PHS falls in shootout; Bunkie beats Central Catholic

Patterson’s quest for a first prep football victory turned into an arena-style shootout Friday. Unfortunately for the Lumberjacks, H.L. Bourgeois fired the last round and won 47-40.
On Thursday, 1A Central Catholic’s punch-above-your-weight preparations for district play continued against unbeaten 3A school Bunkie, which emerged with a 33-6 win.
Also in last week’s game, Hanson Memorial beat Berwick 26-13 (see related story); Vandebilt handed Morgan City a 50-20 loss; North Iberville handled Centerville 43-0; and West St. Mary defeated Jefferson Rise Charter 46-6.
Franklin’s game at Peabody was postponed when Alexandria authorities called off homecoming activities after what they called a credible threat. (See related story.)
This week, unbeaten West St. Mary will play at unbeaten Jeanerette on Thursday. The Friday games include Morgan City, 1-3, at Assumption, 0-4; Central Catholic, 1-3, at Central Lafourche, 1-3; Thrive Academy, 0-3, at Berwick, 0-4; Patterson, 0-4, at Franklin, 1-2; Gueydan, 0-4, at Centerville, 0-4; and Elton, 3-1, at Hanson, 1-2.
H.L. Bourgeois 47,
Patterson 40
Patterson quarterback Hayven Keller lit the board Friday for the Lumberjack homecoming, throwing for an unofficial 260 yards and accounting for five touchdowns.
In the first quarter alone, Keller threw touchdowns of 42 yards to Javyn Christopher, 76 to Gregory Johnson and 36 to Jamall Pollard.
Bourgeois countered with workhorse running back La’Rence Mitchell and kept pace with the home team.
Clinging to a 40-39 lead late in the fourth quarter, Patterson committed delay and procedure penalties to stall a drive at its own 11-yard line.
After Bourgeois took the punt to the Lumberjack 42, Mitchell took over. He had carries of 8 and 16 yards to set up his own 18-yard TD sprint.
Cenae Celestine ran in for two points, and Bourgeois was ahead for good.
Bunkie 33,
Central Catholic 6
Bunkie’s Zion Lee hammered his way to 134 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Quarterback Brady Wright hit seven of 10 passes for 119 yards.
For Central Catholic, the load was carried by Hayden Walker with 21 yards on eight carries; Parker Gros with 10 for 33 yards; Dominic Lipari, 10 for 22; and James Sanders, 11 for 96.
Walker scored on a 1-yard run late in the fourth quarter to account for Central Catholic’s points.
The Eagles threw only four passes. Xailen Hebert hurled a 3-yard completion to Sanders. Hebert left the game in the first half with an injury.

(The Central Catholic rushing statistics have been corrected based on the Eagles' numbers.)