont 15-yard run with no time left in the third quarter.
Morgan City (2-3, 0-1) outscored E.D. White 14-7 in the fourth quarter.
“It wasn’t pretty,” E.D. White Coach Chris Bergeron said of the win. “The most important thing was we got out of here with a win, and we got out of here healthy. Definitely not the way we wanted to play tonight. We were a little lackluster early on and had some big penalties, some big plays called back, but we found a way to win.”
Morgan City Coach Eric Howard said, “Since I’ve got here, our kids are willing to compete. As long as we keep doing that, we’re going to be fine, but we played a pretty good football team tonight. Made more mistakes than we needed to to win the game.”
The Tigers also had problems with penalties as they had 12 for 105.
Legendre led the Cardinals with 11 carries for 113 yards and three scores. He also completed 3 of 6 passes for 70 yards with an interception.
Nik Shanklin added 12 carries for 62 yards and two touchdowns, while Dex Trosclair had six carries for 59 yards and a score, and Arcemont, eight carries for 46 yards and one score.
Defensively, E.D. White held Morgan City to 219 yards of offense (30 rushing and 189 passing).
Shanklin scored the Cardinals first two touchdowns, rushing in for scores from 9 yards with 4 minutes left in the first quarter and then from 3 yards out with 6:32 remaining in the first half for a 14-0 E.D. White lead.
Legendre then scored the next two touchdowns. The first came on a 34-yard run with 4:06 remaining in the first half, while the second came via a 14-yard run with 1:25 remaining. Miles Loker, who was 7-for-7 on point-after attempts, booted the extra-point through for a 28-0 E.D. White lead.
Legendre scored his third touchdown on a 5-yard run with 8:27 remaining in the third quarter to cap E.D. White’s opening drive of the second half for a 35-0 lead.
Morgan City scored in the third on a block punt return with 2:42 left when Andrew Williams scooped up the loose football and took it in from 20 yards for a score. The Tigers’ two-point conversion was no good for a 35-6 E.D. White lead.
After E.D. White extended its lead to 42-6 on Arcemont’s 15-yard run on the ensuing drive, Morgan City needed just two plays to score as on the second play of the drive, Morgan City quarterback Alex Brocato connected with Devonta Grogan on a short pass and he raced down the E.D. White sideline for a 73-yard touchdown reception with 11:16 remaining in the ball game. Brocato’s two-point run was good for a 42-14 E.D. White lead.
Grogan scored one more time in the game, this time on defense. After E.D. White had reached the Morgan City 37, a fumble on a third-down-and-three play was scooped up by Grogan, who raced down the E.D. White sideline for a 67-yard touchdown with 8:08 left. The Tigers’ two-point conversion attempt was no good.
Brocato completed 11 of 16 passes for 189 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He led the team in rushing, too, with seven carries for 31 yards.
Grogan had five catches for 159 yards and a score to lead Morgan City’s receivers.
Morgan City will return to action Thursday when it travels to face South Terrebonne in Bourg in District 7-4A play.
E.D. White will return to action Friday when it travels to face Vermilion Catholic in nondistrict action.