St. James hands Berwick a season-ending loss

By JUDE TARVER
Special to the Review
For the Berwick Panthers’ final game of the year, they traveled to St. James to face off against the St. James Wildcats.
St. James is a division opponent and a team that has been known to produce some top-notch talent. LSU defensive end Savion Jones actually played high school football at St. James, and he is one of many to graduate as a Wildcat and play football at the collegiate level.
Berwick would end up losing the last game of the season, 54-7, in a game that the Wildcats controlled from the very beginning. After a three-and-out from Berwick to start the game, it would only take St. James three plays to find pay dirt. Quarterback Jajaun Jackson connected with Kamon Mitchell for a 50-yard touchdown, giving the Wildcats an early 6-0 lead.
After falling behind 21-0, Berwick found the end zone. Maddox Sampey would touch the ball on pretty much every play of the drive, including a 44-yard fourth-down conversion. Evan Crappell would be the one to score the touchdown though, rushing it in from 8 yards out. The Panthers would decrease St. James’ lead to only 14 points, but it only grew from this point.
St. James would end up having a 41-7 lead at halftime, scoring 13 more points in half two to make the final score 54-7.
After a promising start to the year, which included a technical 2-0 start if you include the jamboree win, the Panthers fell flat the rest of the season. The Black and Gold’s final record is 2-7.