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UPDATED: Patterson, Berwick win homecoming contests

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:58pm
Staff Report

The Tri-City area finished 2-for-2 in homecoming victories with a pair of blowouts as Patterson defeated Morgan City 66-7, while Berwick topped Cohen College Prep 41-0.
Below are recaps of both games:

Patterson vs.
Morgan City
The Patterson Lumberjacks jumped out to a 28-0 first-quarter lead en route to a 66-7 victory Friday at home.
Besides the Lumber-jacks’ first win of the season, it also was the first for first-year head coach Zach Lochard.
The Lumberjacks scored on all seven of their first-half drives en route to a 58-0 halftime advantage.
Patterson scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams in the win.
Caylon Davis completed 4 of 5 passes for 100 yards with three touchdowns, while Joseph Larson completed 6 of 8 passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns. Davis had touchdown passes of 80 yards and 11 yards each to K.J. Paul and a 5-yard touchdown pass to Louis Jones. Larson had a 1-yard touchdown pass to Paul and a 29-yard scoring pass to Tylon Walton.
Paul was Patterson’s leading receiver with five receptions for 122 yards and three scores.
Walton had two recep-tions for 33 yards and a score and added three carries for 38 yards and a touchdown.
Other Lumberjacks reaching the end zone on offense were Darion Robertson, who had two carries for 2 yards and a score; and Louis Jones, who had a five-yard touchdown reception.
The Lumberjacks also got a score from Randan Paul on a 47-yard punt return and from Camron Davis on a 57-yard interception return for a touchdown on Patterson’s final score of the night.
Patterson converted six two-point conversions in the game.
Larson had a two-point pass apiece to Jones and Caylon Davis, Caylon Davis scored on a two-point run and threw another to Howard Kinchen, Walton had a two-point run and Drew Dinger had a two-point pass to Camron Davis.
Patterson finished the game with 224 yards of offense, (186 passing and 38 rushing).
Morgan City’s touch-down came in the third quarter on their opening drive as Zion Holmes capped the drive with a 4-yard scoring run. Tate Matherne’s extra point was good to make the score 58-7 with four minutes remaining in the third.
Adrian Garrison led Morgan City’s run game with 14 carries for 67 yards, while Holmes had two carries for 11 yards and a score.
Morgan City finished the game with 75 yards of offense (76 rushing and minus 1 passing).
The Tigers (0-3) will begin District 8-4A action Friday in Bourg when they meet Ellen-der, while Patterson (1-2) will open District 9-3A action at home against

Berwick.
Berwick vs. Cohen
The Berwick Panthers scored 21 points in the first half and added another 20 in the second half for a 41-0 victory against Cohen in Berwick’s homecoming Friday.
Berwick led 14-0 after a quarter, courtesy of touchdowns by Jayden Milton and a 30-yard touchdown pass from Cru Bella to Kaeden Thomas.
The Panthers added a second-quarter touch-down on a 37-yard run by Bella for an eventual 21-0 halftime advantage.
In the second half, Bella scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter, and he completed a 29-yard pass to Zack Gonzales later in the period as the Panthers increased their lead to 35-0.
Andre Engleton capped Berwick’s scoring with a 15-yard run in the final period for the final score.
Jude Vasquez was 5-for-5 on point-after attempts.
Bella completed 7 of 12 passes for 125 yards with two touchdowns and interceptions apiece. He also rushed 6 times for 40 yards and two touchdowns.
Thomas had 3 recep-tions for 67 yards and a score, while Gonzales had 3 receptions for 51 yards and a score.
Milton led Berwick’s run game with 16 carries for 88 yards and a score, and Engleton added five carries for 48 yards and a score.
Berwick had 312 yards of offense (187 rushing and 125 passing).
Cohen was limited to 122 yards of offense (67 rushing and 55 passing)
Ahiyjah Charles completed 2 of 3 passes for 47 yards, while Dwayne Page led the team’s receivers with a 43-yard reception.
JayDaniel Williams led the squad’s ground game with 11 carries for 30 yards.
Cohen (0-2) will return to action next week when it travels to face Fisher, while Berwick (1-2) will open District 9-3A action at Patterson.

15 new COVID cases, no deaths in three local parishes

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 12:04pm

Fifteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in three local parishes at midday Friday by the Louisiana Office of Public Health. No new fatalities were reported.

Five new cases in St. Mary raised the pandemic case count to 1,990.

St. Martin has 10 new cases for a total of 2,152.

Assumption had no new cases Friday.

The death tolls remain at 83 for St. Mary, 61 for St. Martin and 24 for Assumption.

Statewide:

--863 new cases raise the state total to 174,638.

--20 newly reported fatalities raise the pandemic toll to 5,527.

--9 fewer COVID-positive people are in hospitals for a total of 557.

--The number of people on ventilators fell by one to 60.

School tax decision coming in November

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:51am
BILL DECKER
bdecker@daily-review.com

CENTERVILLE — The St. Mary Parish School Board is set to decide next month whether to ask voters for a sales tax to increase teacher and staff pay.
The next School Board meeting will be nearly a year since the board started an ill-fated effort to institute the new tax.
At Thursday’s meeting, delayed a week by Hurricane Delta, the board decided to advertise that it will talk about the tax at the 5 p.m. Nov. 12 meeting. A proposed timetable distributed to board members has the board passing a resolution calling for a March 20 election on a 0.45% sales tax.
The tax would raise about $4 million a year, said Chief Financial Officer Alton Perry. School Board members are likely to propose a $3,000 annual raise for teachers and a $1,500 raise for other employees. The tax would take effect in July under the timeline.
School officials have said they need to raise salaries to remain competitive in attracting new teachers and other employees.
After it began to push for a tax in December 2019, the board had more adventures than Indiana Jones.
The board originally passed a resolution asking voters for a 0.5% sales tax, with the proceeds going into a technology fund as well as to faculty and staff pay.
The proposal ran into opposition almost immediately from Parish President David Hanagriff and Morgan City Mayor Frank “Boo” Grizzaffi over the potential impact on St. Mary’s economy.
State Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, also objected to the inclusion of the technology fund and to putting the tax on a spring ballot. Allain’s opposition was especially significant because, as chairman of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee, he sits on the State Bond Commission, which must approve the call for a tax election.
Allain said he recognized the need for more teacher pay. But if the technology fund was included, he said, he’d insist on a Nov. 3 elec-tion, when turnout would be higher.
The board eventually removed the technology fund from the dedication and reduced the proposed tax to 0.45%. On the second try, the Bond Commission approved the call for the 0.45% tax.
The ballot language developed by the Secretary of State’s Office didn’t match what the board intended. That and the COVID-19 pandemic led the board to remove the tax from consideration by voters.
The Nov. 12 meeting will be at the Central Office Complex in Cen-terville.
Also Tuesday:
—The board agreed to hire the Baton Rouge firm of Hammonds & Sills as general legal counsel.
The 16th Judicial District Attorney’s Office provides legal representation to the School Board and other local governments. But some members felt the board would benefit from representation by a firm that specializes in laws affecting schools.
“The Legislature is constantly adding new laws to the School Board …,” said member Marilyn LaSalle. “We need someone whose job will be to be on top of it.”
Having a Hammonds & Sills attorney at monthly board meetings will cost $12,000-$15,000 a year, Perry said.
“I feel like the budget can handle it,” he said.
—The official enrollment for St. Mary public schools this fall is 7,678, a decrease of 494 students, or 6%, from last year, Superintendent Teresa Bagwell said.
Similar enrollment declines are common around the state, Bag-well said.
The decline has impli-cations for the district’s finances. State funding for local schools is based in part on enrollment.
Another official count will be reported in February.

Central Catholic falls to Ascension Catholic

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:46am
GEOFF STOUTE
gstoute@daily-review.com

The Ascension Catholic Bulldogs were bigger on the offensive and defensive lines, and the squad simply was more physical in their nondistrict matchup with Central Catholic, which equated to a 41-21 win for the Donaldsonville-based school in Morgan City Thursday.
The Bulldogs (2-0) jumped out to a 21-0 lead with a little less than 4 minutes remaining in the first quarter en route to the lopsided victory.
Central Catholic coach Tommy Minton said the Eagles didn’t match the Bulldogs’ physicality on the offensive and defensive lines.
“It’s hard to move the football when you don’t, and it’s hard to stop the run when you don’t,” he said.
Early in the second quarter, Central Catholic (0-2) cut its deficit to 21-7 as quarterback Freddie Calloway scored on a 6-yard run with 11:03 remaining in the first half. However, the touchdown was a costly one as Calloway went down with an injury and never returned.
Calloway finished his night with six carries for 30 yards and one touchdown and completed 4 of 9 passes for 13 yards.
Caleb O’con replaced him and did some good things for the Eagles as he completed 8 of 19 passes for 114 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
“I thought Caleb did a good job when he came in,” Minton said. “We got full confidence in Caleb. The two of them have worked at quarterback all summer, all through practice, and they both bring different things to the table.
“With Freddie back there, he’s a running threat,” Minton added. “He can do some things with his feet. Caleb is not as big and can’t be the running threat Freddie is, but he does a good job in the short passing game.”
The Eagles trailed 34-7 at halftime and 41-14 after three quarters, with Damondrick Black-burn scoring the Eagles’ third quarter touchdown on a 3-yard run with 2:36 remaining in the period.
Ascension Catholic totaled 514 yards of offense (396 rushing and 118 passing).
Tailback Khai Prean and quarterback Bryce Leonard led the squad. Prean had 15 carries for 211 yards and three touchdowns, while Leonard completed 6 of 14 passes for 118 yards and also rushed seven times for 99 yards and two touchdowns.
Leonard’s top receiver was his brother, Brooks Leonard, who caught four passes for 110 yards.
Central Catholic finished the game with 251 yards of offense (127 passing and 124 rush-ing).
Blackburn led the team’s run game with 17 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown.
Caleb Menina was the team’s top receiver with eight receptions for 99 yards and a score.
The Eagles’ Brett Morell was 3-for-3 on point-after attempts.
Central Catholic will return to action next week when it hosts Centerville on Oct. 23 for its homecoming game. It will be the Eagles’ District 8-1A opener. Ascension Catholic will open district play when it hosts White Castle.
“We got to work on us, and we got to take a look at this film,” Minton said. “It’s a loss, but you learn from it and you get better from it. We start district next week, and we got a long way to go.”

Monday DA's race forum is on again

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:43am

The St. Mary Chamber forum for district attorney candidates is on again, but without one of the two candidates.
Former 16th Judicial District Judge Lori Landry will appear at the 6:30 p.m. Monday forum. Landry is running to replace incumbent DA Bo Duhe, who will not attend.
The Chamber has hosted a series of forums for local candidates. Earlier this week, the Chamber said it was canceling the Oct. 19 forum for DA candidates because Duhe had sent regrets. He was scheduled to attend a meeting of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association. Duhe serves as the association’s president.
Landry objected to the cancellation.
“I have declined other obligations because of its importance and my word,” Landry said in an email. “I attended the forum for Division H and watched others and know the citizens of St. Mary watch as well. Mr. Duhe’s un-availability should not deny me the right to speak to the citizens about my candidacy and the election.”
On Thursday, the Chamber announced that the forum will go on with Landry at the Chamber office at 727 Myrtle St. in Morgan City. Seating is very limited, but the event will be livestreamed by KBZE.

IDA ELIZABETH 'BETH' CRAWFORD SWANSON

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:37am

May 11, 1939 — October 11, 2020
Graveside services celebrating the life of Ida Elizabeth “Beth” Crawford Swanson, age 81, of Morgan City, Louisiana, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, October 16, 2020, in her hometown, Winnfield, Louisiana, at the Garden of Memories Cemetery with Brother Dick DeBusk officiating. Services will be under direction of Southern Funeral Home. A memorial service will follow in Morgan City on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at Beth’s home for friends and family from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Beth was born May 11, 1939, in Winnfield, Louisiana. After graduating from Winnfield High School and Northwestern State University, she dedicated her career to being a 3rd grade teacher in both Houma and Morgan City, but finished as a librarian at M.D. Shannon Elementary. Beth was a member of Pharr Chapel United Methodist Church in Morgan City. Her hobbies included attending monthly meetings of the local Beta Sigma Phi Chapter with her sorority sisters that she enjoyed so much. She also loved visiting with her cousins, keeping up with the family news. Beth also was an avid collector of all things blue and white, especially china and collectables.
Ida Beth died October 11, 2020. She is survived by her son, Mark Swanson of Mobile, Alabama (Wendy Strow); grandchildren, Reese Elizabeth Swanson and Ian Alexander Swanson, both of Pensacola, Florida; brother, Ed Crawford (Ann) of Winnfield, Louisiana; nieces, Carolee Adams (Chad) and Polly Kaufman (David); and numerous cousins and other extended family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Horace Edward and Corinne Mixon Crawford.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Methodist Children’s Home or charity of choice.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.southernfuneralhome.com.
Southern Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Patterson homecoming proclaimed

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:13am

A proclamation was signed at Patterson High School declaring this week as the school’s homecoming week. Patterson Mayor Pro Tem Travis Darnell signed the proclamation. The Lumberjacks will host Morgan City Friday for their homecoming game. Seated are Emily Harris, Randalyn Paul, Principal Lane Larive, Darnell, Logan Gore and Mallory Mendoza. On the second row are Alexis Bernadou, Hayden Adams, Aarolyn Hartman, De’Asha Williams, Josiah Fields, Jadon Hawkins, Reagan Lindsey, Kylia Gregory, Katelyn Fabre and Chelsea Loredo. On the back row are Dalton Cooper, Kaden Samuels, Joseph Larson, Patrick Bazile, Jose Rivera, Kylan Griffin, Dylan Fabre, Michael Brown and Randan Paul. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of Wade Gussman Photography)

Morgan City High gets volleyball win over Berwick

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:08am

Staff Report
The Morgan City Lady Tigers defeated Berwick in four games in both teams’ District 8-III volleyball opener Tuesday in Berwick.
Morgan City won the first two sets by identical scores of 25-22, but Berwick won the third set 27-25. Morgan City won set four 26-24 to take the match.
Mary Vincent and Brynn Stephens led Morgan City, ranked No. 9 in the latest unofficial Louisiana High School Athletic Association Division III power rankings. Vincent had three kills, 14 digs and 25 assists, while Stephens recorded four aces, two assists and 31 digs. Other top Morgan City contributors were as follows: Haylie Crappell, two aces, eight kills, one block assist, one assist and 23 digs; Sarah Daniels, nine kills and three blocks; Faith Bailey, two aces, eight kills, three assists and 10 digs; Mariah Pleasant, one ace, eight kills, two block assists and three digs; and Hailey Denning, two aces, one assist and 11 digs.
No stats were availa-ble for Berwick, ranked No. 25 in the Division III power rankings.
In junior varsity action, Morgan City won 2-0 (25-15 and 25-19), while in a limited freshman match, Morgan City won two games by scores of 25-19 and 19-10.
Morgan City (9-5 overall, 1-0 in district) and Berwick (1-7, 0-1) both will hit the court again Thursday for district play. Morgan City will travel to face E.D. White, Division III’s top-ranked squad, and Berwick will host Lutcher, which is ranked No. 8.
CCHS defeats
University Lab
The Central Catholic Lady Eagles defeated University Lab 3-1 (25-11, 24-26, 25-21 and 25-21) in nondistrict action in Morgan City Tuesday.
The Lady Eagles, ranked No. 15 in the latest Division V power rankings, had 16 aces in the win.
Katie Luc and Madi-son Landry led the Lady Eagles. Luc had one kill, 21 assists, two aces and two digs, while Landry recorded eight kills, three aces, seven digs, one solo block and one block assist. Other top Central Catholic contributors were as follows: Haley Fontenot, eight kills and two digs; Charlotte Callais, three aces, two assists and 15 digs; Emily Lipari, one ace and 12 digs; Lucy Hamer, nine assists, two aces and four digs; Kamille Lightfoot, six kills, three aces, one solo block and one block assist; and Kennedy Grizzaffi, four kills, one assist, two aces, two solo blocks and two block assists.
On Oct. 7, Central Catholic swept Houma Christian 25-11, 25-15 and 25-14 in Morgan City.
Central Catholic had 17 aces in the win.
Luc and Fontenot led Central Catholic. Luc had 13 assists, four aces and one dig, while Fontenot recorded seven kills and three digs. Other top Central Catholic contributors were as follows: Callais, four aces and 14 digs; Bri’yannah Johnson, five kills; Hamer, eight assists, five aces and one dig; Lightfoot, two kills, three aces, one solo block and two block assists; and Lipari, six digs
Central Catholic (6-7, 1-0) will return to action Thursday when it travels to face Episcopal School of Acadiana in District 2-V play.
Patterson falls to Notre Dame
The Patterson Lum-berjills fell in straight sets to Notre Dame Tuesday in District 2-IV play at Patterson.
Patterson, ranked No. 28 in the Division IV power rankings, fell by scores of 25-7, 25-10 and 25-8 to Notre Dame, ranked No. 4.
Monday, Patterson defeated Franklin in straight sets by scores of 25-19, 25-15 and 25-15 at Patterson.
No individual stats were submitted from either game.
Patterson (3-5, 0-3) will return to action Oct. 19 when it travels to face Franklin in league play.

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