South Lafourche overwhelms MCHS 48-8

The South Lafourche High School Tarpons’ offense ignited early, and by the time it cooled, it was only a matter of how much the visitors would win by as South Lafourche rolled past Morgan City 48-8 in District 7-4A action Friday at Tiger Stadium in Morgan City.
South Lafourche scored touchdowns on five of its first six offensive possessions, including every first-half possession, en route to a 35-0 halftime lead.
The Tarpons took as much as a 48-0 lead with 5:15 remaining after backup quarterback Austin Danos’ 50-yard run.
“We came out and we did what we were supposed to on the offensive side of the ball,” South Lafourche Coach Blake Forsythe said. “Just kind of move the ball, took our time and ran our offense.”
Much of the Tarpons’ success was due to its ground game. The visitors totaled 362 yards rushing, led by running back Corbin Allen, who rushed 22 times for 145 yards and two scores. He added two receptions for 10 yards and a third touchdown.
Quarterback Brock Bailleaux added six carries for 65 yards and a score, while Danos had three carries for 47 yards and Jakobe Washington, 13 carries for 46 yards and a score.
Defensively, South Lafourche held Morgan City to 43 yards of offense (4 yards rushing and 39 passing).
Morgan City, which was playing without starting quarterback Alex Brocato, who Coach Eric Howard said is out for the season with an injury, utilized Devonta Grogan at quarterback before late in the game, Tate Alcina took over. Alcina scored the Tigers’ lone touchdown late in the fourth quarter on Morgan City’s last drive with a 3-yard run.
Just prior to the touchdown, the game was delayed for approximately 20 minutes after Morgan City’s Hayden Barron was injured on a play in which he was stopped by South Lafourche’s Terry Lee Griffin, who tackled Barron after the whistle was blown. Griffin was ejected on the play.
Barron was taken off the field by first-responders on a stretcher and to nearby Teche Regional Medical Center, but Howard said following the game Barron was moving his arms and legs and the move to take him to the hospital was a precautionary one.
“It’s unfortunate,” Forsythe said of the incident. “You hate to see that at a high school game but talking to (athletic) trainers from both schools, it sounds like he’s going to be OK, so we’ll be thinking about him, we’ll be praying about him, and we’ll check on him again by the time we get home (to) make sure he’s doing OK. We want to see him back on the football field again this season.”
Howard said Monday that Barron escaped any major injury and in fact was at practice Saturday watching his teammates.
South Lafourche opened the game with an 11-play, 74-yard drive capped by a Jeremy Rogers 1-yard touchdown run with 7:06 remaining for a 6-0 lead.
Allen scored the Tarpons next two touchdowns for a 20-0 with 8:31 remaining in the first half, while Bailleaux rushed for the Tarpons’ next score and tossed a 10-yard pass to Allen for the final score of the half with no time remaining.
In the second half, Washington scored a 4-yard touchdown with 11:27 remaining for a 41-0 lead.
Howard agreed that South Lafourche was a quality team but said Tigers’ coaching staff needs to do a better job preparing the team for games.
“We didn’t play as well as we needed to tonight, and that’s on us, but we’ve got three weeks to get it right,” he said.