UPDATED WITH GAME ACCOUNTS: Patterson, Morgan City, Berwick fall in regular season finales

Staff Report
Injuries and tough competition combined to make east St. Mary prep football teams go 0-4 in the final week of the regular season.
Longtime Central Catholic coach Tommy Minton, now head coach at Vandebilt Catholic, did what he has done so many times: He got a victory at Morgan City’s Tiger Stadium.
Vandebilt took down Morgan City High 38-12 to complete a perfect 5-0 record in District 8-4A.
Patterson, playing without an injured Caylon Davis at quarterback, fell 55-22 at home to Lutcher. Despite the loss, Patterson will host a home playoff game this week against Donaldsonville in Class 3A.
Central Catholic will also be at home in the first round of the playoffs, despite a 32-20 loss Thursday at home against Vermilion Catholic.
Central Catholic will take on Ascension Catholic in a first-round Division IV playoff game.
Berwick dropped its season finale to Donaldsonville, 32-10. Berwick finishes the year at 2-7.
Franklin and West St. Mary both made the 2A playoffs. Franklin beat Catholic-New Iberia 40-13, and West St. Mary dropped a 41-7 decision to Ascension Episcopal.
Highland Baptist edged Centerville 7-0 Thursday and finishes its season at 2-7.
Vermilion Catholic 32,
Central Catholic 20
All-purpose Vermilion Catholic receiver Jonathan Dartez scored three touchdowns, and teammates Seth Noegel and Travin Moore added late scores to lift the visitors to a 32-20 win Thursday over Central Catholic.
The game pitted two teams at the top of District 8-1A, each with 4-0 district records heading in. The loss was the first for Central Catholic in seven games after an 0-2 start.
The touchdowns by Noegel on a 10-yard run and Moore from 2 yards out broke open a game that was tied 20-20 late in the third quarter.
Vermilion Catholic’s methodical but high-powered running game overcame Central Catholic’s injury-plagued offense, which was led by the rushing of quarterback Caleb O’Con and running back Damondrick Blackburn.
Blackburn, fighting his own injury, nevertheless did the heavy lifting and scored on runs of 2 and 10 yards.
Dartez, a wide receiver who occasionally lined up to take direct snaps, had first-half TD runs of 7 and 1 yards, and broke loose for a 62-yard score in the third quarter.
Blackburn’s touchdown runs and a 5-yard plunge by Jonathan Picou helped Central Catholic keep pace until Noegel and Moore put Vermilion Catholic ahead for good.
Central Catholic turned the ball over on downs twice late in the second half.
Tylon Hollins intercepted a Vermilion Catholic Hail Mary pass at the end of the first half.
Central Catholic finishes the regular season at 6-3. Vermilion Catholic is 7-3.

Lutcher 55,
Patterson 22
Receiver Kyler Paul moved behind center to replace the injured Davis, and scored first-half touchdowns on runs of 34 and 5 yards.
The second touchdown capped a drive in which Patterson twice converted fourth downs, one on a 9-yard pass to Dillon Gunner.
But Lutcher had both speed and power in its backfield.
Quarterback D’Wayne’ Winfield rushed for four touchdowns.
Running backs Roy Forrest and Cleveland Parquette each rushed for two scores for Lutcher.
Patterson enters the playoffs with a 6-4 record.
Lutcher is 7-1 and will host Carroll on Friday in the playoffs.

Vandebilt Catholic 38,
Morgan City 12
Vandebilt, already heavy favorites, got two big boosts when Morgan City fumbled deep in its own territory on two early Tiger possessions.
Vandebilt capitalized with a 6-yard TD run by quarterback Teddy Gawlick and a 6-yard run by running back Jaylon Coleman.
Coleman went on to rush for touchdowns of 62 and 8 yards, Alexander Castell caught an 11-yard TD pass, and a 29-yard field goal, all before halftime, to give Vandebilt all the points it would need.
Charlie Wells gave the hometown Senior Night crowd something to cheer about with TD runs of 5 and 81 yards in the fourth quarter.
Morgan City ends the season with a 2-7 record.
Vandebilt is 6-2 and will host St. Louis Catholic in the first round of the Division II playoffs.