East St. Mary teams struggle to season's midpoint

It’s the halfway point in the prep football regular season, and the season has already been a long one for East St. Mary schools.
The four teams have three wins among them. Patterson, arguably the most physically talented of the four, has none.
But Berwick got in the win column Friday, beating Thrive Academy 41-0 in the Panther homecoming game (see related story).
Elsewhere Friday, Assumption got its first win by downing Morgan City 54-20. Central Lafourche defeated Central Catholic 56-24. And Patterson came up inches short on a late 2-point attempt, falling to Franklin 36-34.
Centerville got its first victory against Gueydan, 42-6. Elton took down Hanson Memorial 41-14, and on Thursday, West St. Mary got its first loss, a 56-6 decision against unbeaten Jeanerette.
This Thursday, Central Catholic hosts Hanson Memorial in the 7-1A opener for both teams.
More district play follows Friday when E.D. White comes to Morgan City for an 8-4A game. Centerville will be at Jeanerette in 7-1A; and Franklin plays at Catholic-New Iberia while West St. Mary travels to Houma Christian for 7-2A games.
In nondistrict games, Patterson will travel to Kaplan and Berwick will host Covenant Christian.
Franklin 36,
Patterson 34
Trailing 36-28 in the fourth quarter, Patterson quarterback Hayven Keller hit Jamall Pollard with a 54-yard touchdown pass at the 1:22 mark.
On the 2-point attempt, Keller hit Javien Colbert in the right flat, but two Franklin defenders pulled him down just short of the goal line.
Patterson's Daylan Jones scored rushing touchdowns of 1 and 3 yards. Keller had a 10-yard TD run and hit Pollard with another score, an 18-yard throw.
Franklin came up with two defensive scores. Jamiyah Perry returned an interception 52 yards t end the game’s first series, and Dashun Lightfoot swiped the ball from a Lumberjack and returned it 32 yards for a TD.
Bridrick Joseph scored two touchdowns for Franklin. Quarterback Jahiri Perry had another.
Central Lafourche 56,
Central Catholic 24
The 1A Eagles took on a 5A opponent for the second time during the nondistrict schedule.
True to form, Central Catholic stayed on the ground, throwing only three passes and rolling up 324 rushing yards.
Hayden Walker rushed 12 times for 161 yards and two touchdowns. Landon Ramagos (three for 68 yards) and Drew Irwin (four for 12 yards) also rushed for TDs.
Parker Gros had two rushes for 50 yards, and Xailen Hebert gained 21 yards on eight carries. Dominic Lipari had two rushes for 12 yards.
The Eagles hurt themselves with three fumbles.