Berwick falls, Morgan City wins in jamboree

To kick off the 2025 football season, the Berwick Panthers, along with five other St. Mary Parish schools, competed in the St. Mary Parish Jamboree, which was played at Morgan City’s stadium. The jamboree has the same rules as a normal football game but is played with two 15-minute halves.
The Panthers’ opponent was the Centerville Bulldogs, who shut them out 14-0.
Also Friday, Morgan City High beat West St. Mary 7-0. The Patterson-Franklin game was stopped early in the second half with a 0-0 score after Franklin’s Daylan George was injured. He was taken away by stretcher. He had been released from the hospital by Monday.
The Panthers’ last graduating class featured 14 football players, including starting quarterback Evan Crappell. Replacing Crappell is senior Vincent Dohmann. Berwick also has a lot of new faces on the team, with 10 freshmen joining the squad this year.
The Panthers started the game off going three-and-out but got the ball back quickly after sophomore linebacker Kezirion Singleton recovered a fumble close to midfield. Senior running back Maddox Sampey would carry the momentum for Berwick, running the football for 13 yards, but the Panthers’ momentum would be short lived. A botched snap on third down and an incomplete pass on fourth down would give the ball back to the Bulldogs.
Following their fourth down stop, Centerville would start airing out the football and moving the chains. Senior quarterback Jaxon Frederick completed a 20-yard pass to junior receiver Cayson Alexander, then found junior receiver Graham Naquin for a 14-yard touchdown. Junior running back Tylon Spain bounced his way into the end zone on the 2-point conversion to make the score 8-0. The game’s first 15-minute half then concluded.
To start half number two, Berwick went three and out. Centerville continued airing out the football. Senior receiver Joshua Johnson scored a 48-yard touchdown. After a failed 2-point conversion, Centerville took the lead 14-0.
Berwick would then make a quarterback change, allowing sophomore Eli Crochet to get some reps. Crochet came into the game with a lot of confidence, throwing the ball 25 yards down the field to senior receiver Carter Dupuis.
He then scrambled around in the backfield and found sophomore receiver Blake Blanchard for another 25 yard gain. The Panthers’ drive stalled after that, but Crochet brought some energy into the game that the Panthers had not had before. The following drive, Dohmann came back into the game, but it will be interesting to see what Berwick will do at quarterback for the remainder of the season.
Next week the Panthers will be back in Morgan City, this time playing the Tigers. Patterson will be at Jeanerette.
On Thursday, Central Catholic hosts White Castle.