Morgan City unleashes the Bird, beats Berwick

Week 1 kicked off this past weekend, and the cross-river rivals faced off, those rivals being the Morgan City Tigers and the Berwick Panthers.
The series between the two has been back and forth the past few years, with Berwick winning in 2022 and 2024, and Morgan City winning in 2023 and now 2025 with Friday’s 40-14 victory.
The Panthers and Tigers started the game off trading fumbles. The first big offensive play wouldn’t happen until the end of the first quarter, when Berwick's Vincent Dohmann would find Carter Dupius over the middle on slant that he would take 40 yards to the house.
Morgan City would then respond quickly, adding six points to the board after a 60-yard JP McCleary touchdown to Gerrin Hayes.
The Panthers would keep the offensive intensity alive following the Morgan City touchdown. Layf Bella would have two first down catches, including one that went for 22 yards. Maddox Sampey would also rush for 96 yards, the biggest one being a 1-yard touchdown that would make the score 14-6 Berwick.
After the Berwick touchdown, Morgan City’s Lamarion Bird Griffin would not only take over the next drive, but the remainder of the game. He would rush for four touchdowns among his 127 yards, often on direct snaps, along with two catches for 52 yards, including a 45-yarder
Following this drive, Griffin's 1-yard run and 2-point run tied the score 14-14.
The Panthers would start the second half off rough. Dohmann would throw his first interception of the season to TJ Junifer. Following the interception, Morgan City would drive down the field and score a Griffin touchdown. After this touchdown, the game pretty much repeated itself.
Dohmann would throw three more interceptions. Morgan City senior running back Devin Campbell would also score a touchdown and rush for 123 yards.
Morgan City finished by scoring 26 unanswered points.
Bella and Dupuis each had four catches for Berwick. Hayes had four for Morgan City and Allen had three.
This Friday, the Panthers travel to Kaplan and take on the Pirates. Morgan City also is on the road Thursday facing the Slaughter Community Charter Knights.